Date:         Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:41:26 -0400
Reply-To:     Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Satellite image of fire
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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Yup!  They are using DC10s as well as the Bombardier aircraft.  I say a
fellow being interviewed whose company is flying those DC10s, and his
company is awaiting federal approval for the 847 aircraft they've converted.
It's capacity triples (or more) the capacity of the DC10s.
Sam Conant
Colchester, Vermont
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: Satellite image of fire


> Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
>
>> The aircraft I saw in a news clip the other day looked like a DC-10.
>> Good use, I guess, since the public at large is afraid to fly in
>> them.
>
> http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1208436