Firefighting Tankers and Bombers

[Phil Myers]

Nope..it was about 8am and just walked out on the ramp...

[Code20photog]

Neptune Air Services P-2V N9855F

[GTagami]

Aaahh, nice catch. Camarillo fire?

[kick Z tail out]

Nice.  Looks like it was just after the drop too (Phoschek streaming off the tail).

[kick Z tail out]

Cactus (Valley) Fire Day 2.

[Code20photog]

Aaahh, nice catch. Camarillo fire?

Yup. Barely caught him on video (Kinda important, ) But was able to blast off a few shots as he extended out. Only drop we saw from our vantage point.

[kick Z tail out]

Air ops flying all the way until the civil twillight cutoff on the Valley lightning complex fires last thursday night. Tanker 82 out of Columbia leaves Hemet-Ryan.

[kick Z tail out]

Waiting to see if Brian or MD have a ton of Fox Field tanker action after the West Fire yesterday. 14 air tankers assigned. Half of Cal Fire's S-2 fleet was there with a handful of Fed tankers.

[sr-aeronut]

Getting ready to post ASAP-- it was an amazingly clear sky

[sr-aeronut]

[sr-aeronut]

[Code20photog]

That second Tanker 21 shot is just one of the best I've ever seen. Love the clouds.

[phantomphan1974]

Hitting the fire hard.  Just heard about it this morning.  I think they last 50 homes already.

Great shots Michael!

[kick Z tail out]

Oh good Lord Almighty. 



Hands down some of the most gorgeous shots I've ever seen. I'm green with envy over here! I was crawling in my skin at work last night, knowing how bad I wanted to get to Tehachapi or Fox and not being able to.

[sr-aeronut]

Thanx guys 99% luck and 99% good lighting-- tonight I'm sure will be another good one.  I did over 700 shots in less then an hour last night!!