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Air tankers moved to Western Australia
C-130Q (top) and RJ-85 in Australia. Photo by Country Fire Authority. The two large air tankers from North America that are under contract to the Victorian government during Australia’s 2014/2015...
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Managing Australia’s aerial firefighting assets
Air Tanker 162, known as Bomber 391 in Australia, is shown with a truckload of fire retardant transported to Western Australia by the Royal Australian Air Force. (still image from the video below) The...
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Video of an RJ-85 dropping on fires in Australia
Post by RJ85 Australia. And here’s another one: Post by RJ85 Australia.
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Video of a C-130Q and RJ-85 dropping on a fire in Victoria, Australia
In this video Conair’s RJ-85 and Coulson’s C-130Q air tankers are seen dropping retardant on a bushfire near Moyston, Victoria in Australia, January 2, 2015. The C-130Q is first, followed two minutes...
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Skies Magazine features large air tankers in Australia
Skies Magazine has devoted about 10 pages to the two large airtankers that just finished their contracts in Australia. Conair’s RJ-85 and Coulson’s C-130Q arrived in Victoria in early December, and by...
View ArticleAustralian company maps fires down under
Above: An example of a fire map produced by the Air Affairs infrared mapping system. A company with an unusual name, “Air Affairs”, has been mapping wildfires (or bush fires) in Australia since 1994....
View ArticleTanker 132 begins contract in Australia
Above: Air Tanker 132 makes a practice drop in New South Wales. Photo by Sgt. Brett Sherriff, Royal Australian Air Force. Coulson’s Air Tanker 132 started its contract with New South Wales on September...
View ArticleRare photo of the three DC-10 air tankers together
All three of the DC-10 air tankers were in the same place at the same time Saturday, October 1, which is a rare occurrence. Tankers 910, 911, and 912 were all parked at McClellan Air Field. This...
View ArticleAustralians look at how large air tankers are used in the United States
Australian fire managers have been studying the use of air tankers, increasingly so in the last two years. They are on the second year of contracting to use a large air tanker and a very large air...
View ArticleTanker 910 arrives in Australia
The DC-10 will be down under for the New South Wales bushfire season.
View ArticleTankers 910 and 132 respond to fires in New South Wales
Air Tanker 910, the DC-10 that arrived in Australia October 30, responded to a wildfire that was within sight of where it is based at the Royal Australian Air Force Base in Richmond (map), 40 miles...
View ArticleVictoria’s aerial firefighting fleet gears up for the down-under summer
Like New South Wales, Victoria is getting their firefighting aircraft lined up for the 2016-2017 Australian bushfire season which is getting underway now. A year ago between Victoria and New South...
View ArticleVideo of air tankers working the Londonderry Fire in NSW
LAT & VLAT operations captured on @NSWRFS Helicopter Camera at yesterday's Londonderry fire. Local firefighters praiseworthy of their impact pic.twitter.com/5wiHpogx0m — Shane Fitzsimmons...
View ArticleA DC-10 is dropping an alternative to retardant on wildfires in Australia
Above: Tanker 910 dropping on the Londonderry Fire in New South Wales. Screen grab from the video. On November 14 we posted a video of Air Tanker 910, a DC-10, dropping what we thought was water on the...
View ArticleC-130Q en route to Australia
The air tanker will begin an 84-day contract in Victoria on December 15.
View ArticleTanker 131, now known as Bomber 390, arrives in Australia
Above: Tanker 131 reunites with its sister aircraft, Tanker 132, in Avalon, Victoria. Coulson photo. Coulson’s Tanker 131 arrived safely in Avalon, Victoria (map) on Sunday U.S. time after an...
View ArticleInfrared video of DC-10 drop
The fire was just a few miles from the DC-10's base at Richmond, northwest of Sydney, New South Wales.
View ArticleAir-Cranes in Victoria
Above: Unloading and reassembling the “Ichabod” Air-Crane after it was shipped from Greece to Australia. EMV photo. The Aussies like to identify their aerial firefighting assets by nickname. In...
View ArticleAir tankers at Avalon, Victoria
Above: Bomber 391 at Avalon, Victoria. Photo by Avalon Airport. Two air tankers from North America have recently started their contracts in Victoria during the Australian summer. Known as Tanker 131...
View ArticleAn introduction to Victoria’s aerial firefighting fleet
48 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft are on the roster during this down under summer in Victoria.
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