An aviation company known for aerial firefighting has leased a 42,000- square-foot hangar at McClellan Business Park for its maintenance, repair and overhaul...
I just received my copy of the new Schiffer book "Aerial Firefghting" by the German author Wolfgang Jendsch. It is a wonderful 5-pound, 9 x 12 inch hardback...
Hi William, Thanks a lot for this pointer. I was unaware of this publication, and it seems that it will be a great addition to my collection. I have checked...
Hi William, great that you like my new book! Thanks for the description. Yes, I hope, too, that the book will be interesting for people that like aerial...
Just browsed thru the book via your link and ordered with Amazon without hesitation. How refreshing to see anoither book on this oft ignored aviation topic....
Well, I guess there will be more room at McClellan. That could be a good move for the company. It might be rough for the employees who live in Chico. ... From:...
On the way back to Sacramento after the Klamath Falls show, I stopped at Redding where there is an air tanker facility. I could hear the PA which relayed some...
David: That's a beautiful shot and very different. It was worth all that effort. Bill ... Redding where there is an air tanker facility. I could hear the PA...
Wow Wolfgang, Today I received my copy of your book, and it looks stunning ! So many nice photos and so many pages..........must be the thickest book on the...
Can't wait for my copy. Just ordered it from Amazon gift wrapped "to steve from Santa" so I have no guilt adding another book to my extensive library...
Dear group, Could I please use photos of the aforementioned aircraft for my site. All credits will be given of course http://napoleon130.tripod.com/ regards...
Just click this link.... http://www.amazon.com/Aerial-Firefighting-Wolfgang-Jendsch/dp/0764330683/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229116746&sr=8-1 From...
My copy came in yesterday's mail from Amazon. Very nice book, and am impressed by so many color photographs. Looking forward to sitting down and reading it....
Hello Iwan, hello guys, thanks to you all, too! Sure that I am happy when I hear such nice words. This book also is for me like a diary of a great time in the ...
Roger: Yes, affordable from Amazon, so thanks to them. If you go into a book store here and buy one with our sales tax the price is $43.24. Bill ... From:...
Cyril DeFever's beautiful rendition of vT35 inspired me to check out the details of its demise (1961?): Phone conversation with Carl Kennedy: Carl was on the...
CHICO -- British-born Terry Unsworth, 55, the face of aerial tanker manufacturer Aero Union Corp., has died. Unsworth died Wednesday afternoon from natural...
Due to public/media/political pressure, low/restricted visibility (night and smoke) wildfire flight operations (SVS/EVS/HUD) will commence by, or before, the...
17 and 00. Aero Union P-3 Orions Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: "newmexicoradio2003" <newmexicoradio2003@...> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:25:53 To:...
Tanker #17 became operational at the end of the 2008 fire season. She worked fires in Southern California and in Northern Nevada in October of "08". She is...