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Boeing 727 Oil Slick Sprayer

Boeing 727 Oil Slick Sprayer Flies Low and Slow over the SEA
We’ve all seen crop dusters, but a jetliner spraying the sea surface? A British oil spill response company has partnered with an aviation organization to outfit two Boeing 727s with equipment to spray dispersant. Oil Spill Response Limited and 2Excel Aviation have developed and operationalized what they call the TERSUS dispersant delivery system that is mounted on a 727. It delivers the oil dispersant through spray bars, rather than doors in the belly. The 727...

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