Seven of the air tankers will be on permanent public display
Continue readingCanvas print of Tanker 07 dropping on the Red Canyon Fire
UPDATE December 18
The 16″ x 20″ prints of Tanker 07 dropping on the Red Canyon Fire are sold out, but stepping up to take its place is another unusually low price on a print.
Still looking for that special gift? How about a 20″ x 16″ stretched canvas print of Tanker 161, an RJ-85, dropping on the Crow Peak Fire June 27 near Spearfish, SD.
This special lower than usual price of $64 expires at the end of the day on Friday December 23. And only 10 are available at this price.
The image will be printed on a premium glossy canvas and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5″ x 1.5″ stretcher bars. All stretched canvases ship within one business day and arrive “ready to hang” with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Photos of aircraft on the Red Canyon Fire in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Above: Air tanker 866 drops on the Red Canyon Fire. Photo by Bill Gabbert.
The lightning-caused Red Canyon Fire was reported at 12:45 p.m. MDT on Saturday 9 miles southwest of Pringle, South Dakota but an aggressive attack on the ground and from the air stopped it at 13 acres.
In addition to engines, and water tenders, and four hand crews, at least 10 aircraft joined the battle. We were there for a couple of hours and observed one large air tanker, at least five single engine air tankers, one Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter, a lead plane, an air attack ship, and an Astar B3 helicopter.
In the gallery below, click on an image to see a larger version, then click the arrow buttons.
Firefighting aircraft at Ardmore, Oklahoma
Quite a few aircraft have been moved to the Oklahoma area to be available for the numerous wildfires that have been occurring over the last week.
These photos were taken at Ardmore, Oklahoma (map) by the Air Operations Director, according to the Oklahoma Forestry Services that provided the images.
The photos include Air Tactical platforms and tankers 03, 07, and 161. Wednesday evening Tanker 912, a DC-10, staged at the air tanker base in Roswell, New Mexico (map) for the fires in Oklahoma.
Video of fire aviation action in Idaho
Fred Johnson of Airailimages shot this video yesterday of helicopters working a fire near Emmett, Idaho north of Boise, and Tanker 07, a P2V, on the ramp and taking off, presumably at Boise. Thanks Fred!
Air tankers at Medford
Kristin Biechler sent us these photos that she and Dave Clemens shot at the Medford, Oregon Airport (map) over the last few days. She said her house is directly under the tankers’ flight path to the Happy Camp and Beaver Fires in northwest California. The planes depart MFR, she explained, bank west, and mostly follow Highway 238 toward Jacksonville and out to Applegate Reservoir and into California.
Photos of aircraft on the Mountain Fire
Air tanker 07, a P2V, July 15 on the Mountain Fire in southern California. USFS photo by Steve Whitby.These photos were graciously sent to us by Steve Whitby who took them on the Mountain Fire in July. The fire burned over 20,000 acres in and near the San Bernardino National Forest in southern California. Thanks Steve — great pictures!
