Tagged: aerial

Aerial Firefighters / Air Transports / warbirds

February 5, 2020

Aerial Firefighting, Part 2 – Some Older Airframes

P-2V Neptune at Alamogordo New Mexico Aerial Firefighting has changed in many ways during the past 90 years or so, since its inception here in the U.S.. In other ways it hasn’t changed very much. Coulson’s Martin Mars unloads...

Aerial Firefighters / Air Transports / military / Transports

February 1, 2020

OPERATION BUSHFIRE ASSIST – AERIAL CONTINGENTS

The Australian Defence Force is providing direct support to the current Australian bushfire crisis. ADF support will continue for as long as needed. Around 6,400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation BUSHFIRE ASSIST. The ADF’s efforts are being co-ordinated through...

Aerial Firefighters / Civil aviation / Helicopters

January 27, 2020

A Salute to Aerial Firefighters, Part 1

Aerial firefighting is a crucial asset and a dangerous job; a recent event in Australia showed the worst case during an already tragic bushfire season in that country. A Coulson Aviation C-130 aerial tanker crashed while on a firefighting...

assignments / bombers

February 2, 2012

Sacramento’s 2012 Aerial Firefighting International Airshow and Conference

My lone encounter with a large “wildfire” occurred five years ago while I was visiting Southern California. Watching a steady stream of tanker aircraft shuttle to and from a huge unnatural-looking cloud on the horizon, their bellies red-stained and...