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MARS Lake Elsinore Pankey Wildspirit California Wildfires 2007

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Coulson MARS air tanker taxies in after first mission against wildfires in southern California. The aircraft is a vintage wwII workhorse and former queen of the skies, with passenger service from Honolulu to San Francisco, now serving with COULSON AIR TANKERS in British Columbia, Canada. The appearance of this aircraft helped the effort in fighting the many southern California wildfires was a godsend. BEST viewed at ORIGINAL size--and many kudos to the Canadian company.

Comments on this photo:

Oct 31 2007 09:54 GMT Midworlder PRO

It is a great sight

Oct 31 2007 10:23 GMT hans55 PRO

was this a Panam clipper ???
great series !!!

Oct 31 2007 11:01 GMT sini

Great capture!:)

Oct 31 2007 12:01 GMT Mafernandes

fantastic

Oct 31 2007 12:22 GMT CH1988

Great picture!!

Oct 31 2007 12:33 GMT granitbiscut

AWESOME SERIES !!

Oct 31 2007 13:25 GMT merce

very impressive!!!!

Oct 31 2007 13:33 GMT LisaSam67

so cool

Oct 31 2007 13:35 GMT Wildspirit PRO

Good morning!

Oct 31 2007 13:40 GMT LisaSam67

lol i'm so wiped out this morning HAHAHA
paying for 6 hours of sleep LMAO
how are you guys this lovely halloween morning

Oct 31 2007 13:52 GMT Wildspirit PRO

I went to bed but didn't sleep--the DirecTV guy is coming this morning so I have things to do for a while but I'll talk to you later. Leaving the computer on, defragging the drives.

Oct 31 2007 14:01 GMT LisaSam67

yup.... kids to force into getting dressed for school here LMAO.....
reminds me of the Bill Cosby joke... The Same Thing Happens Every Night (and morning haha)
have a great day Jim

Oct 31 2007 16:44 GMT DragonSpeed PRO

Oh Canada! :)

Oct 31 2007 19:55 GMT bennystr

Wonderful on-going series!

Oct 31 2007 21:20 GMT gtc126

Super Close-Up!!!!

Oct 31 2007 21:22 GMT gtc126

This is a Fantastic Series Of Planes......Thanks for Sharing Jim!!!!

Oct 31 2007 23:48 GMT cking

Nice shot.

Nov 03 2007 04:15 GMT wifey

Outstanding!

Nov 03 2007 13:03 GMT Petra17

Thanks for posting these pictures...well done..That is what good neighbours are all about.
In 1998, we had an very bad ice storm and I remember the crews coming over from New York and Maine to give us a hand . I don't know what we would have done whit out them...

Nov 03 2007 13:16 GMT Wildspirit PRO

who needs FEMA? I think it should be disbanded altogether.

Nov 04 2007 21:09 GMT Yermanie

Interesting view.

Nov 06 2007 13:15 GMT junne PRO

awesome, also quiet a courageous job of the pilots not only because of the dangerous mission, but the age of the aircraft as well

Nov 06 2007 13:19 GMT Wildspirit PRO

There's a graphic illustration of the danger (maybe it's on YouTube) of a C-130 firefighter suffering structural failure in its wing and going down with all hands.

Nov 07 2007 19:52 GMT jenylew

Superb series...As Mom said above, thats what neighbors are for! :-)

Nov 07 2007 22:49 GMT LisaSam67

my friend in Vancouver were talking on the phone today and I told her about your pics and emailed your page to her.... she LOVED your pictures!!!!!!!!

she emailed me this link.... their official website for these beautiful planes
http://www.martinmars.com/

enjoy :-)