Minden Air BAe 146 air tanker begins drop tests
Minden Air began drop tests with its ‘Fireliner’ BAe 146 air tanker conversion on 18 June. As called for by the Interagency Air Tanker Board, BAe 146-200 N446MA/Tanker 46 (msn E2111) has been dropping retardant over a field of thousands of plastic cups. The amount of retardant in each cup […]