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- The basic configuration of the Be-200 amphibious aircraft is indended for fighting the forest fires using the fire extinguishant fluids. While doing this, the aircraft can fulfill the following tasks: - stop and restrain the spread of the big forest fires by developing the protecting strip due to multiple drops on the fire edge;
- extinguishing the small fire and fire which only starts to develop;
- delivery of fire brigades and fire extingushing equipment to the fire region by landing on preselected water area of aifield, and return to the base. A particular feature of the Be-200 aircraft, when compared with the other amphibians, is that it has fully pressurized fuselage, which allows to fulfill a lot of missions. The aircraft is fitted with flight/navigation and communication equipment allowing the navigation and flight control at all flight phases in adverse weather conditions at any season, day and night. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: BE-200 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Aircraft Short_Name: BE-200 Long_Name: Beechcraft King Air BE-200 End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-07-14 Online_Resource: http://www.beriev.com/eng/Be-200_e/Be-200_e.html Sample_Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Beriew_Be-200_CH-S_l.jpg/800px-Beriew_Be-200_CH-S_l.jpg End_Group
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