Ohhh neato! You can actually see him getting lighter!

Is this a firefighter or what's going on. Anyone know?

Yep, it's an Evergreen 747 Supertanker, the largest aerial firefighter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Supertanker>> ^vaporlock:
Is this a firefighter or what's going on. Anyone know?

he broke the seal way too early in the day. his night is ruined.

hey to break it to you, but that happens every time you flush the toilet on a commercial flight

I'm pretty sure you're dead wrong there Deathcow

“Many people are of the assumption that aircraft lavatories dump overboard when they are flushed, this is not the case. Lavatory waste is contained on the aircraft in a holding tank until the aircraft lands. When the aircraft is safely on the ground, only ground crew personnel may operate the valve to dump the waste tank. While in flight it is physically impossible for the pilots to dump the waste water because the valve is usually located on the exterior of the aircraft.”

From the Chicago O'Hare Flight Standards District Office

It's hard to imagine how dropping the water from what looks like a very high altitude would do anything useful, as by the time the water reached the ground it'd be dispersed over an extremely large area.


>> ^Skeeve:
Yep, it's an Evergreen 747 Supertanker, the largest aerial firefighter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Supertanker>> ^vaporlock:
Is this a firefighter or what's going on. Anyone know?

Because the Supertanker uses a pressurized dump system it can drop water from 400 to 800 ft as opposed to other water bombers which use gravity to drop the water and must be around 200ft. This video, though, is probably just a test of the system itself, so is flying much higher.
>> ^Zyrxil:
It's hard to imagine how dropping the water from what looks like a very high altitude would do anything useful, as by the time the water reached the ground it'd be dispersed over an extremely large area.

>> ^Skeeve:
Yep, it's an Evergreen 747 Supertanker, the largest aerial firefighter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Supertanker>> ^vaporlock:
Is this a firefighter or what's going on. Anyone know?

i guess i just pee incredibly higher volumes than you

>> ^rasch187:
“Many people are of the assumption that aircraft lavatories dump overboard when they are flushed, this is not the case. Lavatory waste is contained on the aircraft in a holding tank until the aircraft lands. When the aircraft is safely on the ground, only ground crew personnel may operate the valve to dump the waste tank. While in flight it is physically impossible for the pilots to dump the waste water because the valve is usually located on the exterior of the aircraft.”
From the Chicago O'Hare Flight Standards District Office
socialist propaganda!