BAE Systems is willing to help develop a fire-fighting variant of ... aircraft as a water bomber. "The right aircraft from our point of view is the 146-100," he says. "It has a short fuselage ...

The British Aerospace BAe-146 was converted from a regional ... available for wildfire dispatches. These aircraft are statewide resources. Fire danger was elevated across the state as of Wednesday ...

Neptune Aviation recently deployed aircraft to fight fires in other states ... while we work on the forest health," Lynn said. The BAe 146, which is currently in use, is similar in size to ...

“All of our BAe 146 aircraft are strategically deployed under ... Each aircraft can be loaded with 3,000 gallons of fire retardant or water in as little as six minutes. “We are grateful ...

Because they can take a steep approach to landing, the BAE 146 ... fire. No one was injured. BAE is responsible for checking the planes’ airworthiness and for engineering support. The U.K ...

As fire season heats up ... long history of flying propeller-driven aircraft for the Forest Service and sought a next-generation contract for its BAe-146 turboprop air tankers.

Neptune expected to employ its second BAe-146 four-engine jet bomber on forest fires in early ... It could be extended if the 2012 fire season goes longer. National Interagency Fire Center ...

146 and other variants of the regional jetliner will continue to be supported by the OEM following the $1 Among early agreements established by Falko Regional Aircraft is the lease of a BAe 146 ...

The United Kingdom has confirmed that it is to retire in the coming months the BAe 146 aircraft operated by the Royal Flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Answering questions in the House of ...