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Dutch Aviation Support 2008 SUPPLEMENT |
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| A new publication for the independent leading Greek aviation magazine 'Interception' | ||
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| This year was extreme concerning the fires in the woods in Greece, Spain and Italy | ||
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| Next to the other Firefighters (Interception) we described, the 'Aircrane' was very active too ! | ||
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| Aircrane in action against the flames | ||
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| As you can see it's quite a rare bird | ||
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| Findr it as a Fire-Fighter, or carco transporter | ||
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| But very useful for many purposes and very flexible | ||
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| Here a take-off at Elefsis Greece, the crew got in in seconds and had a lift off moments later | ||
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| It's quit a large area it can do, and refill in almost every lake or sea | ||
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| The Italian Forestale Aircranes are green, the Greek ones are orange | ||
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| Read our article to find out about specifications, or just admire them in 2-ship formation | ||
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| Greek example shows the details for fire fighting | Extremely heavy construction for the rotorblades | |
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| Cabeling in extreme mountain conditions or refilling bassins where there's no water: Skycrane ! | ||
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| Filling up the tanks, and a view in the cockpit | ||
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| Hard work, heavy job ! Happy landings guys ! | A radar in the nose. | |
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Click the green button for the article in English |
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Klik de rode knop voor het artikel in het Nederlands |
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