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The plane can transport up to 74,000 liters of delay or water. It is the largest fire -fighting plane in the world. [first] Initially developed by Evergreen International Aviation, the first Superstanker was based on a Boeing 747-200 (N470EV, tail number 947), but never entered service. [2] The second Superstanker (N479ev, tail number 979) was based on a 747-100 originally produced by Boeing in 1971 for Delta Air Lines. [3] He entered service for the first time in 2009, fighting a fire in the province of Cuenca, Spain, and carried out his first operation in the United States on August 31, 2009 at the Oak Glen Fire in California. It is no longer in service. [4] [5] [6] The third 747 Superstanker was developed by Global Supertanker Services (which acquired most of the evergreen activities), which currently owns and manages the plane. The Global Superstanker (N744st, tail number 944) is a Boeing 747-400 nicknamed Spirit of John Muir . He was certified for firefighting flights by the Federal Aviation Administration in September 2016 and fought fires in Chile and Israel before being commissioned by US officials to fight fires in California in 2017. [7] He also took part in the fire fight in Bolivia in August 2019. The development began after the 2002 fire season, which saw the mortal accidents of two fire -fighting planes, also called “Airtanker”, in the United States. The accidents, which involved a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, pushed the United States interior department to issue an official request for information on any new next generation Airtanker. [8] Evergreen proposed to convert up to four of his Boeing 747-200F in Superstanker. The first Boeing 747 converted (N470EV) made its first flight on February 19, 2004. [8] In June 2006, Evergreen had spent 40 million dollars for the project and was waiting for both the certification of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States and an evaluation contract from the United States forestry service. In October 2006, FAA issued an additional certificate to Evergreen for the “installation and removal” of the internal tanks, associated systems and the support structure for the air dispersion of liquids. [9] Evergreen financial difficulties [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] On June 14, 2013, the Superstanker received a call contract when necessary (CWN) from the United States forestry service, despite not being operational. The plane was stopped without engines at the Pinal Airpark maintenance structure outside Marana, Arizona, and needed a “C check” and other maintenance interventions, which would cost one million dollars. Evergreen had postponed maintenance due to financial difficulties, planning to have the plane ready in time for the 2014 fire season. [ten] On November 30, 2013, Evergreen actually suspended all operations. [11] In December 2013, Marana Aerospace Solutions proceeded with the sale of the Superstanker, replacing the rent and other payments that Evergreen had not made. A case of involuntary bankruptcy was presented against evergreen later in the month, and then Evergreen herself presented an application for dissolution pursuant to chapter 7 on 31 December 2013, freezing the sale. [twelfth] On December 31, 2013, Evergreen International Airlines presented a petition to chapter 7 at the United States bankruptcy court in Delaware with all the assets (including 747) subsequently sold to a retrapper retailer, Jet Midwest Aviation. On 12 July 2017, 747 with a tail number 979 (747-100) was demolished to obtain spare parts at the Pinal Airpark, in Marana, in Arizona. Global Supertanker Services [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] In August 2015, Global Superstanker Services (the successor of the deceased Evergreen Superstanker Services), purchased all the physical resources and intellectual property relating to the original Evergreen superstanker (except the 747-100 cell) from Jet Midwest. The existing tank system was transplanted from 747-100 into a new cell, a Boeing 747-400 (N744st). [13] In 2021, Global Superstanker Services entered a financial crisis definitively closing in April of the same year. The members are, in May 2021, trying to sell the Superstanker to a new operator, but it is very likely that he will no longer return to service as an anti -fighting plane. [14] The 747-100 Superstanker in action during the Forest Fire of Monte Carmel in Israel in 2010. The Global Superstanker is equipped with a pressurized liquid drop system, which can disperse high pressure delay or with the same speed of the rain. [15] Using the pressurized system, the aircraft can deliver the scene on the scene of a fire while flying to a height between 120 and 240 meters (400-800 feet), at about 140 knots (260 km\/h), configured as if in approaching in view of the landing. The superstanker tank system can be segmented, allowing the release of the content to multiple intervals during the flight. [15] According to the company, the plane is able to spread a 4.8 kilometer long and 46 -meter -long delayed liquid band. [16] A maximum speed of almost 520 knots (960 km\/h) allows him to reach any part of the United States in about 5 hours. The Superstanker can be almost everywhere in the world in less than 20 hours. [7] The Superstanker can operate from any airport with a track at least 8 000 feet (2 400 m) and adequate structures long. [15] At the end of 2009, the plane was under a Call-When-Needed contract (CWN-calls when necessary) with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) and was based on the McClellan Sacrament Airport outside Sacramento, California. [16] The regulations allow the transport of five people who are not part of the crew in the upper deck. This area can be used for command and control operations, mapping, monitoring of accidents and videos\/communications. [17] In December 2010, the Superstanker was deployed in Israel to combat the forest fire of Mount Carmel together with the crew and services donated by other international fire agencies. [18] On June 9, 2011, the Superstanker was also deployed to fight Wallow Fire in the American state of Arizona, who at the time had burned 607 square miles (1,570 km\u00b2) of forest. [19] Since May 2016, the Global Superstanker has based in Colorado at the Colorado Springs airport, chosen in part for its comfortable position for a rapid deployment in the western United States and for the infrastructures necessary for large and heavy planes. [20] Just a few weeks later, the company won a one -year contract from the nearby County of Douglas to assist the containment of fires. [21] [22] In November 2016, the new N744ST 747-400 Global Superstanker was deployed in Israel to help fight the fires that rage in the northern port city of Haifa and elsewhere throughout the country. [23] In January 2017, the Global Superstanker was deployed in Santiago, Chile, to help local authorities fight one of the largest series of fires in the history of the country. The fires in the south of the country, at the time of the arrival of 747-400, had burned more than 494,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of forests and hundreds of houses. The call of the plane was the initiative of the philanthropa Lucy Avil\u00e9s and her husband Benjamin Walton, who financed the costs. [24] In September 2017, the Superstanker was under contract with Cal Fire and was used during the year of the year -end fires mainly on Thomas Fire. [25] In July 2018, the Colorado division for the prevention and control of fires signed a CWN contract to use 747 on the lands of the United States Forestry Service. This followed the media investigations at the beginning of the summer on the reason why the Superstanker had not been commissioned to fight the fires burning in his state of origin. [26] In November 2018, the Global Superstanker was deployed in Northern California to witness the extinguishing of the flames out of control in the County of Butte. [27] [28] ^  ( IN ) RYAN MAYE HANDY, Colorado Springs Airport will house largest firefighting aircraft in country . are Colorado Springs Gazette . 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URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .  ^  ( IN ) Wayne Heilman, Supertanker moves into its base at Colorado Springs Airport . are Colorado Springs Gazette . URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .  ^  ( IN ) Douglas County approves deal to use SuperTanker in firefighting . are The Denver Post , May 24, 2017. URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .  ^  ( IN ) Colorado county approves first-of-its-kind deal with Global SuperTanker Services . are Fire Aviation , May 24, 2017. URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .  ^  ( IN ) Firefighting supertanker from US set to arrive in Israel to douse raging wildfires . are International Business Times UK , 25 November 2016. URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .  ^  ( IS ) Lucy Ana Avil\u00e9s, UDD Psychology Alumni, who became famous for his philanthropia . are Faculty of Psychology , 25 January 2017. URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .  ^  ( IN ) Video of multiple air tankers working the Liberty Fire near Murrieta, CA . are Fire Aviation , 8 December 2017. 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