Stoney wrote:
what happened to the DC-7s that were at Redmond in 91'?
Tanker 60 is in Madras as far as I know. I haven’t been up there in about 5 years
1980 Fire Season 117 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
Here it is with it’s Clown Car paint job
IMG_1086 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
Tanker 61 crashed in 1990 or 1991
1980 Fire Season 096 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
Tanker 62 is in Madras
IMG_9983 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
It was also repainted in the Erickson colors, but I don’t have a picture handy
Tanker 66 is still in Madras
IMG_9982 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
In the Erickson colors
IMG_1085 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
Tanker 67 ended up being hacked to death with a K-12 Saw. Pretty gruesome stuff
More Tanker Pictures 022 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
The freighter ended up with too much corrosion to safely fly and it spent several years at Redmond as an engine test cell
IMG_9984 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
The last time that I was in Madras the nose section of the freighter was still there. It was also cut up for scrap when it couldn’t be ferried from Redmond to Madras
IMG_0854 by
tanker622001, on Flickr
I don’t know how recent this Google Earth picture is, but it shows Tankers 60, 62 and 66 on the upper hard stands
IMG_9981 by
tanker622001, on Flickr