Patent ID: 8820422

Claim:
An aerial fire retardant delivery system, the system comprising in combination: A. an aircraft having a fuselage with (i) a fuselage exterior about an fuselage interior and (ii) a fuselage interior pressurization system; B. a fire retardant tank having a retardant tank exterior surrounding a retardant tank interior, the fire retardant tank being located within the fuselage of the aircraft and including: a fuselage air pressure delivery passage penetrating the retardant tank exterior and the retardant tank interior in fuselage air pressure communication with (i) the fuselage interior and (ii) the retardant tank interior; and at least one fire retardant delivery outlet extending through a sidewall of the fuselage; and C. at least one fire retardant discharge gate system in communication with the aerial retardant delivery outlet, whereby fuselage air pressure within the fuselage interior provided by the fuselage interior pressurization system can pressurize the retardant tank interior.