What about the A-26 INVADER?

[hyena426]

yup was lookin it up,i guess there are still 50 vaders in the air


The Invader was designed as a successor to the Douglas A-20.  The A-26 first saw action in the European theatre in November 1944. Eventually, over 2500 Invaders were built. After 1948, the Invader was redesigned as the B-26 after the Martin Marauder was no longer in service. 450 of the B-26s were made after the original “Attack” designation was discontinued. The A-26/B-26 saw service in Korea, Vietnam and as fire bombers after the war. Approximately 50 are still flying today.

A lot of foreign
Air forces used the A-26 Invader for various
tasks, some Invaders still can be found
operational now with the task of fighting fires. <~~i new there was a b-26 vader fire fighter:)

[Odee]

Absolutely correct Hyena...!  However Canada is phasing out the 26, in favor of the newer fire bomber they're building.  Looks lke it's mdeled after the Grumman Goose.  Lays twice the water in one pass, and refills literally on the fly.  Awesome plane.  Wish I could find the link to the company making it.

Even more Awesome is this Illyushin that hte USFS refused to allow to help waterbomb those fires in 2001-2002!
http://www.sacredearth.org/waterbombers.html?source=1

11,000 gallons capacity!  

[Wolfala]

There is an extreme earnistness when it comes to russian aircraft design. It works - but nothing fancy. I think it would be a welcome addition to any fleet of water bombers.


Wolfala