Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, USN BuNo 148344, in service with Minden Air as fire fighting tanker #55.
Online sources indicate that this aircraft received civilian registration N355MA.*
As of January 2015 that registration does not appear to be active.
Photographed in a storage yard adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, May 1996.
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
*References:
Joe Baugher's serial number database,
users.rcn.com/jeremy.k/serialSearch.html
Air tanker reference:
www.dappa.nl/airtankers-europe-text.htm
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One of the two Continental IO-360 six-cylinder, fuel-injected engines which powered the Cessna O-2 / 337 Skymaster.
CDF (Now CAL FIRE) Aircraft Maintenance
Mather Airport (MHR), Sacramento California
Photographed April 1997
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
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Lockheed C-130A Hercules, Tanker 130
Originally delivered as US Air Force s/n 56-0538
Civil registration N130HP
This aircraft crashed due to structural failure on June 17, 2002, while fighting a fire near Walker, California. All three crew members aboard were killed. The NTSB report, LAX02GA201, including a statement of probable cause, was published on April 23, 2004.
In the aftermath of that accident, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management stopped contracting for C-130A air tankers.
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Aviation Safety Network (ASN) accident summary:
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020617-0
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US NTSB Safety Recommendation A-04-29 through -33:
www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/RecLetters/A04_29_33.pdf
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Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
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Lockheed C-130A Hercules, USAF s/n 57-0511
Civil registration N134HP
According to an online reference, this aircraft was originally delivered as an RC-130A, but was "deconverted" to C-130A configuration.* Its markings indicate that its last USAF operator was the Rhode Island AIr National Guard.
Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
*Reference:
www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1957.html
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Work platforms surround a United Airlines Boeing 737 undergoing maintenance at SFO.
Photographed inside the United Airlines Maintenance Base
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
June 2000
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
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