Living here in "fire country" we get to see and hear plenty of vintage
aircraft. This link www.airtanker.com has a list of aircraft currently in
use by private contractors for firefighting. There's a few C130s, some PBYs,
Hueys and Sky Cranes, lots of S-2s and a few OV-10 Broncos for observation
craft Up until a few years ago there was a B17 and two B25s still in use.
California Department of Forestry has a page about their aircraft.
http://www.fire.ca.gov/FireEmergencyResponse/Aviation/Aviation.asp
This weekend Grass Valley Air Attack will have their equipment on display at
the Nevada County Airport on Saturday July 7 at the Nevada County Airfest.
The airfest will have plenty of warbirds and a display by the Military
Vehicle Collectors of California www.mvccnews.net More info can be found at
http://www.nevadacountylife.com/airfest/ Jack, still bringing the Ferret?
Also this Saturday there will be a B17 and B24 on display at the Lincoln
Airport in Lincoln, CA. Enjoy the links, there's quite a bit of military
hardware throughout the US being used for fire fighting. North Tree Fire
Intl, has an Oskosh HEMMET water tanker they use.
Bill
Grass Valley, CA
MVCC member
MVPA #15787
Earth First-we'll log the other planets later!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey cerniglia" <jcerniglia@msn.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] B17 Bomber
>
> Two years ago there was a B-17 and B-24 touring the country together to do
> displays and offer rides. One
> afternoon they flew right over my house in formation,
> the sound was absolutley awesome, I live in Bristol Ct.
> The best and most memorable fly over was at the Geneseo
> NY WW2 airshow that I attended in 1989 where a mass fly
> by of 4 B-17's, 5 P-51's, 2 B-25's and a Lancaster.
> It was a sight I am sure I will never see again in my
> lifetime, and talk about sound, totally blew me away!!
>
> Jeff Cerniglia
> 1954 M37
>
> >From: Chris Waymire <chris.waymire@timberline.com>
> >To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
> >Subject: Re: [MV] B17 Bomber
> >Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 06:43:50 -0700
> >
> >It flew right over my house last week. It was headed for the Tualitan
> >(Portland, OR) air show. It sure made quite a racket, everyone in the
> >house
> >rushed outside to have a look. It was beautiful to see it going in to
the
> >sunset.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: RKiser8375@aol.com [mailto:RKiser8375@aol.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:56 AM
> >To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> >Subject: [MV] B17 Bomber
> >
> >
> >Does anyone know who was flying the B17 bomber
> >over the foothills west of Denver this past weekend?
> >A friend of mine was hiked up Mount Morrison and
> >said he was looking down on it when it flew by. I
> >didn't see it, but I did hear it. Any help is greatly
> >appreciated.
> >
> >Rob Kiser
> >
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