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Unique Dual-Purpose Manitoba Plane Can Dust Crops, Fight Fires With Ease

Rural Manitobans are very familiar with the term crop dusting — spraying fields with chemicals from a small low-flying aircraft — but how about fire dusting? After...

Video: Dauntless Air Fire Boss Demonstration

Appleton, Minnesota based Dauntless Air who operates a fleet of Air Tractor AT-802 Fire Boss aircraft recently released a feature video on their operations,...

Birtle Crop-Dusters add Firefighting to Their Profile

A Birtle-area crop-duster is getting into the firefighting business. Randy and Janet Sandstrom have expanded their crop-dusting business to now offer aerial firefighting assistance to local fire...

Crews Fight Fire South of Pinedale

Crews have been briefed this morning and will continue to flank and secure the perimeter of the Tennerite Fire south of Pinedale, focusing on...

Inside the Air Tractor AT-802

Spokane, Washington's CBS Station KREM2 takes a look inside the AT-802 piloted by Fred Hickman. You can also find the story at KREM2

At Ease | The Rise of a Fire Pilot

IF, God forbid, a small curl of smoke on our Blue Mountain Range grew into a full-on mountain fire, and CalFire attack planes bloated...

ODF Tests Nighttime Aerial Firefighting in Grant County

JOHN DAY, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Forestry is working with CO Fire Aviation, an aerial resource vendor, to test in Grant County the...

Air Tractor Airplanes to Display Firefighting Aircraft at EAA Airventure 2019

OLNEY, Texas —Two Air Tractor AT-802 series airplanes will be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the nation’s largest annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts. The 802...

Single Engine Air Tankers Practice Drops in Oregon.

SALEM, Ore. — Two single-engine air tankers will fly from their base in Prineville to Salem on Thursday for fire suppression training. "This annual training provides opportunity...

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