air tanker en · NOUN
Meanings
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An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water.
If the only air tanker available is 300 miles away, it can still be over your fire in a fairly short period of time.
2002, Robert W. Klinoff, Introduction to Fire Protection, page 188:In this, the airliner made contact with an air tanker and "topped up" its incompletely filled tanks with fuel enough for the contemplated journey.
1945, Sydney E. Veale, To-morrow's Airliners, Airways and Airports, page 254:Sometime later, they made a rendezvous with a Victor air tanker for a top-up of fuel and then resumed patrol while the tanker headed back.
1989, Julian Jay Savarin, Trophy, page 157:Near-synonym: waterbomber (broadly synonymous)
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| air tankers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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AT · waterbomber[Appendix:Glossary
Translations (7)
it aerocisterna (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air) · fr avitailleur (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air) · it rifornitore (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air) · ru самолёт-запра́вщик (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air) · de Löschflugzeug (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air) · fr avion-citerne (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air) · de Tankflugzeug (aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air)