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From Telstar Logistics:
Here in the Western U.S., water tanker aircraft are often used to fight forest fires. Most these aircraft are propeller-driven warbirds -- ex-military C-130s, P-3 Neptunes, or S-2 Trackers that have been repurposed to serve on the front lines of firefighting. Recently, however, a new aircraft has been spotted above California's smoke-filled skies: A DC-10 widebody airliner.
Known as Tanker 910, this DC-10 was originally delivered to National Airlines in 1975 as N69NA (shown right). It later flew for Pan Am as Clipper Starlight before spending another 10 years hauling passengers for American. By 2002, the tired hull was retired to the desert boneyards of Mojave, California. In 2004, the aircraft got a new lease on life when it was acquired by Omni Air International and converted to a water-drop configuration by Cargo Conversions of San Carlos, California.
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