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Our environmental conditions was one of the reasons to not choose the Skycrane (aka Elvis etc) helicopters and for choosing the Squirrels and Fire-Kings.Zebedee wrote:The Victorian government make decisions that they believe are right for their state. It is not our place to second guess those decisions and/or why the same type of aircraft is or isn't avialable in WA.
The DC-10 is good, it does a terrific job! Its a conversion was around thoughts to why it wouldnt be good here in WA.brocks wrote:if it aint no good the dc 10 that is,why did the vic goverment bring it out here,the state is a lot smaller than wa and much more heavily populated than wa,my opinion just a point scoring exercise when it stuffed up the firefight last year,just a knee jerk reaction to keep the people in victoria happy.like some of us on here said it would have been a good exercise to trial it under bad fire conditions in wa over the last week if the 2 state governments had of come to some agreement but only up at lancelin and enneabba where there were big firefronts.if it aint going to be used then dont bring it out here,be very interesting to see what happens in victoria next summer
Perth & Pearce, possibly Kalgoorlie and definate LearmonthBigfella78 wrote:How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?
Perth, Possibly Pearce (although they landed a B1 there a few years ago and it cracked a few taxiways), and Learmonth - the alternate airport for most international airlinersBigfella78 wrote:How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?
Pearce is a yes, I'm led to believe that Pearce was set to do a new resurface of the runway not long after the B-1, this sealed its fate?Nafenn wrote:Perth, Possibly Pearce (although they landed a B1 there a few years ago and it cracked a few taxiways), and Learmonth - the alternate airport for most international airlinersBigfella78 wrote:How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?
I would suggest they wouldn't used it with fire fighters on the ground in the drop zone..WadeH wrote:As a firefighter on the ground, has anyone thought of how all of us on the fireground are supposed to clear the drop zone when the DC - 10 is inbound? I'm told its bad enough being dumped on by a helitak!
even then you'd probably get washed out...Bigfella78 wrote:I would suggest they wouldn't used it with fire fighters on the ground in the drop zone..WadeH wrote:As a firefighter on the ground, has anyone thought of how all of us on the fireground are supposed to clear the drop zone when the DC - 10 is inbound? I'm told its bad enough being dumped on by a helitak!
If they did I would say, underneath your truck would be a good place to be..
Curtin has the length also.written_ficton wrote:Perth & Pearce, possibly Kalgoorlie and definate LearmonthBigfella78 wrote:How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?
