MODULAR SYSTEM FOR STORING AND JETTISONING FLUID AND AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM

A modular water storing and jettisoning system which can be easily introduced into and removed from a host firefighting aircraft. To that end, the water storing and jettisoning system for a host aircraft comprises a fluid tank and at least one tube. The tank is connected to said tube or to all of sa...

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Hauptverfasser: BURGUNDER, Samuel, THIERS, Jean-Loup
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Zusammenfassung:A modular water storing and jettisoning system which can be easily introduced into and removed from a host firefighting aircraft. To that end, the water storing and jettisoning system for a host aircraft comprises a fluid tank and at least one tube. The tank is connected to said tube or to all of said tubes which extend(s) longitudinally from the tank such that, once installed in a host aircraft, the one or more tubes conduct the fluid to the longitudinal end of a rear door of the aircraft in an open position. Also an aircraft fitted with such a system.