7 Air Tankers in Action Today

[skippyscage]

correct - both terms obsolete

[gary1954]

correct - both terms obsolete

Who cares, for us "older guys" I imagine we will continue to use both terms, and the younger generation will just have to decode our lingo until the last one of us goes to the smelter or graveyard.
Regardless, these are great photos, And to answer a question about the jet engines on these babies being used soley to fly the plane......uh....no

[Warbirdnerd]

The Mid Atlantic Air Museum has a Neptune that is very stock, and was at one time flyable. I saw it a t a few shows, but I think the main focus of the museum is now on the P-61. Great pics. Sorry that the planes have to be there under the circumstances, but cool to see them still flying.

They used to have a second flyable Neptune as well, which became a firebomber. Anyone know which firebomber that might be? Is it one of these four?

MAAM used to own Bu148357. It is now Tanker #48 with Minden Air Corp. I think it is yellow one pictured in this thread...

[airnutz]

correct - both terms obsolete

Who cares, for us "older guys" I imagine we will continue to use both terms, and the younger generation will just have to decode our lingo until the last one of us goes to the smelter or graveyard.

Well Gary...we don't want to appear to be a bunch of rubes if we ever run into those guys or ruin the minds
of young-uns lstening to us old farts.

We routinely called them "borate bombers" in the 60's and 70's, but I was surprised to find even then they had moved
on to bentonite and Fire-Trol by then. Apparently the borate was caustic to regrowth after the fire and they quit
using the stuff early in the game. Whoda thunkit?

As for the incorrect use of the word slurry? Dunno 'bout that. Fire-Trol in their company material refers to
the retardant mix as a "slurry"....