The Mars is an old (but venerable) aircraft, it's slow and heavy, a
Bombardier 415 is way more agile and as the time to go 2 time on the scene
wile the Mars one.

Cheers, Ben

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:48 -0700, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Too bad we have only two of these babies left up here...
>
>http://www.martinmars.com/
>
>I've seen them in action many times (including a fire less than a km from
our house a few
>years ago), and they are quite amazing. I imagine the more modern
Bombardier would also
>be very impressive, even if only half the size...
>
>On 25 Oct 2007 at 10:22, Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote:
>
>> It's time for the US the invest in a Canadian product:
>>
http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=3_0&lang=en&file=/en/3_0/3_3/3_3_0.html
>>
>> When you see those up close, you understand! Look at a north american map,
>> look at Quebec, France goes 8 time into it! All we have is forest.
>>
>> I had a fiend who was a CL-215 (older version) pilot, men, you can only have
>> respect for those crazy guys.
>>
>> It's not the first time i see Califonia in fire, very sad indeed.
>>
>> Ben
>
>
>Shawn Wright
>http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
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