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On the third and fourth of July 1996, tankers operating out of the Goleta Forest Service Tanker Station were dispatched against a fire near New Cuyama.
July 3, 1996 |
I got these shots of the tanker operations from my back yard.
C-54
Cargomaster #160 departs the Santa Barbara Airport.
C-54
Cargomaster #160 returning from a retardent drop.
P-2
Neptune #03 passes directly overhead as it returns from New
Cuyama. Although this model of Neptune was originally equipped
with jets, this one has had them removed.
Visit the Aero Union
Page on the P2VNeptune.org web site.
C-54
Cargomaster #152 slowly climbs away from the Santa Barbara
Airport.
P-3
Orion #23 climbs out much faster on the power of its T-56
turboprops.
Tankers spotted operating from Santa Barbara on July 3, 1996 included:
|
Number |
Type |
Registration |
Operator |
c/n |
military serial |
Retired |
|
03 |
SP-2H |
N703AU |
Aero Union |
726-7217 |
BuNo 147967 |
retired |
|
23 |
P-3A-40 |
N923AU |
Aero Union |
185-5085 |
BuNo 151372 |
|
|
73 |
S-2E |
N437DF |
CDF |
0865-004 |
||
|
93 |
S-2F-1/TS-2A |
N447DF |
CDF |
retired |
||
|
94 |
S-2F-1/TS-2A |
N446DF |
CDF |
|||
|
96 |
S-2F-1 |
N443DF |
CDF |
|||
|
100 |
S-2F-1/TS-2A |
N436DF |
CDF |
|||
|
152 |
C-54D-15/DC-4 |
N9015Q |
EMI Services |
22178 |
43-17228 |
|
|
160 |
C-54E-5/DC-4 |
N96358 |
AeroFlite |
27284 |
44-9058 |
July 4, 1996 |
S-2
Tracker #94 at the Tanker Station before another day of fire
fighting.
Clark Cook has created a
site devoted to the Grumman S-2 Tracker.
Aerial tankers
Visit the web site of the Associated
Airtanker Pilots
You can buy a 2008 Calendar featuring my photographs of aerial tankers in flight and fighting fires.
A dozen photos of aerial tankers:
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress N17W Tanker 04, Santa Barbara, September 12, 1979
Douglas DC-7C N5903 Tanker 35, Santa Barbara, November 28, 1980
Douglas C-54E Cargomaster N460WA Tanker 151, Santa Ynez Valley, July 30, 1990
Air Force Reserve Lockheed C-130E Hercules 62-1081, Reno Stead, September 15, 1991
California Air National Guard C-130E Tanker 6, NAWS Pt. Mugu, April 25, 1998
Douglas C-54E Cargomaster N8502G Tanker 65, Santa Barbara Airport, May 5, 2004
Evergreen S-64E Skycrane N6979R Tanker 707, Santa Ynez Valley, May 7, 2004
Siller Brothers Sikosky S-61N N15456, Santa Ynez Valley, May 7, 2004
McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 10 Tanker Air Carrier Tanker 910, Goleta, November 4, 2005
Evergreen International Boeing 747 Supertanker, San Bernardino, May 31, 2006
Grumman S-2T Tracker N439DF Tanker 74, Santa Barbara Airport, June 19, 2006
Lockheed P2V-5 N1386C Tanker 44, Santa Barbara, June 19, 2006
Put a copy of the Aerial Tankers: 2008 Calendar in your Lulu.com shopping cart for $16.95.
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