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British Aerospace BAe-146-200 (N473NA) - Neptune Aviation Services BAe 146-200 Tanker 01, with speed brakes deployed on a down hill run... follows lead plane to make a critical forward rate of spread retardant drop on the threatening June Fire, June Lake CA., late afternoon 9-16-14.br /br /Neptune Aviation Services is located in Missoula, Montana. NAS fleet includes 7 modern BAe 146-200 aircraft(converted British Aerospace BAe 146-200, passenger carrier regional airliner), including Tankers 41, 40, 12, 10, 03, 02, 01 and are equipped with the innovative REV 3 tank capable of delivering a payload of 3,050 gallons of fire retardant.
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British Aerospace BAe-146-200 (N473NA)

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Neptune Aviation Services BAe 146-200 Tanker 01, with speed brakes deployed on a down hill run... follows lead plane to make a critical forward rate of spread retardant drop on the threatening June Fire, June Lake CA., late afternoon 9-16-14.

Neptune Aviation Services is located in Missoula, Montana. NAS fleet includes 7 modern BAe 146-200 aircraft(converted British Aerospace BAe 146-200, passenger carrier regional airliner), including Tankers 41, 40, 12, 10, 03, 02, 01 and are equipped with the innovative REV 3 tank capable of delivering a payload of 3,050 gallons of fire retardant.

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STEVE SIMPSON
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Patrick Sawyer
This guy was one of two 146 fire tankers that were rolling overhead like clockwork a few weeks ago in Sacramento, CA. They were staging out of KMCC alongside a P2V and Tanker 912 while working the King Fire. MAJOR thanks and kudos to them for their hard work!!!
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Art Troutman
Whoops! The "Neptune' designation does not go with the Bae 146 - but rather to the former US Navy P2V Neptune, as mentioned in Patrick Sawyers' Comment. The P2V-7 version - the last one built by Lockheed Aircraft - is a US Navy antisubmarine aircraft, fitted with a pair of Wright R3350 turbo-compound recip engines, supplemented by a pair of J33 jet engines, resulting in superb maneuvering for making precision air drops! The Bae 146 airliner, fitted with 4 jet engines, should also be ideal in making those air drops!
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Lee Kovarik
@Art Troutman- But surely there can be such a thing as a company called Neptune Aviation Services, regardless of what they fly, which is what the poster is positing.
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STEVE SIMPSONPhoto Uploader
Neptune Aviation Services is located in Missoula, Montana. NAS fleet includes 5 modern BAe 146 aircraft(converted British Aerospace BAe 146, purpose built civilian short haul regional airliner), including Tankers 41, 40, 10, 02, 01 and are equipped with the innovative REV 3 tank capable of delivering a payload of 3,050 gallons of fire retardant.

Neptune Aviation services also operates 6 P2V "Neptune" airtankers, and are expected to convert more Avro RJ/BAe 146 aircraft in the near future. These new aircraft will replace the aging P2V "Neptunes".
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
01-Jul-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 03:28PM PDT 04:01PM PDT 0:32
01-Jul-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 02:54PM PDT 03:11PM PDT 0:16
01-Jul-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 02:15PM PDT 02:29PM PDT 0:13
01-Jul-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 01:45PM PDT 01:58PM PDT 0:12
28-Jun-2022 UnknownPaso Robles Muni ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 07:06PM PDT 07:29PM PDT 0:23
28-Jun-2022 UnknownSanta Maria ()Paso Robles Muni () 06:02PM PDT 06:33PM PDT 0:31
28-Jun-2022 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 05:14PM PDT 05:31PM PDT 0:17
28-Jun-2022 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 04:42PM PDT 04:57PM PDT 0:15
28-Jun-2022 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 04:04PM PDT 04:21PM PDT 0:16
28-Jun-2022 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 03:32PM PDT 03:47PM PDT 0:15
28-Jun-2022 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 03:04PM PDT 03:16PM PDT 0:11
28-Jun-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Santa Maria () 02:03PM PDT 02:36PM PDT 0:33
25-Jun-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 01:13PM PDT 01:36PM PDT 0:23
23-Jun-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 08:00PM PDT 08:11PM PDT 0:11
23-Jun-2022 UnknownNear Porterville, CAFresno Yosemite Intl () First seen 02:35PM PDT 03:06PM PDT 0:31
23-Jun-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Porterville Muni () 01:23PM PDT 01:58PM PDT (?) 0:35
20-Jun-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 06:01PM PDT 06:25PM PDT 0:24
19-Jun-2022 UnknownFresno Yosemite Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 06:54PM PDT 07:19PM PDT 0:25
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