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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
fighting forest fires by means of fire bombers.
See: fire bomber
Quotations
1959
Ontario has a new gadget that makes water-bombing more efficient than ever: snorkel-like water intakes on tanks attached to the aircraft floats that enable the planes to load up as they taxi along lake surfaces. . . .
1965
Airborne crews in planes equipped for water bombing seems to be the only method that can work.