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>   Is this true for all makes of water bomber? Or is there a make with =
a big
> opening that could admit a diver? Or the diver could have been snagged=
 on some
> underbelly structure outside rather than swallowed into its water tank=
=2E
>   But this does suggest an idea for a new sort of plane designed speci=
fically
> to scoop up small boats and surfaced divers, whether for rescue, or fo=
r patrol
> / capture, or for whatever reason.
>   (I once saw a picture of a scoop carried under a helicopter to pick =
up
> ditched aeroplane pilots.)

I think that I have seen a picture of helicopter using this kind of scoo=
p to
pick
up water and fly it over the fire. This scoop looked so big that a diver=
 could
be inside in it. It's difficult to see under the big helicopter so the p=
ilot
might
not see what he's lifting. Just a suggestion.... ?

Terho

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