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Two Bulls fire kicked up yesterday and very rapidly grew.
http://www.ktvz.com/news/two-brushfires ... d/26382078

2 Erikson Aero Tanker MD-87s are on scene (Tanker 101 and her sister ship 105)
http://fireaviation.com/tag/erickson-aero-tanker/

Below image is from last year when 101 was undergoing tests.


Wife and I hiked up the Pilot Butte yesterday to get a good look when it was still ~300acres yesterday afternoon...this morning it passed 6,200acres burned.

Sorry for the bad quality...this camera is old!


Still not contained.


Smokey sky today! Yesterday the sun was blocked occasionally peeking out in blood-red colors.

Its now becoming Summer Wild Fire season in Southern California, and I read the local news; Kron4 and the LA Times, fire up my Cessna 150/152 and track the scenes of the fires, something I have done for many years during the Wild Fire season.
It also enables me to visit various parts of California that I may have not seen before.

Paul...Wildfire Chaser!.... ...!

We've got one down in the Everglades too.

It doesn't look like there is much property damage but they had to close some roads.

Dense smoke across South Florida forces health warning

Now 2 MD-87s (Tanker 101 & 105)
1 BAe 146 (Tanker 10)
1 Sky Crane (792)
1 P2V Neptune (Tanker # unknown)
1,000+ firefighter ground force

Some heli-tack action (not mine):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVAqHRC1f2g

Smoke Jumpers went out today from Redmond (C-23 Sherpa), Hot Shots have been working since minute 1.

Suspected human cause

No need to stop the wedding, though.

An Oregon Couple Rushed Through Their Wedding Because Of A Wildfire And The Photos Are Breathtaking

My boss and I took a walk over to the tanker base today with the Two Bulls Fire now kaput and caught the tankers readying for depature:

Tanker 105 heading out to Fresno


P2V Neptune Tanker 06 and BAe 146 Tanker 10 heading to Medford, OR....the start-up of the Neptune was gloriously smoke and the sound is unlike any other radial I have heard..very soft and soothing

I was wondering where all this bloody smoke was coming from!

Nice to see they rolled out the red (faded to orange?) Carpet for these birds

Pat☺