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  • bonanzadave
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    • Jul 2006
    • 9621
    • Minnesota

    #3406
    Originally posted by Whitedog
    Fire tankers might be a bit tough in the midwest.
    Not really....

    They build them at So St Paul.

    82 1100 EZ (red)

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    • DanTheMan

      #3407
      If I had the time.......I could get the fire tanker easily, they have two parked at the Brainerd Regional Airport almost all the time. I've been working on the list from hell for the last two and a half weeks, and I'm not 1/2 done yet. The major items have to be completed by next Thursday, then I'll have some time to play. I'm heading to Waterloo, IA with my wife, in the RV, and bringing one of the bikes with me while attending two ship's reunions. One is the first ship I was stationed on, the USS Juneau, LPD-10 (decommissioned in '08), the other is the USS Ajax, AR-6 (decommissioned in '86) and is the 4th ship I was stationed on.
      I'll have some riding time while I'm down south and a wi-fi connection in the state park campround, of all things!

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      • 7981GS

        #3408
        Originally posted by bonanzadave
        Not really....

        They build them at So St Paul.

        http://www.airtractor.com/aircraft/802f-fire-boss
        We have several of those used here also. Usually only on the smaller fires or for close ground support.
        None of these have pontoons. I knew that I should have taken a few pic's of them!

        Eric

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        • Spyder
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          • Mar 2012
          • 3029
          • NW Indiana

          #3409
          There is/was a small airport on my way home. I'll have to see if it's still there and if there's anything there...
          '83 GS 1100T
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          I'm sick of all these Irish stereotypes! When I finish my beer, I'm punching someone in the face ! ! !

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          • 7981GS

            #3410
            No new tag yet?
            Off to Bike Night!...
            Back with any interesting pic's later.

            Eric

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            • Spyder
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              • Mar 2012
              • 3029
              • NW Indiana

              #3411
              Nope. I went and found that airport on my way home, but no planes. Just one little helicopter.
              '83 GS 1100T
              The Jet


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              '95 GSXR 750w
              The Rocket

              I'm sick of all these Irish stereotypes! When I finish my beer, I'm punching someone in the face ! ! !

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              • Guest

                #3412
                I'll be going by OIA Sanford late today, but it will be in my GMC Yuk so all I can do is scout it out. Might be hard getting anything close up with security around, even though it's a small International airport.

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                • Monty

                  #3413
                  I got stuck at work longer than I expected. Got fired yesterday and went to clean out my **** and say goodbyes today. I'll stop by the airport on my way out tomorrow, if its still up. There are a few airports around here that the fire planes fly out of. I think it might be a bit early in the season for them to be out though.

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                  • old_skool

                    #3414
                    Originally posted by Monty
                    I got stuck at work longer than I expected. Got fired yesterday and went to clean out my **** and say goodbyes today. I'll stop by the airport on my way out tomorrow, if its still up. There are a few airports around here that the fire planes fly out of. I think it might be a bit early in the season for them to be out though.

                    WTH, what happened??

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                    • 7981GS

                      #3415
                      Originally posted by old_skool
                      WTH, what happened??
                      Ditto!

                      Eric

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                      • old_skool

                        #3416
                        I think the game has screeched to a complete halt, anytime you use airports and get too specific, difficulty will arise, most of us can't get near an airport due to heightened security since 9/11, and most of us in the mid-west and around the world don't have a great need for air-tankers, or they're hangar-ed and we wouldn't see them anyway, vote for completely new tag...
                        Last edited by Guest; 06-01-2012, 11:09 AM.

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                        • tkent02
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                          • Jan 2006
                          • 35571
                          • Near South Park

                          #3417
                          Come on, nobody hangars air tankers.
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                          Life is too short to ride an L.

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                          • Spyder
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                            • Mar 2012
                            • 3029
                            • NW Indiana

                            #3418
                            I have access to a couple small airstrips, but there aren't any visible planes much less cose enough to the fence to get a shot with my bike.
                            '83 GS 1100T
                            The Jet


                            sigpic
                            '95 GSXR 750w
                            The Rocket

                            I'm sick of all these Irish stereotypes! When I finish my beer, I'm punching someone in the face ! ! !

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                            • old_skool

                              #3419
                              Originally posted by tkent02
                              Come on, nobody hangars air tankers.
                              I rode around Cleveland Hopkins International, nothing visable, rode around 2 local airstrips, nothing, maybe I need to start a fire and get one in action....c'mon, you know I'm joking right

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                              • old_skool

                                #3420
                                Originally posted by tkent02
                                Come on, nobody hangars air tankers.
                                where's your pic??

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