2016年8月14日 星期日

in for, abbreviation, CPC, water-bombing/Aerial firefighting



Now THAT'S a low flying aircraft!

Tourists in the Pyrenees in the south of France were in for a shock!
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water bombing

NOUN

The dropping of water bombs as a firefighting measure.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Science News.

Aerial firefighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_firefighting

Aerial firefighting is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires. The types ... Airtankers or water bombers are fixed-wing aircraft fitted with tanks that can be filled on the ground at an air tanker base or, in the case of flying ...

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BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Friday that the CPC is willing to work with the Japanese ...

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