";s:4:"text";s:2139:" Get in the helicopter and drive it up. The Captain executes a normal landing, keeps the the aircraft "on the step" and allows the speed to decrease to 70 knots. When the plane reached the fire, the tanks rolled to one side, spilling the water. Picking up water at flight speed is pretty risky and going too deep or popping out of the water are both likely to be serious accidents. This part of the flying operation is, perhaps, the most demanding in terms of teamwork among the crew. Climb it and pick it up. When equipped with amphibious floats installed by Wipaire, the AT-802F becomes the Fire Boss scooper air tanker, able to land on and scoop water from nearby lakes, rivers and reservoirs. As best I can tell, the point of your posts is: (1) We need a heavier amount of water on a fire than a rain-like soaking will provide, so big planes are bad (2) We don't want that water dumped on the fire because it will kill us, so big planes are bad. The scoop filled planes do not use the ocean because the surface constantly changing, surging up and down (waves) and have constantly varying currents. The line led the water up to the top of the tanks which were open. The most frequently asked question regarding the Mars is "How do they pick up their water?". As the plane taxied, the tanks became filled. So why use firefighting aircraft at all? Salt water will put out fires as well as fresh water.