Fairchild C-119G, marked as Tanker 137. This aircraft appeared to carry civil registration N5216R when I took this photograph at Battle Mountain, Nevada in April 1998.
Within the same month, I photographed another C-119 that also carried civil registration N5216R at Hawkins & Powers Aviation in Greybull, Wyoming.
Determining the true identity of some C-119 air tankers is complicated. See:
www.ruudleeuw.com/bmtn.htm
Photographed at Battle Mountain Airport, Nevada (KBAM)
April 1998
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Tags: Hawkins & Powers Tanker 137 H&P Tanker 137 Tanker 137 Hawkins & Powers Aviation Hawkins & Powers H&P Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild CC-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild C-119G Fairchild C-119 Fairchild CC-119 C-119G Flying Boxcar C-119 Flying Boxcar CC-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild C-119G C-119 CC-119 Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF N5216R Battle Mountain Airport KBAM BAM Battle Mountain Nevada Battle Mountain air tanker aerial fire fighting water bomber 35mm film color negative film film pre-digital aviation air museum
"Nose Art" near boarding door of Tanker 137, ex-RCAF CC-119 s/n 22118.
The cartoon appears to depict a PB4Y-2 Privateer, such as the fire-fighting aircraft once operated by Hawkins & Powers, Inc.
Photographed at Battle Mountain Airport, Nevada (KBAM)
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
Tags: Fairchild C-119G Fairchild CC-119 Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF RCAF 22118 22118 N3559 Hawkins & Powers Hawkins and Powers H&P C-119 Packet C-119 Flying Boxcar C-119 Flying Boxcar Tanker 137 air tanker aerial fire fighting water bomber film 35mm film color film color negative film nose art Smokey Bear 500+ views air museum
Heading east on Interstate 80, somewhere beyond Elko, Nevada.
Photographed through the windshield of our 1988 Volkswagen Vanagon.
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North American F-100A Super Sabre s/n 52-5777
Photographed at the Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Air Force Base, Utah
April 1998
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Hill Aerospace Museum:
www.aerospaceutah.org/hill-aerospace-museum/
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Tags: North American F-100A Super Sabre North American F-100 Super Sabre North American F-100A North American F-100 F-100A Super Sabre F-100 Super Sabre North American Aviation North American NAA F-100A F-100 Super Sabre 52-5777 Cold War aircraft Century Series fighters Century Series Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB museum Hill Air Force Base Hill AFB military aircraft in museum
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress, s/n 58-0191
Photographed at the Hill Aerospace Museum
Hill Air Force Base, Utah
April 1998
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Hill Aerospace Museum:
www.aerospaceutah.org/hill-aerospace-museum/
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(Scanned 35mm color film negative)
Tags: Boeing B-52G Stratofortress Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Boeing B-52G Boeing B-52 B-52G Stratofortress B-52 Stratofortress Boeing B-52G B-52 Stratofortress 58-0191 58-191 nuclear bomber Strategic Air Command SAC Cold War aircraft Desert Storm aircraft Hill Aerospace Museum Hill AFB museum Hill Air Force Base Hill AFB military aircraft in museum