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    Feb 11, 2020 4 minutes
    Dave Ryan

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    The debate about a fleet of CL415 firebombers is not new; it has been mooted before, but with almost zero progress. With the industry divided on the subject, this summers disastrous fires have reignited the argument and this reader believes it is time to make something of the concept.

    Wanted: one Fleet of Firebombers

    Dear Steve, I am a past member of the RAAF, a private pilot, I was a rural firefighter for eight years and an Auxiliary firefighter for five years. I know a lot about aerial attack on bush fires. I am trying to get support for an idea of mine to get the Australian government to

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