Notes:

Though still wearing the full basic livery of Aero Union, a defunct California-based Aerial Tanker company which had a large fleet of P-3s, this aircraft continues life with a new operator; Air Strike Fighters. Seen here departing MCC to battle one of several blazes in North California with 2 of the 3 largest wildfires in California state history raging at the time.

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N923AU - Lockheed P-3A Orion - Airstrike Firefighters

Tanker 23 begins an immediate left turnout shortly after departing the Chico Municipal Airport

Dylan Phelps N923AU
4,366 46 0 Lockheed P-3A Orion
N923AU - Lockheed P-3A Orion - Airstrike Firefighters

Back from fighting another NorCal fire

Hongming Zheng N923AU
2,508 19 0 Lockheed P-3A Orion
N923AU - Lockheed P-3A Orion - Airstrike Firefighters

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Huy Do N923AU
2,274 1 0 Lockheed P-3A Orion

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N468DF - Lockheed HC-130H Hercules - United States - California Department of Forestry

Shaun Psaila N468DF
677 6 0 Lockheed HC-130H Hercules
N413DF - North American OV-10A Bronco - United States - California Department of Forestry

Shaun Psaila N413DF
700 4 0 North American OV-10A Bronco
N481DF - Bell EH-1H Iroquois - United States - California Department of Forestry

Shaun Psaila N481DF
313 3 0 Bell EH-1H Iroquois

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N813AE - Embraer ERJ-140LR - American Eagle (Envoy Air)

On short-final for runway 12R over Taft Lake after a short flight from MSP

Chasen Richardson N813AE
510 3 0 Embraer ERJ-140LR
N780BA - Boeing 747-409(LCF) - Boeing Company

One of the Atlas Air-operated Dreamlifters departing PAE for CHS in golden winter evening light, not long before 787 production moved entirely to CHS and these birds became much less common visitors to PAE

Chasen Richardson N780BA
1,784 11 0 Boeing 747-409(LCF)
N202HA - Airbus A321-271N - Hawaiian Airlines

Turning onto taxiway Uniform headed to runway 30 for departure to Kona in the early morning sunshine against the hills of the San Francisco Peninsula not long after Hawaiian resumed the KOA-OAK route which was suspended during the pandemic

Chasen Richardson N202HA
978 1 0 Airbus A321-271N

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N923AU

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Aug 26, 2020

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Notes

Though still wearing the full basic livery of Aero Union, a defunct California-based Aerial Tanker company which had a large fleet of P-3s, this aircraft continues life with a new operator; Air Strike Fighters. Seen here departing MCC to battle one of several blazes in North California with 2 of the 3 largest wildfires in California state history raging at the time.

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Canon Digital Rebel XT | Canon EF 100-300mm AF Show Exif data
N923AU - Lockheed P-3A Orion - Airstrike Firefighters

Tanker 23 begins an immediate left turnout shortly after departing the Chico Municipal Airport

Dylan Phelps N923AU
4,366 46 0 Lockheed P-3A Orion
N923AU - Lockheed P-3A Orion - Airstrike Firefighters

Back from fighting another NorCal fire

Hongming Zheng N923AU
2,508 19 0 Lockheed P-3A Orion
N923AU - Lockheed P-3A Orion - Airstrike Firefighters

[1200px]

Huy Do N923AU
2,274 1 0 Lockheed P-3A Orion
N468DF - Lockheed HC-130H Hercules - United States - California Department of Forestry

Shaun Psaila N468DF
677 6 0 Lockheed HC-130H Hercules
N413DF - North American OV-10A Bronco - United States - California Department of Forestry

Shaun Psaila N413DF
700 4 0 North American OV-10A Bronco
N481DF - Bell EH-1H Iroquois - United States - California Department of Forestry

Shaun Psaila N481DF
313 3 0 Bell EH-1H Iroquois
N813AE - Embraer ERJ-140LR - American Eagle (Envoy Air)

On short-final for runway 12R over Taft Lake after a short flight from MSP

Chasen Richardson N813AE
510 3 0 Embraer ERJ-140LR
N780BA - Boeing 747-409(LCF) - Boeing Company

One of the Atlas Air-operated Dreamlifters departing PAE for CHS in golden winter evening light, not long before 787 production moved entirely to CHS and these birds became much less common visitors to PAE

Chasen Richardson N780BA
1,784 11 0 Boeing 747-409(LCF)
N202HA - Airbus A321-271N - Hawaiian Airlines

Turning onto taxiway Uniform headed to runway 30 for departure to Kona in the early morning sunshine against the hills of the San Francisco Peninsula not long after Hawaiian resumed the KOA-OAK route which was suspended during the pandemic

Chasen Richardson N202HA
978 1 0 Airbus A321-271N
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