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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Life at Paso Robles Air Attack Base (1993)
I found this video, shot at Paso Robles Air Attack Base (CA,) on youtube several weeks ago. Not only did I enjoy seeing some now retired air tankers in action (e.g. tanker 127, PB4Y2), but I enjoyed the glimpse into life at an air attack base. You will also see tankers being loaded with retardant, including a loading error, and a couple of retardant drops.
I asked one of my air tanker pilot friends to id the aircraft in the video (in order of appearance):
Aero Union tanker #03, P2V Neptune
Cessna O-2, CalFire Air Attack #340
PB4Y-2, Hawkins and Powers tanker #127 (Silver 4 engine)
P-3, Aero Union tanker #22
DC-4, Aero Union. tanker #15 (mixmaster clip)
Enjoy!
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