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> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 95 09:45:20 +0000
> From: "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
> To: techdiver@terra.net
> Subject: water bombers as hazards to divers
>
> "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*> wrote:-
> > ... I heard that once when a water-bomber plane was used, a dead snorkeller
> > was found in the remains of the fire afterwards.
>
> John Gibbons <jgibbo@ph*.lo*.ac*.uk*> wrote:-
> > I heard that one too, I think it was in the south of France????
>
> sadavis@ib*.ne* wrote:-
> > A.A. Yeah that happened in Austria. They found this dead diver laying on the
> > side of the mountain, miles away from any water. They had figured it out
> > before it came to press, but I bet they took a while to get to that idea.
>
> (but others say that it could not have happened)
>
> But the forestry people who used the water-bomber, may have denied the
> incident and got it hushed up, to avoid legal blame and responsibility.
>
> Randy Johnston <randyj@wh*.ne*> replied:-
> > The most popular [make of water-bomber] planes is built by Canadair in
> > Quebec. The openings are on the belly of the plane and scoop up water as it
> > skims along, however, considering that the openings are only 3"x6" it is
> > unlikely that a snorkeller would have been deposited in the fire whole. He
> > was more likely in small snorkeller "bits".
>
> Marc Dufour <emdx@ac*.ne*> wrote:-
> > ... the CL-215 [water bomber's] scoop opening is only 10cm square ...
>
> GILGSN@ao*.co* wrote:-
> > This is impossible, the size of the scoop is way too small for a body,
> > something like 10cm per 20cm, the speed of the plane provides the pressure
> > to fill the tanks. Maybe just a little piece of a diver though...
>
> 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.
> But this does suggest an idea for a new sort of plane designed specifically
> to scoop up small boats and surfaced divers, whether for rescue, or for patrol
> / capture, or for whatever reason.
> (I once saw a picture of a scoop carried under a helicopter to pick up
> ditched aeroplane pilots.)
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OK now I admit the "Bild Zeitung" is not one of the more respectable newspapers
around, however they do sell quite alot, every day, and in that paper, was this
story,
So....
Scotter
The deeper yah go,
the better it feels
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