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On the third and fourth of July 1996, tankers operating out of the Goleta Forest Service Tanker Station were dispatched against a fire near New Cuyama.
July 3, 1996 |
I got these shots of the tanker operations from my back yard.
C-54
Cargomaster #160 departs the Santa Barbara Airport.
C-54
Cargomaster #160 returning from a retardent drop.
P-2
Neptune #03 passes directly overhead as it returns from New
Cuyama. Although this model of Neptune was originally equipped
with jets, this one has had them removed.
Visit the Aero Union
Page on the P2VNeptune.org web site.
C-54
Cargomaster #152 slowly climbs away from the Santa Barbara
Airport.
P-3
Orion #23 climbs out much faster on the power of its T-56
turboprops.
Tankers spotted operating from Santa Barbara on July 3, 1996 included:
|
Number |
Type |
Registration |
Operator |
c/n |
military serial |
Retired |
|
03 |
SP-2H |
N703AU |
Aero Union |
726-7217 |
BuNo 147967 |
retired |
|
23 |
P-3A-40 |
N923AU |
Aero Union |
185-5085 |
BuNo 151372 |
|
|
73 |
S-2E |
N437DF |
CDF |
0865-004 |
||
|
93 |
S-2F-1/TS-2A |
N447DF |
CDF |
retired |
||
|
94 |
S-2F-1/TS-2A |
N446DF |
CDF |
|||
|
96 |
S-2F-1 |
N443DF |
CDF |
|||
|
100 |
S-2F-1/TS-2A |
N436DF |
CDF |
|||
|
152 |
C-54D-15/DC-4 |
N9015Q |
EMI Services |
22178 |
43-17228 |
|
|
160 |
C-54E-5/DC-4 |
N96358 |
AeroFlite |
27284 |
44-9058 |
July 4, 1996 |
S-2
Tracker #94 at the Tanker Station before another day of fire
fighting.
Clark Cook has created a
site devoted to the Grumman S-2 Tracker.
Aerial tankers
Visit the web site of the Associated
Airtanker Pilots
You can buy a 2010 calendar featuring my photographs of Day Fire Tankers at Santa Barbara.
Aerial tankers fought the Day Fire from the Santa Barbara Air Attack Station for ten days, from Monday, September 18 to Wednesday September 27. Three Lockheed P-2 Neptunes and four Lockheed P-3 Orions visited the Air Attack Station during the fire. This calendar includes a dozen photos of those tankers:
Neptune Aviation Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, N4235T Tanker 09
Neptune Aviation Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune, N96264 Tanker 12
Neptune Aviation Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, N1386C Tanker 44
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-25 Orion, N920AU Tanker 20
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-45 Orion, N921AU Tanker 21
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-45 Orion, N922AU Tanker 22
Aero Union Lockheed P-3A-40 Orion, N925AU Tanker 25
Put a copy of the Day Fire Tankers at Santa Barbara: 2010 calendar in your Lulu.com shopping cart for $16.95.
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