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BE-200  

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  • The basic configuration of the Be-200 amphibious aircraft is indended for fighting the forest fires using the fire extinguishant fluids. While doing this, the aircraft can fulfill the following tasks: - stop and restrain the spread of the big forest fires by developing the protecting strip due to multiple drops on the fire edge; - extinguishing the small fire and fire which only starts to develop; - delivery of fire brigades and fire extingushing equipment to the fire region by landing on preselected water area of aifield, and return to the base. A particular feature of the Be-200 aircraft, when compared with the other amphibians, is that it has fully pressurized fuselage, which allows to fulfill a lot of missions. The aircraft is fitted with flight/navigation and communication equipment allowing the navigation and flight control at all flight phases in adverse weather conditions at any season, day and night. (en)

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  • 2021-11-17 11:51:12.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (BE-200 [a2128496-3729-45ff-9feb-20b9b700470b,826577] - Propeller [6175c78e-432c-4254-b442-40d3cf0f6b34,835882]);
  • 2022-02-17 11:34:10.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The basic configuration of the Be-200 amphibious aircraft is indended for fighting the forest fires using the fire extinguishant fluids. While doing this, the aircraft can fulfill the following tasks: - stop and restrain the spread of the big forest fires by developing the protecting strip due to multiple drops on the fire edge; - extinguishing the small fire and fire which only starts to develop; - delivery of fire brigades and fire extingushing equipment to the fire region by landing on preselected water area of aifield, and return to the base. A particular feature of the Be-200 aircraft, when compared with the other amphibians, is that it has fully pressurized fuselage, which allows to fulfill a lot of missions. The aircraft is fitted with flight/navigation and communication equipment allowing the navigation and flight control at all flight phases in adverse weather conditions at any season, day and night.); delete Resource (null);

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