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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
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. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
air tanker | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 avião cisterna (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references) avión tanque (fire bomber, water bomber), avión cisterna (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references) vattenbombare (fire bomber, water bomber), tankflygplan (fire bomber, water bomber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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