Fire Tanker

5 vehicles · Fire Tanker

Every fire tanker aircraft cataloged in the Who That Plane?! database — manufacturer, country, era, and key performance specs for each design, with deep links to full Wikipedia summaries.

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Boeing Global SuperTanker / 747 Supertanker — Very Large Aerial Firefighting Tanker (VLAT) / Very Large Aerial Firefighting Retardant Delivery

Boeing Global SuperTanker / 747 Supertanker

Boeing · Very Large Aerial Firefighting Tanker (VLAT) / Very Large Aerial Firefighting Retardant Delivery · USA · 2016

Photo: LLHZ2805 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier CL-415 Scooper — Amphibious Aerial Firefighting Tanker / Aerial Firefighting (Water Scooping) / SAR

Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier CL-415 Scooper

Bombardier Aerospace · Amphibious Aerial Firefighting Tanker / Aerial Firefighting (Water Scooping) / SAR · Canada · 1994

Photo: Maarten Visser · CC BY-SA 2.0

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (Fire) — Light Aerial Firefighting Tanker / Initial Attack / Initial Attack Aerial Firefighting / Water Bombing

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (Fire)

De Havilland Canada · Light Aerial Firefighting Tanker / Initial Attack / Initial Attack Aerial Firefighting / Water Bombing · Canada · 1966

Photo: Timo Breidenstein · GFDL 1.2

Grumman S-2T Turbo Tracker / Fire Tanker — Aerial Firefighting Tanker (Piston/Turboprop Converted) / Aerial Firefighting Retardant Delivery

Grumman S-2T Turbo Tracker / Fire Tanker

Grumman · Aerial Firefighting Tanker (Piston/Turboprop Converted) / Aerial Firefighting Retardant Delivery · USA / Canada · 1970

Photo: Official US Navy Photo by PHC(AW/SW) Mahlon K. Miller, USN · Public domain

McDonnell Douglas 10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10 — Very Large Aerial Firefighting Tanker (VLAT) / Very Large Aerial Firefighting Retardant Delivery

McDonnell Douglas 10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10

McDonnell Douglas · Very Large Aerial Firefighting Tanker (VLAT) / Very Large Aerial Firefighting Retardant Delivery · USA · 2006

Photo: United States Department of Agriculture · Public domain