• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Oh! The color scheme threw me . Thanks for correcting me - and being gentle about my rush to comment.

    The colour scheme seems unchanged from the few planes operated by a company here, and unchanged from what I remember seeing as a boy every summer from our house that overlooked a common filling spot (lake) in happier times.

    Again, thanks for the time and info.

    • girlfreddy@mastodon.social
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      1 year ago

      @corsicanguppy

      All good.

      The colour stays the same no matter what country the planes operate in because it’s for safety … easier to see that behemoth when it’s scooping water, flying in dense smoke or - unfortunately - in a crash site. Also because that plane can’t be used for any other purpose than scooping and dropping water on a fire.