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STOP PRESS | Finally the importance of using aircrafts to fight fires is recognised ...

By Denis Gregory
November 4 2020 - 8:00pm
COMMON SENSE: "Aircraft now are a major weapon in fighting bushfires and the RFS last November had around 40 on the job in NSW," says Denis Gregory.
COMMON SENSE: "Aircraft now are a major weapon in fighting bushfires and the RFS last November had around 40 on the job in NSW," says Denis Gregory.

Back in the late 80s if a bushfire started in the district aviator Max Hazelton and his crop spraying pilots would hop in their agricultural planes, load up with water and go on bombing raids to help put it out.

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