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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers  Posted: 05 Sep 2022, 23:26 |
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Taken while floating in front of the Sproat Lake base in my 185 about a month ago.
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 06 Sep 2022, 09:15 |
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Username Protected wrote: Taken while floating in front of the Sproat Lake base in my 185 about a month ago. Is that another MARs behind there? It looks to be painted Navy blue.
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 07 Sep 2022, 08:34 |
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Attachment: Fireboss.jpg Yesterday is Pocatello, ID. Tanker 10 operates out of here also.
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 07 Sep 2022, 08:59 |
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Username Protected wrote: We had a DC-10 working the fire behind our house three weeks ago. Lots of scooper planes hitting it with water. Why were the scooper planes hitting the DC-10 with water?
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 07 Sep 2022, 12:55 |
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Username Protected wrote: The Fire Boss is an amazing aircraft! OK, I am jealous !!
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 07 Sep 2022, 21:27 |
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Username Protected wrote: Taken while floating in front of the Sproat Lake base in my 185 about a month ago. Is that another MARs behind there? It looks to be painted Navy blue.
Wow! I hadn’t seen it until you mentioned and I zoomed in on my picture. Must get eyes checked! I was looking and didn’t spot it at the time. I was also preoccupied taxiing on the water.
The Navy Colours were applied because there was a deal for it to go to the museum in Pensacola. The deal fell through. Change in government and loss of grants.
They’re both for sale. I suspect they’d like the red one to sell first. There is an expectation the Pensacola will regain funding at some point, so it may be reserved for them?
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 08 Sep 2022, 21:24 |
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Username Protected wrote: We had a DC-10 working the fire behind our house three weeks ago. Lots of scooper planes hitting it with water. Why were the scooper planes hitting the DC-10 with water?
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Fk9_r9d9akU[/youtube]
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Post subject: Re: The Biggest Fire Fighting Tankers Posted: 30 Sep 2022, 14:39 |
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Kermit Weeks posted a great tour through the Mars on his "Kermie Cam" series
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