I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
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Sunday, January 03, 2010
Great footage of Airtankers in action
Happy New Year everyone, a couple of days late. A friend told me about this very cool video of a P-3 Orion in action so I am sharing it with you today. Beautiful footage!
Tomorrow, I'll be starting a new series of articles on fog and other visibility concerns as applies to flying fires. Stay tuned.
Addendum: A couple of tanker pilot friends pointed out to me that much of the footage in this video is several years old. But it is a great montage of tanker footage. Enjoy!
Updated on August 3, 2015: The US Forest Service terminated its contract with Aero-Union for their Lockheed P-3's, going out of business a month later. (see my articles of July 30, 2011, August 17, 2011, and January 18, 2012).
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