Patent ID: 7284727

Claim:
A method of temporarily converting at least one fixed wing host aircraft for aerial dispersion purposes, comprising: providing a fixed wing host aircraft having a side cargo opening; providing two or more modular aerial dispersant holding tanks, said aerial dispersant holding tanks being configured to be compatible with a side-loading aircraft cargo system of said fixed wing host aircraft; sequentially loading said two or more modular aerial dispersant holding tanks through said side cargo opening of said fixed wing host aircraft into a baggage or cargo hold of said fixed wing host aircraft; coupling said two or more modular aerial dispersant holding tanks together within said baggage or cargo hold of said fixed wing host aircraft to provide a dispersant material flow path; providing a dispersal regulator and airborne dispersal device coupled to said two or more aerial dispersant holding tanks coupled together within said baggage or cargo hold of said fixed wing host aircraft; and then removing said two or more modular aerial dispersant holding tanks from said baggage or cargo hold of said fixed wing host aircraft through said side cargo opening of said fixed wing host aircraft.