You can see the item now at NBC's TV website.

Could be a breakthrough for the Il-76.

Why ABC didn't break the item nationally when Tony Kovaleski had it is a mystery.

CBC broke it a couple of years ago.

Associated Press, with a national monopoly on print wildfire stories, has always rejected Global Emergency Response's appeals for publication of this longstanding issue, thus appearing to be in bed with the US Forest Service.

I don't really have enough background on the IL-76 "Water-Bomber," or, its US produced equivelent.

Could you shed a greater light on this subject?

As to what makes the IL-76 the right choice for this job.

Thanks in advance.

characteristics such as shorter runways and lower

and slower safe flight.

Arguments against using the IL-76 were

focussed on excess-to-perceived-optimal

liquids volume or size. With the

introduction of contender aircraft,

'too-large' arguments have been abandoned.

Those arguments have always defied logic.

2. Better economy.

3. Intangible benefits associated with

There is a situation in the Palm Springs CA, region, where the IL-76 "Waterbomber" may play a decisive roll.

Fire info is @cnn.com, or any other news source with a US section.

The US Forest 'Service' has not even approved of the DC-10.

Is the land State-controlled or federal-controlled?

Associated Press will not take calls from Global Emergency Response.