Victorian Water Bombers

Post by **Nafenn** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:00 am

I have just been advised that the 2 heavy water bombers from Victoria are inbound to Pearce this morning:

BMBR390 (C130) ETA 1055
BMBR391 (RJ85) ETA 1135

Matt. · Post by **Matt.** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:32 am

Going to Perth now

roland985 · Post by **roland985** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:44 am

Indeed, I know the person who suggested them be sent. It happened fast.

Post by **Nafenn** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:12 pm

roland985 wrote:Indeed, I know the person who suggested them be sent. It happened fast.

Goood call whoever did... the smaller bombers down there are struggling with the intensity of the fire aparently

Post by **Infernal** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:52 pm

My Pictures

Post by **Infernal** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:57 pm

I also believe an additional sky crane came over or is on its way over

Kingy · Post by **Kingy** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:00 pm

I presume for the Northcliffe fire that these would be operated out of Busselton?

Post by **Nafenn** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:43 pm

Kingy wrote:I presume for the Northcliffe fire that these would be operated out of Busselton?

It depends on how much runway they need... if need be they will operate out of Perth.

Kingy · Post by **Kingy** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:05 pm

That will make for a very long turnaround time. Busselton is in the process of upgrading the runway and facilities. I think Busselton is able to handle these planes, and has enough reloaders and runway to deal with them, and is much closer to the incident.

Post by **Infernal** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:08 pm

Busselton gets a regular F100 service from Perth then onward's to the mines.

An RJ85 is probably a better STOL aircraft than the F100.

Kingy · Post by **Kingy** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:03 pm

We just got a request for reloaders at Busselton for these planes. Was too late responding, and missed out. Heading there now for a look.

Kingy · Post by **Kingy** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:57 pm

Took some pics of the reloading operation. They are asking for reloaders for shifts to 3am each day, so it seems that they operate all night.

roland985 · Post by **roland985** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:10 pm

That's a fat, fat plane. I love it.

It reminds me of thunderbirds.

Kingy · Post by **Kingy** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:27 am

Lots of other pics at

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dunsboro ... 2756116836

WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

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