Direct link to August 4th post from Dautless Air on Facebook
I saw these stunning photographs of lightning in the background with a Dauntless AT-802F Fire Boss aircraft in the foreground and could not resist sharing this with you.
CAL FIRE (CDF) S2T Tanker 71 working Sawtooth Complex Fire (2006)
Sawtooth Complex Fire (Sept. 2006), San Bernardino County CA. Photo Credit: U.S. Forest Service
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Monday, August 04, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Air Tractor 802F Fireboss tankers from Dauntless Air.
Direct link to video from Dauntless Air on YouTube
One of the aviation companies I follow on social media is Dauntless Air, a company that flies the Air Tractor AT802F Fireboss airtankers. The AT802F Fireboss is a single engine air tanker that scoops water out of a water body to dump about 800 gallons of water and foam on wildfires. I wrote about Dauntless and their AT802F Fireboss three months ago, where I included the same video I embedded above. Dauntless is based in Appleton, Minnesota with hangers in Minnesota, Texas and Idaho. I applaud Dauntless and their fleet of over 20 AT802F Fireboss aircraft for the important work they do fighting wildfires. I love single engine air tankers so I write this post out of love and respect for these wonderful purpose built firefighting aircraft
Monday, March 17, 2025
Dauntless Air AT-802F Fireboss
Direct link to video from Dauntless Air on YouTube
On early 2009 with the help of my retired air tanker pilot friend, Tom Janney, I began to use this blog to focus on aerial wildland firefighting. Tom died in March 2024 and I wrote a post dedicated to his memory and how he helped me which can be found here. Tom helped my learn about many of the aircraft flying fires in 2009 and was always available if I had questions. Since those early days. I have had a special place in my heart for Single Engine Air Tankers, aka SEATs. Some SEATs, e.g. the Air Tractor AT-802F Fireboss scoop water out of water bodies to use in aerial firefighting. While the capacity of their tanks seems small, about 800 gallons, when compared with larger air tankers they can scoop water from a water source near the fire and make many drops in a matter of a few hours. I learned about Dauntless Air a few years ago and follow them as I can. They have a presence on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter, account required). Dauntless has a fleet of AT-802F Firebosses.
Here is a 33 second video highlighting how the Fireboss scoops water.
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