DC-7 Firebomber takeoff & c-130 firedrop

Heavy airport activity at Chico Municipal Airport (KCIC) on June 13, 2008 as various a/c stage out of Chico to fight the Humboldt Fire about 15 miles away. The heaviily loaded DC-7 departs for the fire and then the C-130 makes a test fire drop. Ironically the C-130 was being tested with a new roll-on tanker rig (this is Aero Unions' base) and was being system tested on part of the airport awash in the smoke of the nearby fire.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• firebomber
• DC-7
• C-130
• takeoff
• firedrop
• Chico
• poor
• visibility

[milano61]

For great footage of DC-7 in action search on YT...

DC 7 fire bomber in Oregon 2009

[mruser0911]

Woow!: this airplane is more faster than the C130's airplanes