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Originally Posted by Bob C
I think so Greg.
I vaguely recall that there was a proposal to convert them to firebombers as similar aircraft had been used in the USA for years. I think they were stored at West Sale but nothing ever came of the idea (how strange !) and they were been left to rot. At least one was destroyed in the 2019/20 bushfires.
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The trackers were sold to a private company (hookway) with the intent to convert them to fire bombers however the lack of serviceable engines pretty much killed it, so they sat at West Sale since the 90s and were scrapped.