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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
10-Sep-2026 UnknownMidland Intl Air and Space Port ()Abilene Rgnl () 06:22PM CDT 08:16PM CDT 1:53
10-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Midland Intl Air and Space Port () 03:59PM CDT 05:44PM CDT 1:44
08-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 06:43PM CDT 07:38PM CDT 0:54
08-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 05:31PM CDT 06:23PM CDT 0:51
08-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 04:14PM CDT 05:03PM CDT 0:49
08-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 12:09PM CDT 01:07PM CDT 0:58
08-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 10:46AM CDT 11:38AM CDT 0:52
07-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 06:40PM CDT 07:32PM CDT 0:52
06-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 05:10PM CDT 06:18PM CDT 1:08
06-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 12:44PM CDT 01:50PM CDT 1:06
05-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 11:54AM CDT 01:08PM CDT 1:13
02-Sep-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 05:58PM CDT 06:44PM CDT 0:45
31-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 06:48PM CDT 07:46PM CDT 0:57
31-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 04:15PM CDT 04:46PM CDT 0:31
31-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 03:21PM CDT 03:52PM CDT 0:31
31-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 02:25PM CDT 02:57PM CDT 0:31
30-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 06:43PM CDT 07:38PM CDT 0:54
30-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 12:52PM CDT 01:59PM CDT 1:06
29-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 06:53PM CDT 08:00PM CDT 1:07
29-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 05:23PM CDT 06:30PM CDT 1:06
29-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 03:33PM CDT 04:20PM CDT 0:46
29-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 02:13PM CDT 02:56PM CDT 0:43
29-Aug-2026 UnknownAbilene Rgnl ()Abilene Rgnl () 01:04PM CDT 01:47PM CDT 0:43
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