Aircraft reference
ZS-MNA
Air Tractor AT-802A · Seasonal contractor for SDIS 34
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Representative type photograph. No verified publishable photograph of ZS-MNA was found.
Daniel VA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Identity
- Mission
- Air tankers
- Registration
- ZS-MNA
- Mode-S address
- 00A113
- ICAO type
- AT8T
- Model
- Air Tractor AT-802A
- Manufacturer
- Air Tractor
- Serial number
- 802A-1144
- Operator
- Seasonal contractor for SDIS 34
- Country of registration
- South Africa
- Home base
- Béziers-Cap d’Agde · South Africa
- Call sign
- Morane 343
South African-registered seasonal air tanker in the three-aircraft SDIS 34 initial-attack cell; the registered operator is not publicly documented.
About the Air Tractor AT-802
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 land-based AT-802 is a nimble single-engine tanker that carries about 3,000 litres. It is suited to fast initial attack and accurate split or continuous drops of water, foam, or retardant, but must return to a base for each refill.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The Air Tractor AT-802 is an American agricultural aircraft that may also be adapted into fire-fighting or armed versions. It first flew in the United States in October 1990 and is manufactured by Air Tractor. The AT-802 carries a chemical hopper between the engine firewall and the cockpit. In the U.S., it is considered a Type III SEAT, or Single Engine Air Tanker.
ICAO type · AT8TFlight history
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Photographs
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