Aircraft reference
N295EA
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 Airtanker · Erickson Aero Tanker
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Identity
- Mission
- Air tankers
- Registration
- N295EA
- Mode-S address
- A30872
- ICAO type
- MD87
- Model
- McDonnell Douglas MD-87 Airtanker
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Douglas
- Serial number
- 53211
- Operator
- Erickson Aero Tanker
- Country of registration
- United States
- Call sign
- TANKER 105
About the McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Land-based air tanker
It loads water or retardant on the ground and attacks from a runway base. It can knock down flames with water or lay a retardant line ahead of the fire to slow its spread and support crews on the ground.
What this type can do
The converted MD-87 carries about 3,000 US gallons of retardant in an external constant-flow tank. Its jet speed moves a large payload rapidly between a tanker base and distant fires, where it lays long retardant lines before returning to the ground to reload.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second generation of the DC-9 family, originally designated as the DC-9-80 and later stylized as the DC-9 Super 80 . With a stretched, enlarged wing and powered by higher bypass Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines, the aircraft program was launched in October 1977. The MD-80 made its first flight on October 18, 1979, and was certified on August 25, 1980. The first airliner was delivered to launch customer Swissair on September 13, 1980, which introduced it into service on October 10, 1980.
ICAO type · MD87Flight history
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