In 2002, two large airtankers – a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer – crashed about a month apart while performing aerial firefighting...
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Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (category 1940s United States patrol aircraft)
similar stresses, all remaining Privateers were retired. (See 2002 United States airtanker crashes.) YPB4Y-2 prototypes, three built. PB4Y-2 main production...
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Aerial firefighting (redirect from Airtanker)
firefighting. The terms airtanker or air tanker generally refer to fixed-wing aircraft based in the United States; "airtanker" is used in official documentation...
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The U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal involved a scheme, officially called the Historical Aircraft Exchange Program, in which the U.S. Forest Service...
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public. 17 June – A C-130A Hercules airtanker engaged in aerial firefighting near Walker in Mono County, California, crashes after both of its wings fold upward...
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Air Force)
companies to be converted into airtankers. One of these C-130s crashed in June 2002 while operating near Walker, California. The crash was attributed to wing...
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Consolidated PBY Catalina (category 1930s United States patrol aircraft)
its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as a waterbomber (or airtanker) in aerial firefighting operations in some parts of the world. The PBY...
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McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender (category 1980s United States military tanker aircraft)
Commercial refueling companies Omega Aerial Refueling Services and Global Airtanker Service operate three KDC-10 tankers, N974VV, N235UL and N264DE, for lease...
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exclusive use contracts with the United States Forest Service. Of the 44, Neptune operated 6, all P2V Neptune airtankers. Since its inception, Neptune has...
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Lockheed P-3 Orion (category 1950s United States patrol aircraft)
use. Several of these aircraft were involved in the U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal but have not been involved in any catastrophic aircraft mishaps...
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