Six Airfields in one afternoon: 9/12/09

**jerslice** · 2009-09-13, 02:59 AM

Getting to six fields in one day kinda fell into my lap as I caught some of the smaller airfields along I90 through eastern Washington - then realizing I already had a small handful I figured I'd pay the south Seattle triptych a visit too to round out 6...tried to get 8 but couldn't find 2 out in the woods. Over 260 miles of driving today.

#1: KELN; Ellensburg WA

#2 2W1 De Vere Field; Cle Elum WA

#3 4W0 Bandera State Airport; North Bend/Snoqualmie Pass WA

#4 KSEA; SeaTac WA

#5 KRNT: Renton Municipal; Renton WA

#6 KBFI: Boeing Field; Seattle WA (and what a way to cap off the day!)

**emshighway** · 2009-09-13, 12:20 PM

#1 is a USDA Forest Service AH-1. A cobra without the fangs.

**jerslice** · 2009-09-13, 12:56 PM

A cobra without the fangs

Yup. I was quite surprised to see it - I didn't know there were civilian versions. Doesn't like right without a few "toys" attached...

A few more:

**I-ALEX** · 2009-09-13, 02:24 PM

Nice shots...
:D

Alex

**Gerard** · 2009-09-13, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by emshighway

#1 is a USDA Forest Service AH-1. A cobra without the fangs.

Yes there are a number of them being used around the country. The Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry Division uses them
for fighting wildfires. They are dubbed "FireSnakes".

http://www.fl-dof.com/wildfire/equipmen ... ll209.html