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AIR TANKER

Specialty Definition: AIR TANKER

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Public Administration

A fixed-wing aircraft fitted with tanks and equipment for releasing water or fire retardant. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: AIR TANKER

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An air tanker prepares to drop a load of retardant on a fire near Winnemucca, Nevada, August 1999. Credit: Unknown.

Grond crew directing airplane (4-prop) as it taxis on runway at Roswell Air Tanker Base, New Mexico. Credit: H. Parman.

Personnel at loading ramp of Roswell Air Tanker Base, Roswell FIeld Office, NM. Credit: H. Parman.

Air Tanker at Roswell refueling air tanker base, Roswell, NM. Credit: H. Parman.

Close up view of retardant nozzle re-stocking fire retardant into air tanker at Roswell Air Tanker Base, Roswell, NM. Credit: H. Parman.

C-130 Airplane, 4 prop, on tarmac at Roswell Air Tanker Base, NM. Credit: H.Parman.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AIR TANKER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

air tanker

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AIR TANKER

Language Translations for "AIR TANKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tankfly (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tankvliegtuig (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

säiliölentokone (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

French

  

avion-citerne, avion bombardier d'eau. (various references)

   

German

  

Lufttanker (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πυροσβεστικόν σκάφος (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Italian

  

aviocisterna, bombardiere d'acqua (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay ankertay

   

Portuguese

  

avião cisterna (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

avión tanque (fire bomber, water bomber), avión cisterna (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vattenbombare (fire bomber, water bomber), tankflygplan (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AIR TANKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-k-n-r-r-t"

-2 letters: keratin, narrate, retrain, terrain, trainer.

-3 letters: antiar, arrant, artier, errant, errata, intake, irater, kantar, karate, kerria, krater, ranker, ranter, ratine, reknit, retain, retina, taenia, tanker, tinker.

-4 letters: airer, anear, antae, antra, antre, arena, atria, entia, inert, inker, inter, irate, karat, kiter, krait, naira, niter, nitre, raker, ratan, rater, reata, reink, reran, retia, riant.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-k-n-r-r-t"
 

+3 letters: trademarking, watermarking.

 

+4 letters: heartbreaking.

 

+5 letters: halterbreaking, quarterbacking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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