Patent ID: 7748662

Claim:
An aerial fluid delivery system capable of association with an aircraft having a longitudinal dimension, comprising: an aboard area and an outer area of the aircraft; a plurality of storage tanks located in the aboard area of the aircraft along the longitudinal dimension of the aircraft, the storage tanks capable of containing a fluid; an air accumulator including a plurality of air tanks located in the aboard area of the aircraft along the longitudinal dimension of the aircraft and in pneumatic communication with the storage tanks, the air tanks being capable of containing pressurize air at a pressure sufficient for propelling the fluid contained in the storage tanks; an elongated dump manifold located in the aboard area of the aircraft and extending along the longitudinal dimension of the aircraft, the dump manifold being associated with the storage tanks to receive the fluid propelled from the storage tanks; and a plurality of dump outlets located along the longitudinal dimension of the aircraft, each dump outlet having an input communicating with the dump manifold at a different location along the length of the dump manifold to receive a portion of the fluid propelled from the storage tanks and into the dump manifold, and an outlet located at a different location along the longitudinal dimension of the aircraft at the outer area of the aircraft, the dump outlets arranged to direct the fluid propelled from the storage tanks by the pressurized air in the air tanks of the air accumulator downward from the aboard area of the aircraft for exit from the aircraft to the outer area of the aircraft.