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Where are you seeing $30-100 million dollars? The largest firefighting plane in operation today cost [about $10 million](https://www.outsideonline.com/2079591/c
by zlsa 7y ago
Where are you seeing $30-100 million dollars? The largest firefighting plane in operation today cost [about $10 million](https://www.outsideonline.com/2079591/can-10-million-firefighting-machine-actually-stop-fires https://www.outsideonline.com/2079591/can-10-million-firefig...) to purchase and outfit.
- rgbrenner 7y agoThat's an old converted plane. It was a passenger plane, then a cargo plane, then sat on a lot for a couple of years.. so they got it cheap. A new CL-415 is $35m: https://www.rand.org/blog/2013/12/investing-in-firefighting.html https://www.rand.org/blog/2013/12/investing-in-firefighting.... And that's not a particularly large plane. It does look like a lot of water bombers are old converted planes.. so you're probably closer to the correct number than the number I posted. I don't think this changes my point though.. they're still expensive planes.
- starpilot 7y ago$100m lol. Don't think these cost as much as a fighter jet.