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Shorten the WPA-2. Meet him at the air base had a chance to close Dyagilevo when near the landfill occurred Pogonovo basic steps.

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As darts at all seriously, dropping bombs and shoot for real, there are fires that need to simmer.



I called to do Il-76MD equipped with a special device.



Spray tanks - a device for transporting and pouring in flight from the aircraft (in this case, IL-76), liquid (water) designed to extinguish fires.
It consists of two device rigidly interconnected tanks and units for filling and draining the fluid.



You can keep filling simultaneously on several fire trucks or hydrants.

In the background are clearly visible cover (or door) tank, which is filled with water. In the foreground of the grooves. In the process water discharge ramp it opens exactly as it is open now, but not much.



Specifications as follows:
the number of tanks - 2;
Weight tanks - 5 tons;
length - 21 m;
the total capacity of the tanks - 42 m;
installation of the system in the plane - 2 hours;
the method of discharge - free flow;
the aircraft's speed during discharge - 278 km / h;
optimum altitude during reset - 50 m;
covering an area of ​​simultaneous reset - 550x110 m;
covers the area of ​​serial reset -700x65 m.

Climb on board, hence the tanks look like this:



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The level of control fullness.



Briefly go into the cockpit.



Last:
Flight preparation is in full swing.
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