I saw some news footage on TV of that huge DC-10 air tanker bombing the Rockport fire. I wish I had time to drive up and see that bird in action. Imagine a jumbo jet flying low, slow, and heavy over a raging brush/forest fire in rugged mountainous terrain, and dropping as much fire retardent as any 20 smaller aircraft could carry. My hat is off to that pilot and crew, they certainly have their hands full and earn their pay in spades. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Listening to the aircraft chatter at Tooele airport I noticed the air tankers appeared to have been taken off the Patch Spring fire and retargeted to other fires. I got confirmation of that today speaking with the reporter I took up yesterday.
Apparently with nothing valuable out that way they're just letting the fire burn. Could be a while until it's out.