But the biggest and baddest of them all was the Evergreen Supertanker, a modified 747 that has recently been sidelined due to financial woes. A new company plans to change that.

Evergreen hopes to deploy the most effective aerial firefighting tool ever when it launches its 747-based Supertanker, with a massive 24,000 gallon carrying capacity.

Evergreen Aviation's 747 Supertanker has the same capabilities as any long-range Boeing 747, except that thanks to 20,500 gallons of tank space, it's the world's biggest fire extinguisher. The ...

After the company that developed the system, Evergreen, went into bankruptcy, the hardware and intellectual property was purchased by Global SuperTanker and installed in a newer version of the 747.

The 747, dubbed "The Spirit of John Muir," was converted to a tanker in 2012 by the previous owner, Evergreen airlines, before being purchased by Global Supertanker.

Evergreen Aviation's 747 supertanker makes a retardant drop on the Railbelt Complex of fires in Alaska last month. The aircraft made its first flight over a live fire this summer, ...

Evergreen 747 Supertanker Promises to Alter Aerial Firefighting Tenets. Share. William B. Scott (On Board 747 Supertanker En Route from Boise, Idaho to San Bernardino, Calif) July 31, 2006.

Boeing 747-400 Global Supertanker: An amazing firefighting tool. By. Karen Graham. Published. July 17, 2018 ...

The Supertanker is a converted Boeing 747-400, ... It was first developed by Evergreen International Aviation and most recently operated by the American-based company Global SuperTanker Services.

As fires rage near Jerusalem, one of the world’s largest firefighting aircraft—the Boeing 747 Supertanker—has been dispatched from Greece to assist Israeli emergency crews battling the blaze ...

With some 50 wildfires burning in the U.S., the U.S. Forest Service should be making every effort to deploy the most effective firefighting resources available. But it looks like red tape is firepr… ...