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 Re: Fires in CA
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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01/10/25 03:31 PM
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Jaredk
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I believe a 2nd DC-10 from 10Tanker just arrived out there. I considered flying for them…cool mission
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: Jaredk]
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01/10/25 03:32 PM
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nfhbass
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I believe a 2nd DC-10 from 10Tanker just arrived out there. I considered flying for them…cool mission Wait a second, you are a tanker pilot?
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: nfhbass]
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01/10/25 03:39 PM
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Jaredk
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I believe a 2nd DC-10 from 10Tanker just arrived out there. I considered flying for them…cool mission Wait a second, you are a tanker pilot? Was a turbofan FE in a previous life. Not many of us around so there’s a demand from the few planes left flying that require us. DC-10s are one of them
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: Jaredk]
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01/10/25 04:00 PM
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nfhbass
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I believe a 2nd DC-10 from 10Tanker just arrived out there. I considered flying for them…cool mission Wait a second, you are a tanker pilot? Was a turbofan FE in a previous life. Not many of us around so there’s a demand from the few planes left flying that require us. DC-10s are one of them Thats pretty cool. When I started, most of the tankers on fires were prop planes, a lot of P2s and P3 orions. I can recall the first time a DC-10 came over a fire I was working on outside of Flagstaff, AZ. It followed a lead plane into the area, and it seemed so out of place, a plane that big flying not far above the tree tops, I knew it was there for a purpose, but it almost seemed like a passenger plane that was getting ready to crash. Pretty cool. Though I still have the most appreciation for the smaller 802 air tractors, those guys can really be effective if used properly.
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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01/10/25 04:04 PM
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I used to inspect and service the fire extinguishers and the fire suppression systems for the Air Tractor Plant up in Olney. Good people up there and they make an awesome product.
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: nfhbass]
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01/10/25 04:06 PM
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Jaredk
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I believe a 2nd DC-10 from 10Tanker just arrived out there. I considered flying for them…cool mission Wait a second, you are a tanker pilot? Was a turbofan FE in a previous life. Not many of us around so there’s a demand from the few planes left flying that require us. DC-10s are one of them Thats pretty cool. When I started, most of the tankers on fires were prop planes, a lot of P2s and P3 orions. I can recall the first time a DC-10 came over a fire I was working on outside of Flagstaff, AZ. It followed a lead plane into the area, and it seemed so out of place, a plane that big flying not far above the tree tops, I knew it was there for a purpose, but it almost seemed like a passenger plane that was getting ready to crash. Pretty cool. Though I still have the most appreciation for the smaller 802 air tractors, those guys can really be effective if used properly. 802s are an awesome aircraft. The Air Force’s new light attack variant is sweet!
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: Rescue Fire]
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01/10/25 04:07 PM
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nfhbass
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I used to inspect and service the fire extinguishers and the fire suppression systems for the Air Tractor Plant up in Olney. Good people up there and they make an awesome product. No kidding? That's pretty cool, the "fire boss", the 802 that is on floats and scoops, is one pretty cool tool. Hahaha
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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01/10/25 04:10 PM
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Getting to see the ins and outs of that factory was fun. I beleive that I read that they got a contract to make, for lack of knowledge, a military plane that was gonna get decked out with weapons and all.
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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01/10/25 04:10 PM
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nfhbass
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Jared, we all know the AF messed up when they started with plans to get away from the A-10s
Who doesn't want to hear that gun go off?
Marines could probably just blare A-10 gun sounds from a boom box and that would be enough to scare the bad guys back into their holes for quite awhile...
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Re: Fires in CA
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01/10/25 04:14 PM
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Jaredk
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Getting to see the ins and outs of that factory was fun. I beleive that I read that they got a contract to make, for lack of knowledge, a military plane that was gonna get decked out with weapons and all. Yup. OA-1K.
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: Jaredk]
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01/10/25 04:44 PM
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Getting to see the ins and outs of that factory was fun. I beleive that I read that they got a contract to make, for lack of knowledge, a military plane that was gonna get decked out with weapons and all. Yup. OA-1K. That's one fugly aircraft, but well armed.
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: nfhbass]
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01/10/25 04:50 PM
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I believe a 2nd DC-10 from 10Tanker just arrived out there. I considered flying for them…cool mission Wait a second, you are a tanker pilot? Was a turbofan FE in a previous life. Not many of us around so there’s a demand from the few planes left flying that require us. DC-10s are one of them Thats pretty cool. When I started, most of the tankers on fires were prop planes, a lot of P2s and P3 orions. I can recall the first time a DC-10 came over a fire I was working on outside of Flagstaff, AZ. It followed a lead plane into the area, and it seemed so out of place, a plane that big flying not far above the tree tops, I knew it was there for a purpose, but it almost seemed like a passenger plane that was getting ready to crash. Pretty cool. Though I still have the most appreciation for the smaller 802 air tractors, those guys can really be effective if used properly. Watching the big birds fly low working the Chalk Mountain fire (Glen Rose) was quite the sight. Swoop low and pull up over the hill top. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1184415055685566
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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01/10/25 05:12 PM
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nfhbass
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Slicefixer are you a CA transplant? Its a judgement free zone around here. 
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: ReelBusy]
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01/10/25 05:14 PM
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Watching the big birds fly low working the Chalk Mountain fire (Glen Rose) was quite the sight. Swoop low and pull up over the hill top. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1184415055685566[/quote] With as many flight hours as those things have on them I'd be a little worried about yank'in and bank'in too much. Damn wings might come off. 
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Re: Fires in CA
[Re: T Bird]
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01/10/25 05:21 PM
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nfhbass
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With as many flight hours as those things have on them I'd be a little worried about yank'in and bank'in too much. Damn wings might come off. [/quote] T bird there is nothing to worry about We were smokejumping out of a DC3 with new turbo props until around 2012, until everyone decided they were too old. That plane was perfect for the job.
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