Lockheed C-130 air tanker fire fighter Morgan hill CA.

Lockheed C-130 air tanker fire fighter Morgan hill CA.

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• Lockheed
• C-130
• air
• tanker
• fire
• fighter
• Morgan
• hill
• CA.

[ferociousfrankie]

The mere presence of the c-130 is awesome!

[flyemlow234]

Whoa babyyyyy! Those guys weren't ready for the loss of payload on the plane. Been doing this for years and that looks like one of my first practice runs. See how they move all around when they start the drop..that plane is getting real light in a hurry! Things get squirrelly up there when that happens. That's a lot of retardent coming out in a hurry.

[monkeyrum15]

@QAFtuvok101 Most places in the American west don't have a big enough lake to land on to refill a float plane. Your planes won't work

[wcolby]

@NWtoSFO

I was waiting for that, but I didn't want to jump right in.

[NWtoSFO]

@TheCannonofMohammed It's not a DC-3.

[TheCannonofMohammed]

That looks like a DC-3 to me because it has propellers. DC-3's have propellers.

[epicassassin15]

tats so cool

[geterdonein01]

@QAFtuvok101 There isn't always a big enough body of water to land in here in California. Often times we'll use helicopters to pick up water from tiny bodies of water far too small for any airplane to ever land in. Most of the time converted airplanes are the best bet.

[QAFtuvok101]

When will you guys ever learn : stop converting US planes to fight fires, WE invented the perfect plane for the job : the CL-215 (later replaced by the more powerfull 415). The ONLY airplane designed with firefighting as its primary role.

How long does it take for your "converted" airplane to fly back to base, land, taxi to the refueling station, fill its tanks, taxi back to runway, take off, fly back to the fire site ?

A CL-415 can fill its tanks in a few seconds on any water body nearby.

[Weibkoln]

thumb up if you thought that it was a 1;100 model on top of an vinger

[TNDTV1]

is that one based with the california air national guard or the wyoming air national guard 153rd airlift wing i could see the tail ha

[TheAdrianMovie]

Enemy AC-130 ABOVEEE!