There is unconfirmed reports that the BC forest potection agency is testing a new water delivery system for heli-tankers. This testing of the system is taking...
Graham, Thanks for the info. I loved the great info on Propliners magazine current issue. I too love the sixes and sevens. I happen to get N4887C on one test ...
I have just up-loaded a few pictures of the Evergreen Supertanker, carrying out a test drop at Maran, Wednesday 21st April. Word is the aircraft should be...
Cool stuff Graham! That's simply amazing. It shall be interesting to follow this Evergreen project in the future. /Nicolai _______________ Please note that...
Great shots, great action Graham. But I still don't think it will work. In terms of costs and deployment I don't think it can compete. But we'll see, it's a...
yes, let's wait and see - but I know it has all the other air tanker contractors a little nervous - a little sceptical ! Having the ability to drop such huge...
Ya great Pictures, Just one thing considering the terrain were a average fire event would likely to be , How many airport are there that can handle these big...
Hi Barry, can't disagree with you, but I'm sure the loiter time of a 747 is more than any airtanker in service at present. Personally, I am biased towards toe...
Hi there everyone I how have confirmantion that there was indead a new Water Delivery system being tested by the BC Forest Protection Branch. The system called...
I have created a photo album called Models for those of us who would like to share our scale work. I moved the pictures of my F7F airtanker there and added...
Hi Bill, Very nice pictures as always. We have a new transportation museum here in Grass Valley CA that includes primarily the Nevada County Narrow Gauge...
Hi all, just happened to have a look at landings.com, which is full of links to newspapers carrying the news that 'the' 33 heavy airtankers have just been...
The C-130s and PB4Ys were already "out of the frame". The C-54s,DC-6,DC-7s,P-2s,P-3s and possibly the only PBY are most likely out. The S-2As and S-2Ts are...
Forest Service grounds fleet of 33 bombers By TED MONOSON Missoulian D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department decided Monday to...
As far as ex. military... the DC-6, and DC-7's are not decomissioned military birds at all! The DC-4's perhaps most are but P-3's and P-2V's are. David ... ...
David, many of the Sixes are in fact C-118. /Nicolai ... From: David Hartman To: airtankers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:38 AM Subject: Re:...
Please disregard my last message. I was reffering to surviving Sixes in general, not only the ones operated as airtankers. They are certainly all civilian...
Nicolai there's only one DC-6 in use in the USA as an airtanker - in fact it's the only original, straight DC-6 still flying anywhere. Colin ... many of the...
True statement although not in the case of Tanker 68 as it is the only DC-6 tanker in the US and is a straight six (ex. airliner) never a C-118 which is the ...
Tanker decision stuns Missoula firm By SHERRY DEVLIN of the Missoulian Air tankers provide an irreplaceable part of the nation's firefighting effort, says...
This turbo Tracker, F-ZBAZ displayed in the June 2003 la Ferte Alais show. Been trying for some time to get a good picture of something with props blurred and...
FAA Promises to Help Get Firefighting Tankers Airborne By Mary Clare Jalonick, CQ Staff In a meeting with Western lawmakers Tuesday morning, Federal Aviation...
Nicolai, I don't know you except from the wonderful prop photos on your website and the messages but here's a photo of some slide and digital shooters together...
David, there was no photo? _______________ Please note that this message may contain confidential information. If you have received this message by mistake,...
It's just one in a series of blunders and miscalculations this US Administration has got itself involved in... I am glad it is not my house, business or...
Wouldn't it have been logical then to adress the liability issues ? There is always that chance with other airtankers as well ? Ah, but that's politics of...
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