A Look At Boeing’s One Of A Kind Firefighting Boeing 747 - The Supertanker

[@rickhunter4289]

I have had that aircraft and the DC-10 super tankers over my house during local fires. Always glad to see them along with all the other air resources and ground equipment. I'm a retired wildland firefighter of 32 years with the US Forest Service.

[@radiohead2206]

Thank you for your Service 🙏

[@Deamon93IT]

Thankfully I've never seeing this beauty in action but it would definitely be a sight to behold

[@Mr.Plover]

I have

[@Mr.Plover]

ITS HUGE

[@aviationlba747]

Well... yeah! It’s a 747!

[@aviationlba747]

There is only one.

[@Mr.Plover]

@Brian Baff its cause its fight cal fires. I saw it at the wallbrige fire

[@monsieurlechevalier]

Very cool. It’s amazing how versatile the 747 really is.

[@zulfiqaralikhurrum6911]

Simple flying really does put hard work and authentic research...and they really do deserve more subscribers. Hats off!

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@mark-ish]

Repeated take off and landing dumping fire retardant/water is not hard work??

[@zulfiqaralikhurrum6911]

@@mark-ish who says its not!?

[@rameyheimgartner2334]

Hey simple flying, what I love about your upload schedule is that you upload every day, and at the same time perfect for when I get back from my run to cool down.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@akshatgupta2643]

Love this whole channel and it has inspired to start my own aviation KZbin channel. Thank you.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@이주연-x4x]

Changed her into the queen of firefighting! Cool!

[@nikkiiv9259]

I've seen it fly over the wildfires in CA, it is so huge up close (even when it is 200is feet above you). It is so cool!

[@mervynsands3501]

Awesome piece of kit, it does the job to a tee, there should be a few more of these around fer sure.

[@mgsaviation9292]

Congrats on 61k subs!

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@jvwd7430]

Nice Video!

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@blancolirio]

Good stuff! Thanks for posting. Subscribed. Juan.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@kinlamcheung]

As Australia approaches the fire season, I hope to see it serve this Country.

[@zeealpal]

Or we could convert some of the older planes currently (and probably for a while) sitting idle due to Covid-19. Hope we don't need them this summer.

[@vinzchannel01]

The 747. Queen of the skies. Just look at it. Such a legend. Never has been disputed in its iconic position. A pioneer widebody passenger transporter, the best freighter, a VIP transporter, a space shuttle carrier, a dreamlifter, a firefighter, a queen, pls. add more to it guys.

[@IBo99608]

a heap of junk

[@Tiisiphone]

Wow! That's quite a sight!

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

Still unbeatable

[@brookeking8559]

I just finished spending over two decades in California. I’m aware of the Spirit of John Muir and happily have not seen her in real life. This video informed me with lots I didn’t know in a short time. Thanks! This video also reinforced a non-fire reason I’ve heard to heed evacuation orders: Leave so you don’t get knocked to the ground, injured, or doused by aerially delivered fire retardant.

[@southjerseysound7340]

Blancolorio channel has some great information on aerial firefighting if you're interested in a more in depth video.

[@brookeking8559]

SouthJerseySound, thanks!

[@Chuck59ish]

I haven't this Air Tanker in operation yet, but when I was based at CFB Comox, on Vancouver Island,back around 1990, the brought the Martin Philippine Mars water bomber for a flyby drop, extremely impressive, soaked us all. Where the Abbotsford Air Show takes place is the home of Conair Water bombers and they have various types of water bombers, including c-130 Hercules and SF2 Fire Cats, converted Tracker Navy aircraft fitted with turbine engines now.

[@JT-bg2vy]

Such an amazing aircraft. Thanks for the video. I do believe the fire boss is more cost efficient in operational costs and per gallon drop cost.

[@azoldguy9025]

Supertanker went out of business at the end of summer 2021, the plane was sold, another company has purchased a front loading 747 w00 and stated converting it and getting it certified! So the net says. The sooner the better for the west coast. Fire season is well underway. Pretty cool seeing it in and out of the Gilbert/ Mesa airport in Arizona.

[@joseperazza2221]

Excellent video!!!

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@BigStevo_6]

I live in the Phoenix area. I was watching FlightAware. That aircraft was circling Marana,AZ this week. We have numerous fires in the state. However, it did not seem to venture out to the fire lines.

[@denisb1098]

How interesting! I'd have loved to know more about how it loads up water/retardant, how long it takes, how it's released, what the retardant is, etc.

[@TheJackStan]

Funny how Australia never sees one of these during the bushfires.

[@Shadowfax-1980]

Jack Griffiths It costs a lot of money to fly it from the US. Australia does get DC-10s.

[@Mercy1-]

@@Shadowfax-1980 other countries are worthless to Not Build there own

[@iamKBCummings]

I saw itt do a drop near cloverdale CA in 2017. hree years later a wilfire devastated the other side of the valley.

[@thetransponder7186]

Nice very nice. Now let's go for an a380 super tanker

[@aviationlba747]

No one wants an A380 supertanker... the 747 is the real Queen of the Skies!

[@thetransponder7186]

@@aviationlba747 can you please shut your Boeing fanboy ass up. I knew one of yall would say something like that. So here if the 747 is queen the much prettier a380 is king and an225 is god. Lol just stay out your feelings😂🤣 And dont like your own comment that's weird.😔

[@aviationlba747]

The A380 is prettier than the 747? You’re insane!

[@blackmaiden3893]

The 747 is wayyyy more gorgeous than the A380 (aka beached whale).

[@aviationlba747]

Exactly! Cheers mate.

[@skyking6989]

Flying a 747 like a fighter jet pilot has stones!

[@daydreamera8558]

dammnn 747 is such a Flexible queen

[@learemington1700]

I love this tanker. Lord knows how much property and lives have saved. Thankyou. However, it looks like the crew is quite “well fed” knowhatimean?

[@tomstravels520]

So who operates the DC-10 version?

[@chrislohphotography]

A company called Tanker10 I believe

[@aviationlba747]

‘10 Tanker Air Carrier’ operate 4 DC-10s.

[@ronnieterry9275]

There is a lot of turblance when the air craft flies over the drop site. The smaller aircraft have almost no turbulence when they fly over a drop site.

[@espeescotty]

We could definitely use that old girl here in Arizona right now!

[@darkpepsi]

@Simple Flying: you should also do a video on the DC-10 Arial Tankers too.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

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[@skylineXpert]

Too bad it wasnt deployed to europe. It could really make a difference... Maybe the UN should buy a couple of used 747-400.

[@2739gghggfhytf]

when the spertanker whent to chile, it become so popular, that a popular popsicle brand, make a popsicle called supertanker, it was red and white.

[@siphiy8428]

Fun fact! This plane is based in a airport near my house it’s about 3 miles away and I always see it flow over my house at less than 3000 feet. How cool is that ?

[@ricardoresendiz9478]

How interesting i thought it's home was in Sacramento at Mcclellan Business Park? Throughout the year and a half that i've been working there i've always seen it parked there.

[@LuisOrtiz-vo3ed]

It would of been nice to see it try put out the three fires going on right now in so cal

[@brycenew]

How many gallons / litres can it deliver in one drop? Thanks!

[@UnconfinedConfusion]

A380 supertanker is next I’m calling it.

[@southjerseysound7340]

The 747 is cool but having flown BAE 146-200 I have to say that it's probably the best med/large sprayer out there. We used to call it the baby jumbo and the jumbolina 😐

[@Chellz801]

This makes me sad because the last 747 just rolled off the production line and now that part of the factory is done producing the queen of the skies. What an amazing era of aviation and great and reliable aircraft.

[@derrickm45]

This plane just flew over my house here in California fighting fires. So I had to look it up

[@davidlawand2805]

is wondering if the a380 could be a super tanker

[@vojtahorna3440]

How much water can it hold?

[@oooiii233]

Impressive airplane! How do they fill it with water? it takes over a lake like other similar airplanes or different Way? How much time for a water refill?

[@RJ_Reaganspaw]

I saw it today in Norther California being filled with fire retardant. It takes approximately 45 minutes to fill. The tanks are pressurized, so it shoots the retardant strait down. Amazing.

[@Arthur386]

Tegenwoordig ook hard nodig in Europa met die jaarlijkse bosbranden

[@keymad4]

You left out the most important thing on how long it takes to fill up with water

[@tornadochasingsiege]

Why Is the spinners in the super tanker's engines different Proof, Look in the engines at the bottom: 2:50

[@semurobo]

I Wonder If for Long trips, Like to Asia or Europe, would the plane fly fully loaded, or without any retardant loaded for increased Speed and range, and loading the retardant closer to its destination?

[@rohithdinesh9059]

I was the 1000th liker

[@everettrailfan]

So what's the 944 on the tail for?

[@FEDERICOKUBRICK]

A Porche thing

[@maxwellsmart6487]

D@M!!!!!!!!!!!!!💭🗯️💭🗯️🗯️💭💭🗯️supertanker shakes ya Awake if you're sleepy. Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bhall9537]

What's stopping Boeing from rewinging the 747 to be a twin engine instead 4?

[@southjerseysound7340]

Engine clearance for starters.

[@bhall9537]

@@southjerseysound7340 they tested the 777 engine on the 747, so clearance isn't an issue

[@southjerseysound7340]

@@bhall9537 actually clearance was a issue. For starters the way it had to be mounted created aerodynamic issues and it also affected it's thrust output. Even though GE made it fit for testing purposes clearance was a major problem and it could never operate with any kind of weight and that's just the begining. You'd have to redesign the wings, tail section and more. Then when you factor in the heavier weight of the older design. It'd be cheaper and faster to simply redesign the 777 fuselage to accommodates a second level.

[@dunkerfurgill865]

I think the company needs more 747 super tankers at least 20! For worldwide. We all know that the 747 are retired. But there are also retired a340. 767.you need big planes for this job because there are more fire s coming.to take care off the fire fast you need more bigger planes!

[@aregularperson7573]

Yeah the first time I think the 747-400 super tanker was used was In the Chilean wild fires back in 2017 or 2018

[@risa9878]

I can vouch for it in October of 2017 during the Tubbs fire (Ca)

[@youssefa_yt5951]

I'm early🎉😁🛫

[@Gattatron]

Was this plane in Australia during the bush fires?

[@paulou0425]

really would love to hear how can 747 get cheaper drop per gallon with its massive body and 4 engines.

[@2whl4re]

Fewer runs required vs smaller aircraft, it has a wider & longer water or retardant drop pattern per load.

[@matsv201]

Its kind of a odd choice to me. While it is a good aircraft, it also have an operational empty weight of 185 tons (original spec). A smaller aircraft tend to have a better balance becasuse they are not made for that large of a range. A smaller aircraft would also be able to land at a smaller airport. The number of airports that can take a B767 or a A330/A300 is accessible to far more airports. Would also have two planes for the cost of one.. While, yes, to half the capacity. There is a reason why the medium size wide body is dominating as air refulers. The bottle neck really seams to be the turn around and refill time

[@heresmyurl]

This plane was converted to a freight that is now owned or operated by National Airlines.

[@bobbillings]

You are right. The company that owned this plane sold this 747-400 global firefighting aircraft (minus the RDS) to National cargo after financial difficulty during covid. National re-converted it to a freighter for delivery service in operation currently. They also sold the retardent delivery system (RDS) to another company, who is currently finalizing it's conversion of a 747-200 with the RDS system that was initially in the 747-400 in the video here. After testing and government approval, we will hopefully see this enter service this year so we will once again have a 747 global fire tanker back in the air.

[@TP-fl9ul]

Nice but still it would be better if the plane can fill the tank just from the lake or river

[@rickpaulson6583]

For once its an old story.. you doing better most of the time

[@Perich29]

A flying firetruck.

[@rrknl5187]

It'd be interesting to know how much retardant it can carry. Many years ago, I flew DC-7s that were converted to tankers, they could carry 3,000 gallons of retardant, roughly 30,000 lbs. The 747 can carry a bit more........

[@peterblackburn7269]

this is what australia should get !!! rather than hiring craft!! from overseas 🤔🤔🤔 aspecialy there are so many 747s sitting in desert around the world going to waste

[@glennmcc64]

An American Hercules tanker saved a big group of houses in Sydney this last summer. Poor buggers crashed a while later in New South Wales.

[@scarecrow108productions7]

You mean Tanker 134 of Coulson Aviation?

[@joeldawson1845]

And your not going to mention Australia?

[@polish001airigami5]

Hello

[@WestCoastWheelman]

Still not as cool as the Martin Mars. With a big enough body of water nearby a fire, those magnificent old bombers could deliver way more water way faster because they don't even need to land to refill the tanks. While the 747 is busy getting to a huge airport to refill the Mars could go skim the nearest lake repeatedly and loiter around a fire literally all day.

[@FEDERICOKUBRICK]

YES Totally agree. And WE DONT NEED NO STINKIN RETARDANT! Plane water is enough.

[@drolungz2579]

Wonder why we dont have more super tankers instead on bombers and stealth drones i think SUPER TANKER ARE MORE IMPORTANT

[@edmundkockenlocker4672]

I think the people in Northern California could use some help from this.

[@cjaden]

oi we need it rn in california

[@jamesnewman4558]

Too bad it's no longer in service

[@hugo414]

I thought it was a 747-8 base

[@GiggityGiggity_27]

Just wait till they do this to a 747 8

[@moultan]

Oh wow .. chemtrails right there

[@ECEAaronXavierLobo]

What?

[@charlibravo371]

Why not use all those idle a380's that no one wants to fly. Surely it would be more economical than the 747.

[@zulfiqaralikhurrum6911]

Second view

[@PearlClanLeaderIrida]

𝖭𝗈𝗐 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖺 747-8 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇 𝖠380 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖾𝗋

[@Kryptictails]

24!

[@KATONKA...]

My step dad used to fly "borate bombers" out of chino California when I was in jr.high

[@kenlewis2353]

This aircraft has been sold because unprofitable, I wasnt aware that fighting fires had to be profitable what has gone wrong in America.

[@thundurr]

It's a private company not a government owned one, they need money

[@bobbillings]

You are right. The company that owned this plane sold this 747-400 global firefighting aircraft (minus the RDS) to National cargo after financial difficulty during covid. National re-converted to a freighter for delivery service in operation currently. They also sold the retardent delivery system (RDS) to another company, who is currently finalizing it's conversion of a 747-200 with the RDS system that was initially in the 747-400 in the video here. After testing and government approval, we will hopefully see this enter service this year in 2023 so we will once again have a 747 global fire tanker back in the air.

[@navvet4518]

VLAT!!!

[@Rambleon444]

I just saw this bad boy working in our neck of the woods, it is a beautiful sight to behold in an area of carnage. Thank you! Global Supertanker! Here is a video ole 944 comes in at 9:10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWOXn2uIYtenm80

[@luigiluigi5119]

In certi momenti mi è sembrato che annaffiare gli alberi😂

[@anishbudida6010]

Noooooo

[@stejer211]

This must be the least-informing video on this channel. Did you read aloud the promo talk from the website?

[@timur9315]

yeah lol i have a funny and a sad story in my city there was a fire so the fire helicoper went to the sea to get some water it did get water and + a diver while he was diving so they found a guy in the middle of a forest with a dive suit Rip the diver.

[@anishbudida6010]

Nooooooooooo

[@mustafayt5307]

Vc

[@levismith7444]

This is what tax dollars should be going too