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British Aerospace BAe-146-200 (N474NA) - Tanker 02 giving a final sendoff on her final day of contract. She left the next day for her homebase at Missoula.
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British Aerospace BAe-146-200 (N474NA)

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Tanker 02 giving a final sendoff on her final day of contract. She left the next day for her homebase at Missoula.

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Rick Wald
1st picture of the Atmospheric River hitting British Columbia!😁
DonFuller312
How fast can that thing be loaded returned to mission?
Paul Mousseau
Don, I used to work in a tower. We had C-130's helping fight forest fires and their turn around time was 12 minutes. This was in the late 1980s.
serge LOTH
Paul :12 minutes ?? I m a bit suspicious.. With Canadair CL415 , may be if you are close to sea or lake.. but on ground...!!
Conner RochaPhoto Uploader
These things are usually back in the air roughly 20 minutes after touchdown from the previous mission. That includes taxiing and refilling, and usually the tank is filled in roughly 12 minutes. It is a lot slower pumping retardant through hoses into a tanker than scooping it through a lake like a CL-415 would. (This is info I got from the crews of T02 and from my experience watching tankers in and out of my local airport.
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSanta Maria ()San Bernardino Intl () 04:08PM PST 05:05PM PST 0:57
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 03:02PM PST 03:47PM PST 0:44
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 01:49PM PST 02:36PM PST 0:47
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()Santa Maria () 12:43PM PST 01:28PM PST 0:45
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 11:36AM PST 11:56AM PST 0:19
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 10:49AM PST 11:11AM PST 0:21
09-Dec-2023 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 09:58AM PST 10:25AM PST 0:26
08-Dec-2023 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 01:47PM PST 02:26PM PST 0:39
05-Dec-2023 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 08:39AM PST 09:01AM PST 0:21
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