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Air tanker over the King Fire
INcredible Cal Fire pilot flies a Douglas DC 7B into the #KingFire —@rcarlmark @News10_CA @TVcody #JonahCurtin photo pic.twitter.com/dUiv3nsRK3 — Erin Dealey (@ErinDealey) September 15, 2014 An...
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New paint for Tanker 66
New paint for Tanker 66. Photo on March 19, 2015 at Medford, Oregon. Photo by Tim Crippin. Tim Crippin sent us the photo above of Erickson’s Tanker 66, saying it just returned to Medford, Oregon after...
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Video of Erickson’s Tanker 60 dropping on Calgrove Fire
In this video you will see one of Erickson Aero Tankers’ DC-7s making a retardant drop on the Calgrove Fire. At 6:15 p.m. PT today CAL FIRE estimated the fire, burning in SoCal north of the...
View ArticleTanker 60 makes emergency landing at Chico
Air Tanker 60, an Erickson Aero Tanker DC-7B, made an emergency landing at the Chico, California airport Thursday morning. A person who was monitoring radio traffic told Fire Aviation that the pilot...
View ArticlePhotos of two DC-7 air tankers from 1975
(Originally published at 4:58 p.m. PDT June 17, 2019) The Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air Force Base called and asked if we were interested in accepting some old photos of air tankers that they...
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