bflynn
Final Approach
How do firefight aircraft drop water? I've heard that it's like an agricultural sprayer, but also that it's just dropped as a mass and lands like a bomb on the ground. My firefighting background comes from the Navy and I learned that water puts a fire out by cooling it below the ignition point and to a lesser point, by smothering it. A stream of water is not as effective as a spray. Because of that, I'd expect a sprayer to be effective but a a "drop" to be largely ineffective.
Please avoid the obvious political extension, I'm just trying to figure out how aircraft drop water.
Please avoid the obvious political extension, I'm just trying to figure out how aircraft drop water.