Chuck Rhodes, Maintenance Supervisor for Erickson Aero Tanker, told us that the new exit point is in clean air well below the slip stream. The Erickson Aero Tanker is the most versatile fire bomber available. Please refer to the current fleet list to see each aircraft's individual age. In 2017 the list of large and very large air tankers on Call When Needed (CWN) contracts is the same as in 2016. 1 The average fleet age is based on our own calculations and may differ from other figures. USA Date Photographed. Aviation celebrations? One chunk of metal crashed through the rear window of a car, while other shrapnel was found in city streets. Congratulations to all the folks at Erickson Aero Tanker. Erickson has one other tanker in conversion process, expected to enter service in 2020, that will be T-104. Aero Union is now Airstrike. The airport resumed normal operation at about 6:30 p.m. Monday. On the other hand this can sometimes go wrong … like earlier this week in Tampa … News & commentary about aerial firefighting, air tankers, and helicopters, This will bring Australia’s fleet of large air tankers up to 11 for the 2019/2020 bushfire season. Erickson Aero Tanker Tanker 101 Preforming tanker drop certification at Fox Field for the United States Forest Service. At that location, the company expects the air flow will carry the retardant straight back, and will not force it up onto the wings and into the engines as before. He said it was there for pre-season training. Erickson Tanker 101. Tanker 62, now located at Redmond, will likely work on an exclusive use contract with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) from July into mid-September. There have been several questions and comments from the readers on this website about why Erickson Aero Tanker’s MD-87 air tankers drop retardant with the landing gear down. Erickson currently (2019) has 5 active MD-87s. And, please keep in mind our commenting ground rules before you post a comment. See more ideas about fire, firefighter, wildland firefighter. McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (DC-9-80) Basic Type ... 101 Location. Matt Isley, General Manager at Erickson Aero Tanker, said as that was being done the auto-throttle decreased the thrust in the other engine. TANKER 06 (N9855F) 1953 Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune (131445). TANKER 06 (N9855F) 1953 Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune (131445). For example, tanker 101 (N291EA), was previously flown by Japan Airlines (JL) from the early 1990s until the late 2000s. Click here. News & commentary about aerial firefighting, air tankers, and helicopters. @aerialfiremag posted on their Instagram profile: “Tanker 101 from Erickson Aero Tanker taking off from KBJC in Colorado to drop on the Grizzly Creek…” Other federal airtankers are already prepositioned in the SW and CA. Then in June, 2017 the company took a much more radical step. They will join another DC-10, Tanker 911 that arrived in November. You should have waited another day: T101 made it’s first drop in Bend, Oregon on June 7th. Photo by Bill Gabbert. TANKER 02 (N474NA) British Aerospace BAE 146-200A (E2084). This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. One of the seven HC-130H aircraft that the USFS is receiving from the Coast Guard will be available as an air tanker this year. They also wrote that the runway was closed while “unspecified debris” was removed. Photo by skippyscage.com. TANKER 12 British Aerospace BAE 146-200. TANKER 00 (Aero Union) Lockheed P-3 Orion 3000 gallons, based in California. The air tankers will still have the internal tanks and the capacity will remain at 4,000 gallons. Other than that there were no significant changes in the information provided by the USFS. A problem with an engine on April 21 resulted in an unscheduled landing for an Erickson Aero Air MD-87 air tanker. Click here. T-101 MD87 Aero Air (Erickson Aero Tanker) T-161 RJ85 Aero Flite, Spokane Washington T-160 RJ85 Aero Flite, Spokane Washington T-260 CL-415 Aero Flite, Spokane Washington T-912 DC-10 10 Tanker Air Carrier, Albuquerque, New Mexico T-131 C-130 Coulson, BC Canada T-10 BAe-146 Neptune Aviation Services, Montana T-05 P2V Neptune Aviation Services, Montana T-06 P2V Neptune Aviation Services, … (The video can also be watched at YouTube). Over the last three to four years several P2V air tankers in that same age range have had serious problems with hydraulics that resulted in problems as they landed. Tanker 101, an MD-87 (N291EA), dropping on the Elephant Butte Fire southwest of Denver, July 13, 2020. Aviation Photo #4459565 McDonnell Douglas MD-87 (DC-9-87) - Erickson Aero Tanker [ Medium Large] Tweet. Today we are featuring Tanker 101 (N292EA), an MD-87 operated by Erickson Aero Tanker. Erickson also has DC-7s. AT Tank Air Tractor Tank AU TANK Aero Union Tank BH TANK Black Hills Tank CAS TANK Central Air Service Tank EV Evergreen Helicopters Tank H&P Hawkins & Powers Aviation Tank MA TANK Minden Air Tank HV TANK Hemet Air Tank R/BH TANK Rosenbalm/Black Hills Tank R/J TANK Rosenbalm/Johnson Flying Service Tank R/SQ TANK Rosenbalm/SIS Q Flying Service Tank This tank will have an exit point for the retardant that is quite a bit lower than the previous spade opening that was virtually flush with the belly. Tanker 101, operated by Erickson Aero Tanker, at Redmond, Oregon, June 4, 2014. Mr. Komm said that after takeoff the … clock. Kootenai County Government reported on their Facebook page that “several small fires resulted from an aircraft incident” at the airport. The first blazes started about 2 p.m. and spread from there. A SAFECOM filed back then considered the possibility after engine surges or intermittent power was a problem for one aircraft after making a drop. It is a long, complicated, expensive, arduous, bureaucracy-laden process to bring an air tanker from a concept, to sitting on the ramp at an air tanker base waiting for its first fire. Shouldn’t there be a ceremony on an air tanker’s first day on the job? Only supported aircraft types that are active with this airline are included in the calculations. TANKER 07 (N807NA) 1954 Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune (131424). The U.S. Air Force, which is arranging for all of the work on the aircraft, plans to deliver the first fully completed air tanker in 2019, and the other six by 2020, dates that keep slipping. The most commonly accepted explanation was to reduce airspeed, especially when making a downhill drop. The two MD-87s on exclusive use contract were scheduled to begin their mandatory availability periods on June 5 and 10, but the start dates are being pushed back by weeks, if not months. Jennifer Jones, a spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service, told us that they expect to issue a new CWN airtanker solicitation in the near future intended for use in 2017. Disclaimer. If one became un-flyable before the next year, it did not pick up the number of the one it replaced. Erickson Aero Tanker Blog. TANKER 10 (N472NA) 1989 British Aerospace (E2138) Neptune. Some of the large air tanker vendors have been led to believe that the USFS will issue a solicitation for Next-Gen air tankers in the fairly near future, but Ms. Jones did not confirm this. Engine parts were found inside a vehicle which had its rear window shattered by debris from the engine. Its sister, T-105, is scheduled to begin work Sunday, June 8. Its sister, T-105, is scheduled to begin work Sunday, June 8. A person who was monitoring radio traffic told Fire Aviation that the pilot declared an emergency after shutting down the #3 engine and losing all hydraulics. The tanker involved was Erickson Aero Tanker 101 under contract to the U.S. Forest Service fighting the Rough Fire East of Fresno, CA. Erickson Aero's(DC-9-87)MD-87 Tanker 101, 4,000 Gal/Cap tank system...retardant drop on the June Fire, June Lake CA. Aero Air (Erickson Aero Tanker) has another year, maybe two on it's contract with the ODF (Oregon Department of Forestry) at Medford with DC-7 Tanker 62 (N401US). The video was apparently captured by someone on the nearby Eaton Road that borders the airport. TANKER 00 (Aero Union) Lockheed P-3 Orion 3000 gallons, based in California. AT Tank Air Tractor Tank AU TANK Aero Union Tank BH TANK Black Hills Tank CAS TANK Central Air Service Tank EV Evergreen Helicopters Tank H&P Hawkins & Powers Aviation Tank MA TANK Minden Air Tank HV TANK Hemet Air Tank R/BH TANK Rosenbalm/Black Hills Tank R/J TANK Rosenbalm/Johnson Flying Service Tank R/SQ TANK Rosenbalm/SIS Q Flying Service Tank Erickson Aero Tanker’s T-101 photographed June 4 at Redmond, Oregon, its first day on the job. Erickson has one other tanker in conversion process, expected to enter service in 2020, that will be T-104. The two aircraft will be based at McClellan Air Field in Sacramento at what the Forest Service calls Air Station McClellan (FSAS MCC). Only supported aircraft types that are active with this airline are included in the calculations. The newspaper was not able to find any government officials who would comment about the cause of the fires, saying it was under investigation. TANKER 10 (N472NA) 1989 British Aerospace (E2138) Neptune. Aero Union is now Airstrike. on MD-87 air tanker experiences engine failure after takeoff, “MD-87 air tanker experiences engine failure after takeoff”, on The FAA requires Erickson’s MD-87’s to drop retardant with landing gear down, on 20 large air tankers to be on exclusive use contracts this year, on Tanker 60 makes emergency landing at Chico, on Erickson adding a second tank to their MD-87 air tankers, Two MD-87 firefighting air tankers will deploy to Australia, Contracts were already in place in Australia for four large privately owned large air tankers, 737 that the New South Wales Rural Fire Service purchased, United States Forest Service had 13 large air tankers on exclusive use contracts, MD-87 air tanker experiences engine failure after takeoff, September 13, 2015 debris from a failed engine landed in a residential area of Fresno, retardant stains on the fuselage caused by retardant flowing over the wing, They had an external tank, or pod, fabricated and installed, They began flying two of them as air tankers in 2014, The FAA requires Erickson’s MD-87’s to drop retardant with landing gear down, 20 large air tankers to be on exclusive use contracts this year, reducing by 18 percent the number of large Type 1 helicopters, Tanker 60 makes emergency landing at Chico, In 2006 a P2V operated by Neptune lost an engine, Erickson adding a second tank to their MD-87 air tankers, retardant from the MD-87 air tanker entering the tail-mounted engines, Three large air tankers are working the bushfire in Western Australia, Triple Nickles, paratroopers who fought wildfires during World War II, Photos of PBY-6A air tankers from the 1960s and 1970s, Chief Ranger/Pilot for Alaska’s Northern National Parklands Receives National Aviation Safety Award. 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