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Forest Fire in Israel - Largest Firefighting Plane in Use

The US-operated Evergreen Airlines Boeing 747 firefighting plane, the largest such aircraft in the world, made a couple of drops on the tragic, massive forest fire in Israel that has claimed 42 lives. This video from an Israeli news website shows some test drops by the plane, which can carry 95,000 liters (about 20,000 gallons) of fire retardant and water. I didn't know there was a 747 firefighting plane until I saw this article.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/world-s-biggest-fire-fighting-plane-joins-fight-to-contain-carmel-blaze-1.328957

Location: Woodbridge, VA

Re: Forest Fire in Israel - Largest Firefighting Plane in Use

I think there are also at least one, maybe more, DC-10's being used for this same function.

Location: Augusta, GA

Re: Forest Fire in Israel - Largest Firefighting Plane in Use

Yes their are a few here is one of them
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/3/9/9/1555993.jpg

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