I took this one this past Sunday at the Redmond Air Tanker Base of N295EA, Tanker 105, waiting between fire taskings. There were two or three fires going on south of the Redmond/Bend area and it was very hazy with the smell of smoke in the air. You could barely make out the snow-capped peaks of the High Cascades, it was so hazy from the wildfires in southern Oregon. My work trip got extended a few days and it give me the opportunity to observe the comings and goings of the tankers at the Redmond base as they worked the wildfires in the area. Tanker 105 was originally delivered to Iberia in June 1991. It flew for a few months with SAS before it was picked up by Erickson in September 2012 for modification work into a wildfire tanker. It started flying missions for the US Forestry Service in June 2014. Don't forget to give my other aviation feed, @lajeteepress, a follow. Twice a day I post aviation history subject matter. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #RDM #Redmond #USFS #airport #planespotting #McDonnellDouglas #MD87#N295EA #Tanker105 #Erickson #EricksonAeroTanker #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation #TeamAvGeek (at Redmond Air Tanker Base) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgyJZiZsIi4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
