Air Tanker

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Aircraft type
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Airtanker
gptkbp:can_be_converted_from Commercial airliners
Military cargo planes
Purpose-built aircraft
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:Helicopter
Fixed-wing aircraft
gptkbp:capacity Ranges from 1,000 to 80,000 liters
gptkbp:carries gptkb:water
gptkb:gasoline
Fire retardant
gptkbp:category Firefighting equipment
Military support aircraft
Special mission aircraft
gptkbp:deployment Boom and drogue (for refueling)
Flying boom (for refueling)
High-altitude drop
Low-level flight over fire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air Tanker
gptkbp:introducedIn 1940s
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker
gptkb:Lockheed_C-130_Hercules
gptkb:Lockheed_P-3_Orion
gptkb:Grumman_S-2_Tracker
gptkb:Canadair_CL-415
BAe 146 Airtanker
Boeing 747 Supertanker
Convair CV-580 Airtanker
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Air Tanker
gptkbp:operatedBy Military organizations
Civilian firefighting agencies
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:European_Union_Aviation_Safety_Agency_(EASA)
gptkb:Transport_Canada
gptkb:Federal_Aviation_Administration_(FAA)
gptkb:Civil_Aviation_Safety_Authority_(Australia)
gptkbp:role Refueling other aircraft in flight
Suppression of wildfires
gptkbp:usedFor Aerial refueling
Aerial firefighting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mount_Pleasant_Airport
gptkb:Aeropuerto_de_Mount_Pleasant
gptkb:RAF_Mount_Pleasant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7