The first practical firefighting aircraft was used in this year.
- 1919
- 1949
- 1955
- 1962
1955. Used to fight a forest fire in Mendocino National Forest, the converted 1939 Boeing 75 Stearman, dropped 170 gallons of free flowing water on the fire.
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