De Havilland calls for national water bomber fleet as it scrambles to meet demand
toronto.citynews.ca
MONTREAL — On July 13, a pair of Canadair water bombers touched down on the Seine River, skimming along its surface to refill their water tanks as they battled a wildfire south of Paris.

Link is to article about Canada’s great need for firefighting aircraft.

Call me crazy… but 99% of the time wouldn’t a shared firefighting aircraft fleet shared between Australia and Canada or perhaps a European nation only be needed in one or the other place at any one given time of year??

  • Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    I didn’t even think of the helicopters, but yes, that transport is relatively easy. My experience is tangentially related to the fixed wing jet tankers.

    I think that firefighting activity stresses airframes more than usual as well, so I was also estimating from that maintenance side.

    I figure that it could be done, generally, but timelines would probably be tight and costs could escalate quickly, both financially and environmentally.