in 1998 or 1999 i was watching the news talk about the forest fires and short time after an image appeared in my head. it was the image of a very large airship 1200' in length with a small jet engine to help power the ship for speed and to act as a water pump.
with it drawn out on paper in detail i took it to a friend who was a LA city fire fighter , but, had quit to start a commercial sprinkler system installer for businesses to bring them up to fire codes. when i showed him the design you should hav seen the look on his face.
now what i didn't know was he grew up with a father who designed airplanes for boen, bowen what ever its called. so, Bob knew what it would take to get the airship off the ground and what would be needed to blast water from the airship. he also, knew alot about fighting forest fire due to having a friend who was the first to jump on to the sight. he was the perfect guy to tell me yes or no on the idea.
so, since he gave me a yes, i knew what i had to do next for i didn't have the money to make it come to life and the forestry needed it right now. i decided to turn it over to the forestry department. i contacted four different research centers place where they try to find new waus to fight forest fires. i never got a call or anything to show they were interested.
if, you go on line to fire chief magazine and search airship you will find "THE GREATEST FIREFIGHTING INVENTION IN 30 YEARS" now this burns me a company in los angelos created their version in 2001 and it has yet to see a fire. MY FREAKING QUESTION IS "WHO IS PUTTING THE STOP ON THIS? SOMETHING ISN'T MAKING SENSE. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO 100S OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SINCE 1999 HOW MANY 100S OF MILLIONS HAVE WE LOST TO FOREST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA ALONE.
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