Coulson has developed an in house system to install I think. 4000 gallon tank as well as a certified system to remove relevant floor areas & reinforce them to support the new tank. They currently have ten flying now which they rent out.
WRT to the G-Wagon, I will gladly buy a Family Wagon! (General Utility variant, not the C&R).... I will contribute to National Security by.... Keepinfg the platform employed & showing the flag? I guess?
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I hust really would like to buy one of our G-Wagons...
While it's fabulous they can keep them in the "national security ecosystem" & in such an important role it perpetuates the cycle with in BC to depend on Tankers vrs Scoopers that they borrow from the rest of Canada when their forest fires get to big to handle.
BC doesn't buy their aerial assets they lease them & their are no Super Scooper Fleets available for lease. Unfortunately Conair who contracted for the Fed Aerial Fighting Service doesn't have any Super Sooper's either unless they contract individual from a US Service.
Coulson the main contractor for BC don't use Scooper's unless their borrowed from another Province because as a major US Operator Coulson has has no need for them where the majority of the contracts in the states exist due to a lack of lakes/river's.
While it's great their continuing service in this way given the above a Northern Canadian Airline Service would have been a better option....
Of course this is a pitch for a second CL 515 Super Scooper Line at de Haviland & a Federal Order of a couple dozen for both the Pan-Canadian Aerial Asset Program (PCAAP) & an International Fleet of Super Scoopers for Europe & Australia.
The international love of these aircraft when they turn up overhead is massive & the soft power from a fleet of aircraft Canada doesn't own is serious.
Outstanding news! This is exactly what I hoped would happen to the retiring C-130H fleet, including a pair going to air museums.
Coulson has developed an in house system to install I think. 4000 gallon tank as well as a certified system to remove relevant floor areas & reinforce them to support the new tank. They currently have ten flying now which they rent out.
WRT to the G-Wagon, I will gladly buy a Family Wagon! (General Utility variant, not the C&R).... I will contribute to National Security by.... Keepinfg the platform employed & showing the flag? I guess?
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I hust really would like to buy one of our G-Wagons...
While it's fabulous they can keep them in the "national security ecosystem" & in such an important role it perpetuates the cycle with in BC to depend on Tankers vrs Scoopers that they borrow from the rest of Canada when their forest fires get to big to handle.
BC doesn't buy their aerial assets they lease them & their are no Super Scooper Fleets available for lease. Unfortunately Conair who contracted for the Fed Aerial Fighting Service doesn't have any Super Sooper's either unless they contract individual from a US Service.
Coulson the main contractor for BC don't use Scooper's unless their borrowed from another Province because as a major US Operator Coulson has has no need for them where the majority of the contracts in the states exist due to a lack of lakes/river's.
While it's great their continuing service in this way given the above a Northern Canadian Airline Service would have been a better option....
Of course this is a pitch for a second CL 515 Super Scooper Line at de Haviland & a Federal Order of a couple dozen for both the Pan-Canadian Aerial Asset Program (PCAAP) & an International Fleet of Super Scoopers for Europe & Australia.
The international love of these aircraft when they turn up overhead is massive & the soft power from a fleet of aircraft Canada doesn't own is serious.
Some major components of these older variants are very tired at this point with few ready replacements. Coulson has quite the task ahead of them.