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In the past, we’ve used the DC-10 air tanker to battle major fires, like the 4,500-acre Hidden Pines Fire in Bastrop County back in October 2015. These massive tankers can drop nearly 12,000 ...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody ... the tanker base, with the mechanics who keep us rolling, the air ...
tagging Smithley on Instagram with a video clip of his dad piloting a DC-10 Air Tanker and dousing the landscape with flame retardant to combat the fires, which could be seen on KTLA news.
Read full article: Ask Anthony: Why wasn’t a DC-10 firefighting plane used during the Pauline Road Fire? In the past, we’ve used the DC-10 air tanker to battle major fires, so one viewer asked ...