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Suspended maneuvering system (7 photos)
Guess what it is?
It - "lifeboat" for the fire covered skyscrapers, oil platforms and so on. n., developed by McDonnell Douglas about 1978. Someone has scanned and posted on flickr brochure:
It was built one prototype; Los Angeles fire department to use a year in 1980-1981. The device worked well; the problem was with the logistics: the reliability required for the boat would have to carry a large twin-engine helicopter, which had to be urgently call. In addition, after 1980 incidence of fires in skyscrapers dropped their ubiquity sprinkler and other fire extinguishing systems, so that the need for such a system is also decreased. Maybe in New York on September 11 2001, it would be useful, but the New York Fire did not expect that fires after the terrorist attack will end collapse of skyscrapers.
The museum fire department in Los Angeles:
It - "lifeboat" for the fire covered skyscrapers, oil platforms and so on. n., developed by McDonnell Douglas about 1978. Someone has scanned and posted on flickr brochure:
It was built one prototype; Los Angeles fire department to use a year in 1980-1981. The device worked well; the problem was with the logistics: the reliability required for the boat would have to carry a large twin-engine helicopter, which had to be urgently call. In addition, after 1980 incidence of fires in skyscrapers dropped their ubiquity sprinkler and other fire extinguishing systems, so that the need for such a system is also decreased. Maybe in New York on September 11 2001, it would be useful, but the New York Fire did not expect that fires after the terrorist attack will end collapse of skyscrapers.
The museum fire department in Los Angeles:
