Compare that to this 1970s plane, which could only drop 200 gallons of water at a time. Sheehy: $30 million is very expensive for any aircraft. However, it's actually the most cost-effective ...
One of the fixed-wing aircraft lays a line of water Queensland Fire Department ... put in 133 flying hours over the fire, and did 586 drops that added up to 1.2 million litres.