Photos DC-10 Heavy Firefighting Air Tanker aircraft

[Coywolf]

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[Tude]

Cool - looks like you could play basketball inside it!

 

[Coywolf]

Ya, it was massive inside of it. They only had a picnic table strapped down to the floor on the inside, just a gutted Comercial airliner with a huge tank on the bottom.