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I know it's not a warbird, but I think it's great footage of a turbine powered waterbomber scooping up water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__XflBfmVs4
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That is pretty amazing stuff. I know that they have a vent up forward and that must ease the loading but it would seem to me that the shock of hitting the water has to be pretty severe, no? :shock:

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Nah, easy, have a go yourself!

http://bassel.free.fr/jeux/canadair.swf

Helps to have a little French, and the 'up' and 'down' arrows are reversed... :?

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I'm glade real flying isn't this hard or I wouldn't have made it home today.
Hint - The space bar drops the water and no full stop landings. :wink:
No French lesson needed. :P

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