Project Aquarius was our attempt to work out how aerial firefighting might be used in Australia

Caleb Cluff
January 19 2020 - 5:15am

'The system of aeroplane observation should consist of a network operation by one or more machines. The aeroplane should carry a transmitting-wireless set and the ground patrol or other ground body a receiving set.' Judge Leonard Stretton, Royal Commission into the Bushfires of January 1939.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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