Fire bombers in our hangar

[benyflyguy]

Bigger storm coming through this afternoon so the firebombers asked to get hangared. Got to have these puppies in our new hangar.

 

[islandboy]

Firebombers? I'll be darned. I've never seen them configured for firefighting.

 

[benyflyguy]

Firebombers? I'll be darned. I've never seen them configured for firefighting.

They will be based here until trees get leaves. Right now risk of brush and forest fires very high. They’ve had a busy year already. Some days running all day. Fun to watch. They taxi into the tanker area and fill up without even shutting down then right back up.

 

[islandboy]

I've only seen them passing through from Pennsylvania to Brazil. It appeared to me as though the chemical reservoirs were modified to serve as ferry tanks.

 

[Bell206]

I've never seen them configured for firefighting.

They also purpose build them for fire-fighting. These aircraft have replaced a number of first attack helicopters due to cost and work very well. The amphibs allow the aircraft to self-fill.

 

[Omalley1537]

 

[benyflyguy]

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My kids when they were younger kept calling them dusty when we would hang out at hangar and watch them work.