Mounted search and rescue

[ALLEN SNYDER <allendana1@sbcglobal.net>]

CAP Kansas 123 has access to 2 fixed wing planes and one has the G-1000 glass 
panel and the other is used as a towplane (single engine) for the glider the 
AirForce gave us.  I will forward some of this info to my commander, but it 
sounds like the bigger planes have it covered.  
   
  My dad flew a P3 for the Navy when it was used for antisubmarine warfare 
and to drop sonobuoys along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.  They are workhorses who 
can drop a load very accurately and some were modified with extra fuel tanks 
for longer flights.  I did not know there were many in active use for 
mission, but I am not surprised.  His squadron comrads (VO-67) are putting 
one in a flight museum and I have had the priviledge of seeing one in person. 
 Dana
   
  
IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN <ilichten1@verizon.net> wrote:
  How big are they going with fixed wing aircraft? The spotters are usually
very light, L-19's, O-1, O-2 size but the aerial tankers are growing in
size. 
I saw what looked like a P-3 doing drops on TV and I know that there are
C-130's with water dump off the ramp available. Evergreen Air has converted
747's to water droppers-- 140 knots and 500 feet for 250 000 pounds or so of
water and retardant. Sounds like not a place to be when the water falls. 

Irv Lichtenstein 

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