Flying With America's Wildfire Pilots

[Matt Molnar]

Great article about the state of our nation's firefighting air force (http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4245382.html), with some real nice C-130 photos. Sadly, no mention of the Supertanker, but a bit about the DC-10 tanker.

[LGA777]

Interesting article, thanks for posting. Although most on this board have probably seen it, the 1989 movie "Always" has a lot of great air tanker footage and great sound effects, if you've never seen it, rent it.

http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK/ ... E10216-310 (http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//title/tt0096794/trailers-screenplay-E10216-310)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096794/plotsummary

Cheers

LGA777

[727C47]

Always,was ,is the TopGun for round engine pilots,with a much better plot line,and better actors.(though goose was cool)

[mr. feathers]

a magazine I art directed a few months ago did a profile on the pilots that fly the DC-10 tanker. cool photos we took, but alas, the website didn't use the. here's the link (might need to sign up to look)

http://www.privateairdaily.com/magazine ... 560-1.html (http://www.privateairdaily.com/magazine/article/10560-1.html)

Mr. F