Check out these photos of air tankers:
DC-10 dropping while in a 30-40 degree bank turn on the Taylor Bridge fire near Cle Elum, Washington, HERE and HERE (photo #8)
And an air tanker drop near Gold Hill, Oregon (click on Zoom Photo)
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62 is my old ship-see my avatar. Good bird.
Spent 4 years in Medford.
Great Shots Bill! Thanks for sharing them with us!!!
Thanks to Dr. Gabbert and photographer Joshua Trugillo for presenting and capturing these great emotional in some cases photos. The Cel Elum Fire is just one example of many fires that are burning throughout the Country west of the Mississippi. The NIFC “averages” appear to reflect many escaped initial attacks. As for the DC-10 photo banking 30-45 degrees (up tight shot)…. Borate Bulley!
That DC-10 impressed a friend of mine. He is on a Type ll crew. Called his wife when that big brute
flew by…
A direct link to the (most awesome) 1st photo on Facebook, which won’t descend into the timeline’s hazy distance, is: http://on.fb.me/NE3MMo
This is a link to a photo of one of the DC-10s making a drop while banking.