06 AUG 2017 (03:39 UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Mordad 1396/13 Dhu l-Qa’da 1438/15 Wu-Shen 4715
The sky around eastern Idaho is socked in with smoke as the 2017-18 wildfire season roars up (I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so smokey around here, and I’ve been here 20 years). The water bombing aircraft based at Pocatello Airport were busy during daylight; non-stop landings, reloading, take-offs, for hours on-end until dark.
Photos by AAron B. Hutchins. Click pics to make bigger:
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- BAE 146-200 coming in to reload, Pocatello Airport, 05 August 2017.
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- Outbound Air Tractor, Pocatello Airport, Idaho, 05 August 2017.
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- Inbound Neptune.
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- Pocatello Airport, Idaho, 05 August 2017.
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- Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, August 2017.
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- This BAE 146 is outbound.
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- Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the mutha’ of all water bombers!
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- Inbound McDonnell-Douglas DC-10.
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- Pocatello Airport, 05 August 2017.
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- The Eye of Mordor!
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- Done for the day.
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- Good night little bird.
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