water bombers
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Tankers & Jets
It had been almost a month since I had last been to our hangar to check on things. I’ve been flying too much at work lately and the short periods I have been at home have been taken up by time zone recovery. When I drove onto the airport I noticed that the local fire-fighting […]
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Reno-Stead Fire-Fighting Base
There have been several thunderstorms in the area the past few days dropping huge amounts of water and spitting out lightning bolts. The lightning has started a few fires in fairly inaccessible areas and has put our local fire fighters to work. There were two fire-fighting operations on the east side of the Sierras last […]