11 September 2012, a large and new firefighting aircraft has been seen flying in and out of Pocatello airport (Pocatello Tanker Base) the past few days. It’s a British Aerospace (BAe) 146 flown by Neptune Aviation of Montana (leased from Tronos in Canada).
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BAe 146 Neptune Aviation tanker 41 taxis in Pocatello Airport, 11 September 2012.
The 146 has been proposed to replace the decades old aircraft used by private aviation firefighting companies in the U.S.
Staged for takeoff run. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
“The immorality of the United States and Great Britain’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, premised on the lie that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, has destabilised and polarised the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history…….They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where […] Continue Reading…
11 September 2012, Japan’s Sharp Corporation revealed that the economic situation is worse than they first thought. They are now cutting wages, salaries and bonuses even more than they first planned.
Sharp will now layoff 5,000 employees by March 2013, the first time since the 1950s!
10 September 2012, officially Idaho’s drought began in the Gregorian/Western/Christian calender year of 2000. It’s still on 12 years later!
According to the latest drought data, the Eastern Highlands of Idaho are in “severe drought”, while the Upper Snake River plain is suffering “extreme drought”. The rest of Idaho is in moderately dry to moderately […] Continue Reading…
10 September 2012, the smoke just won’t go away, ’cause fires just keep poppin’ up! So far, the year to date fire retardant used by fire fighting aircraft out of Pocatello airport (aka Pocatello Tanker Base) is 261,797 gallons (991,009.4 liters).
Little “seeders” 802 Air Tractors are the backbone of airborne firefighting operations out of […] Continue Reading…
British Red Coat, Henry of Wales (aka Prince Harry), returned to Afghanistan as a Apache gunship co-pilot/gunner. He is part of the current rotation of British troops in Afghanistan, and should be in country four months.
The Pakistan based Haqqani Network was officially declared a terrorist organization by the Obama administration. U.S. officials […] Continue Reading…
“Our men and women in uniform overseas deserve the highest level of support provided by fair and honest contractors. As the Justice Department’s continuing efforts to fight procurement fraud demonstrate, those who put profits over the welfare of members of our military will pay a hefty price.”-Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil […] Continue Reading…
09 September 2012, the controversy over unnatural nuclear industry based fluoride (as opposed to the naturally occurring kind, which can also be bad in large amounts) continues in Arizona, Indiana and Oregon.
A Saint Joseph County Health Officer, in Indiana, is lambasting three cities for their ending of fluoridation of drinking water.
It seems we’ve been crewing our Saab Grippens and German F-4 Phantom 2s with the wrong pilots! PJ Production has set things right by releasing his latest 1/72 scale resin pilot figures.
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Use cyanoacrylate glue (super/krazy type glue) to put these guys together, and in your Grippen or Luftwaffe F-4.
