Evergreen Airlines 747 Supertanker

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The Evergreen Supertanker showed impressive results during the U.S. Forest Service administered grid tests earlier this year. From high, medium and low coverage levels, the Supertanker showed it provides quality, consistent retardant line construction. The cutting-edge aircraft proved it belongs on the front line, from the onset, to fight wildfire day and night. The uniformed pattern of the Supertanker drops, and its ability, in a single flight, for split loads at multiple coverage levels, gives agencies an incredibly versatile firefighting tool.
The multi-role B747 Supertanker is the largest tanker aircraft available today. With a payload of more than 20,000 gallons and a response time of 600 mph, it has more than eight times the drop capability and twice the speed of any other federal air tanker currently fighting fires. The Supertankers patented pressurized system has the capability to disperse product at high pressure for an overwhelming response, or disperse at the speed of falling rain in a single or several segmented drops. This pressurized system will also allow for drops at higher altitudes, creating a significant safety buffer and enabling the Supertanker to fight fires during the day and at night, when they are most vulnerable. It also offers a significant value for American taxpayers; saving homes, natural resources, and most importantly, lives. When employed properly, the Supertanker has the capability to save the U.S. government billions of dollars in fire suppression, natural resource losses, tourism, and rehabilitation costs every year.
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[@chr0min0id]

Bruh I just found my childhood video. The nostalgia is hitting HARD rn.

[@JustAK_YT]

God wish that plane dosent get stuck

[@nebulasfm8391]

Um

[@thedreamliner2012]

My 7 year old ask what the red stuff was. I told him blood. Great father, ain't I?

[@aviationlba747]

Yes.

[@Raptoreon]

I think he understands now.

[@babyj4154]

Crazy to think he is 18 now

[@andyROACH182]

hi! i am a planespotter from frankfurt germany..yesterday this aircraft made an demoshow at Hahn Airport...it was such an amazing moment! B-747 the nicest plane ever! great to the the water coming out of that plane! nice greetings andy

[@concorde232]

The 747-100 just sounds amazing!

[@tysondiki]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TAKE-OFF

[@giventofly94]

i simply love take offs viewed from below... it's amazing the sound when they pass by our heads :D

[@airfabio777X]

The most perfect, great, awesome, stunning take off I've ever seen in my entire life. And about the engine sound? Now words. Congrats!

[@ChristIsKing4ever-l9w]

Can't wait to see this plane when it blocks a runway 😂

[@beh0003]

This video is "Pure Class". Add that to the fact it's in HD, and it's perfect. Thanks Airboyd.

[@amazingalloverfitness-onli1789]

Oh yeah it’s pure class that this is the type of demonic shite that sprays our skies 👿👿👿

[@livelyupmyself1]

Beautiful video. No frills, just airplanes. Thank you.👍

[@MooseDriver204]

Old classic 747 100/200's. I miss these, better days of flying

[@obese1konobe]

Brilliant cinematic style. Nice camerawork. Great idea and amazingly effective to boot!

[@hmadison]

The massive CG shift and loss of mass during the dump must be an interesting challenge.

[@rangeclerk]

Queen of the Sky and Killer of Fires!

[@Na5iR11]

Possibly the coolour is just there so you can see it more easily in the bowls later

[@omarcalzadillas7461]

E.i.a damn I miss those days ❤🙏❤

[@ASBARRETTAVIATION]

Great to see this of my old airline.

[@vetterplane]

Oh how 6 year old me would watch this over and over back then

[@jmreyesiii]

good thing you made a plane video because my dad likes planes

[@K3N741955]

My babie brother LOVED THIS!

[@Schipholhotspot]

what an amazing video thanks for sharing great sound and images thanks

[@DjPelland]

We gonna need some of these in Colorado this summer.

[@diwitdharpatitripathi2282]

Within next ten years . Iam gonna purchase ten of these magnificent big birdies.

[@alecwomack6718]

What an amazing machine doing amazing work. People are awesome!

[@UltravioletHeather]

They are testing a fire retardant to see the spread, coverage and accuracy of a dump. This is used in fire fighting in forested areas. The cups are to assess the information accurately.

[@alexbarison1460]

This looks like an early 747-100 series!

[@AirborneRenegade]

It's actually a 747-200. Close enough though!

[@alsaif3386]

Agreed

[@justynsadlowski7568]

747 100 or200

[@hjfischer1]

I am a former Smokejumper and 30,000 hr Pilot with some 747 time. The liquid is chemical retardant mixed with water to form a slurry. The idea is to drop in front of the fire to "fireproof" the ground cover until Jumpers or Ground Crews get to it or, if on scene, get a fireline around it. Still think I'd rather have 10- 15 C-130's for the same money- you'd have the resources to hit a number of small fires as you often have after a lightning storm. Tankers are a good tool, but not a panacea.

[@TheMetallatem]

Oh my God, is amazing!

[@Damson19]

Evergreen everywhere

[@carllyndonnepomuceno2768]

0:46 , Feel the power of the 4 Pratt and Whitney JT9Ds screaming through your ears!

[@hermanburgers153]

Although Evergreen has the largest firefighting aircraft in the world is strangely not involve any of those aircraft at major fires in Colorado

[@isarsak]

+herman burgers Evergreen went bankrupt and their 747 classics retired. Global supertanker which is the successor of evergreen bought the 747-400 that evergreen had but couldnt afford to all the maintenance and D check

[@carllyndonnepomuceno2768]

+Canz1 , yup the Evergreen International Boeing 747-400BDSF (N493EV) in which Global Supertanker LLC bought from.

[@MrBryan86]

Smoothest 747 landing!!

[@tryptyx]

@Ecka0007 It is a water based fire retardant. This aircraft is being tested to do large water/fire retardant drops on forest fires.

[@ShiningStar530]

I' only watching this cause my brother is drivin me nuts. he won't stop cryin till i show him a video about planes, cars trains, or any other vehicle.

[@hamannshaikh7398]

I think 240 guyz, r scared of Aircrafts 😂😂 Bro seriously amazing and fantastic Video.... U made my day 👍👍😊

[@INTERNATIONALvids]

nice take off and landing footage

[@MrRaduliviu]

jeeeeeeeeeeeesus that´s a big thing!!! i love big airplanes. look at his wings!!!!

[@rutgersfan7]

Gotta love those engines.

[@jpduroche1]

we need this plane in Arizona Yesterday !!!!

[@ua462hd]

I think that supertanker is a very good invention!!!! Just imagine finally, it can carry huge amount of fire extinguisher - when forests burn. If yo have skilled pilots to steer the 747, it would be ok flying it over my house - love the roar of the JT9Ds by the way

[@k.pacificnw02134]

Thanks, gravity!

[@MechanicalMentor]

Awesome! Love this vid.

[@tSimms13]

awesome video

[@reemolikenemo]

1:59 My dad is in the video 🧍🏻‍♀️ He’s in the Grey Sweater

[@razsa]

what a beautiful landing!!

[@NSResponder]

That is an amazing engineering accomplishment. -jcr

[@drice1987]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@dienzaenudin]

how big this airplane...nice take off and landing...mantap...mantap...

[@yblocker]

Cool video man last weeks xmas push i fuel a couple of evergreen 747s really great planes!

Very nice indeed. Thanks for sharing!

[@neilzep]

Looks like Marana Arizona,spent some time for a Dui over there at the prison not far from Evergreen. Some of the inmates used to go over there at do some work,I think the ones in orange here are some of them. O well,bad memories except watching the planes from evergreen flying by and Marana airport.

[@KatmaiBrownBear]

This plane is in Fairbanks Alaska right now. The reason you need a plane like this.......is the nearing 2 million acres burning here and the less than a mile vis. here in Fairbanks due to chocking smoke!!

[@JBM425]

Evergreen released a statement wondering much the same thing. See it at the Evergreen Aviation website (KZbin is not letting me post the URL... sorry!).

[@Slaterator]

Wow, that´s impressive ! I´ll call them if my easter fire get´s out of control... ;-)

[@spirituslibertatis]

perfection.

[@scribklu]

They need these in SoCal.

[@nenblom]

Nice job!!!

[@diwitdharpatitripathi2282]

Conquering the INFINITE dimensions. Endless INFINITY.

[@jetx_47]

So, what we have here, is an airplane, pooping out ketchup, into testing cups. Good to know

[@omarcalzadillas4894]

Beautiful ❤

[@baco7578]

Amazing! Great video!

[@conatserscrivner1501]

Nice job man

[@deonlarose]

That's really cool

[@nolanohana]

What is the purpose of the safety helmets? Is the red juice that dense or are they 747-proof in case of a crash?

[@4799711]

great info thanks

[@KLM777300er]

awesome vid man, wish i had stuff like this on my channel :(

[@normanriggs848]

Have a LOT of hours flying this puppy, but not as a tanker. Too bad the program was a failure but it wasn't because of the airplane or the people. Enough said. Miss those planes, miss the people who kept the airline running, miss everything about it except for the company itself. Thanks for the video! Oh, yes it was a 747-100 but the heavier version. I think 750,000 pound take off weight. The original -100 had a 734,000 pound take off weight. It has been a long time but I think I got those numbers right. lol There was a 747-400 that did this but they recently stopped flying it as it was just too expensive to operate. I think a DC-10-30 is the only heavy doing this now.

[@ndirangugichuki6260]

Interesting, would you explain if you know why it was expensive to operate ?

[@normanriggs848]

Sorry for the late reply. The 747 in general is a pretty expensive airplane to fly because of 4 engines are not the latest and are not very fuel efficient compared to more modern engines. BUT the reason the Evergreen 747 was even worse was because of the greed of late owner of the company. I won't say anymore about him! So far as I know the only time this plane was actually used was to help with a fire in Israel. It has been grounded ever since. Plus the company no longer exists. A very sad state of affairs. The people who worked with this company were some of the best people you could imagine and they, as a company, were not treated well, especially at the end. I won't say anymore about Evergreen except I miss them and the flying we did!@@ndirangugichuki6260

[@ndirangugichuki6260]

@@normanriggs848 No problem mate, I've researched about Evergreen, you are right about the owner, and you are also right about the employee's, a bunch of good talented people. You are also right about the 747, but I'm sure with the right type of employees and a good management structure, I still think that thing could make money, I still do, i mean that thing could be anywhere in the world within 20 hours if called upon for a large fire, that right there is just a niche market. If I'm not wrong the largest water bomber right now is the DC-10, some good returns on that platform from what I've heard. Anyways, thanks for replying, I really appreciate that.

[@ForgettableVids]

They should do some sort of world record and dump water on a 1000 girls in white T shirts all at once.

[@MikeFarowe]

cool video

[@max010113]

Take off was scary

[@Brandjuh]

Very very very nice movie

[@dragicon2]

A company from Colorado Springs just bought the equipment from this tanker and will convert a 744 to the tanker.... Parts of this plane will fly again!

[@Deverestteam]

@SimAlex20000 actually, it's quite easy to fly. It's been designed to be easy to fly.

[@JLMiller410]

Would be a huge asset in fighting the fires in Colorado. Too bad the National Forest Service won't call it in to help.

[@Jacksonkellyfreak]

747 wins the piss in a cup game.

[@madscott85]

Na, its harmless, its a Fire Retardant called Phos-Chek, it doubles as a fertaliser to help the bush regenerate after the fire. The red colour is just a dye to visualy mark where its been used.

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

Yeah looks like it was filmed at Marana

[@FSXNOOB]

Amazing thing :)

[@YourFriendlyTroll]

I saw a brand new one taking first flight at the boeing hq in washington or something, i forgot. it was LOUD

[@granskare]

perhaps this jet can be used for the Colorado and New Mexico wildfires prevalent these days

[@diwitdharpatitripathi2282]

For my garden ranch in the Texas. Regards. Watering my garden ranch in Texas.

[@KosukiFire]

@1:45 How to paint a neighborhood in one day :D

[@jamesgolden6501]

That's effing funny

[@thefsxflyer]

Cool beans!

[@daewooparts]

thank god its not dropping "blue ice or blue water" (toilet water) :P i seen a plane dump a load of blue water all over a neighborhood before, he must have been "pissed" at someone there!

[@MrJoeBob12345]

Nice.

[@bordercollie1975]

Should be called Everred.

[@MrGaboy2010]

That is awesome

[@mariodebontridder]

nice!!!

[@jasonsadventure]

awesome! you are right. i just saw it ...

[@sagitta98]

Okay. First the ship in Suez, second the truck in Taiwan. I wish this one doesn't stuck in anyway possible.

[@izak1992]

EPIC!

[@ocd2222]

someone needs to fly that thing in a big building

[@sufiyaanmalek9950]

the red thing!! CROP DUSTER

[@max010113]

Yeah.. What is that red stuff?

[@bhupeshq8]

Supertanker to fight fires during the day and at night

[@cjracer1000]

Just imagine if they got a 747-400, 748, AN225, or an A380 for this!

[@Horethjr]

I want to see is a plane making circles like this one

[@usamamusa]

what is this red thing which is discharging from the plane... please tell me???

[@jamesgolden6501]

What about an extension nozzle the type used in refueling military aircraft flyable but yet capable of carrying a huge volume of water for better directional control and lower altitude drops for Less atomization

[@selamosh]

ביבי כל הכבוד שהבאת את הענק המעופף הזה אלינו מקווים שאחרי שהכל יגמר תדעו לחדש ציוד בכל מערך החרום בארץ