The Mars is an old (but venerable) aircraft, it's slow and heavy, a Bombardier 415 is way more agile and as the time to go 2 time on the scene wile the Mars one. Cheers, Ben
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:48 -0700, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >Too bad we have only two of these babies left up here... > >http://www.martinmars.com/ > >I've seen them in action many times (including a fire less than a km from our house a few >years ago), and they are quite amazing. I imagine the more modern Bombardier would also >be very impressive, even if only half the size... > >On 25 Oct 2007 at 10:22, Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote: > >> It's time for the US the invest in a Canadian product: >> http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=3_0&lang=en&file=/en/3_0/3_3/3_3_0.html >> >> When you see those up close, you understand! Look at a north american map, >> look at Quebec, France goes 8 time into it! All we have is forest. >> >> I had a fiend who was a CL-215 (older version) pilot, men, you can only have >> respect for those crazy guys. >> >> It's not the first time i see Califonia in fire, very sad indeed. >> >> Ben > > >Shawn Wright >http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels >'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed >'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA |
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