Air Tankers in Santa Barbara (1987)

I got involved with doing some background reading on ice formation in rivers so that I can be in a better position to make informed ice observations for my local NWS office. Interesting that in spite of temperatures over freezing for over 48 hours, there is still some ice on my river. I am learning that there are different types of ice, which is what I have been reading about.

But I digress, I thought that this would be a good time to share this video with you that I found shot by Brian Lockett in 1987 at Santa Barbara. You will see the following historic tankers:  Douglas C-54 Skymasters, Lockheed P2V Neptunes (I think one is from Aero Union), Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer, and a Fairchild C-123 Provider.

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