4 engine tanker takes off from Lake Elsinore, CA
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Uploaded by LakeElsinoreCAM on Nov 5, 2007
A 4 engine COULSON FLYING , Hawaii Mars tanker takes off from Lake Elsinore, CA. during the SoCal fires. Forgive the middle shaky part I ... all » left it in for the sound. It was loud! With power enough to lift the plane, 4 crew members and 7200 gallons or 30 ton of water, it was awsome. Great sound!
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I was at the high school while they were taking water and flying around. I remember watching it from the balcony of the second story of one of the buildings during my Adv.Bio class. I thought it was going to hit the library because it was flying so low! That definitely is one of the most memorable things that happened while living in Elsinore.
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Just imagine, these Mars's are 65 years old and are stil hard at work. These are not fancy little warbirds making a wussy low pass. This is hard work and great results. Just absolutly amazing. May they soar the skies for years to come.
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Got a picture of that Mars and Coulsons' Sikorsky S-76 on a magazine cover.
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This would be a Martin Mars flying boat...
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Its located in Port Alberni! Lol I know cause I live there.
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@bingofioul US forest service operates around fifty aircraft from C130s to Air Tractors. They are all land based although they may operate some Air Tractor Fire Bosses..Not sure. They are restricted from buying from buying CL215s and 415s for no other reason except politics as far as I know
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@sonex424 yes that's huge, but what about the other kind of waterbomber operating in USA ? can you tell me more (see my comment down)
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@bingofioul Coulson Owns the only operational 2 left. They bought the only four in 1959. One crashed. one was destroyed by a hurricane. Operating both they can drop 60,000lbs of water every 7 minutes. Roughly 7 times more than a CL215 or CL 415
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@sonex424 WTF !? But does CA or USA have it's own fleet ?
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@bingofioul yep, coulsongroup(dot)com
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I flew on this plane to Hawaii when I was 10. It was part of the MATS line flying military and dependents. And yes, I am old!
schafferde 2 years ago 18
To: GreenCheekConure. You are obviously are simple minded and do not appreciate just what firefighting aircarft such as this means to us here in Southern California. We are lucky to have a praise the specialized firefighting aircraft here..
BenC63 2 years ago 16