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N701AU ¦ PTV 03.10.1997

            Lockheed P2V-7S Neptune (c/n 726-7190)
Aero Union
Porterville-Municipal, CA (PTV/KPTV)
03 October 1997

During the summer wildfire season, fire bombers are based at airfields all over California, on stand-by for any situation that may arise. At the Porterville Air Attack base, it was Tanker 01's duty to be on alert during the 1997 season.

Registered as N701AU to Aero Union Corporation, it was seen basking in the sun, sporting Aero Union's attractive bright red, white and black colours. 

N701AU was built as BuAer 145920 as a P2V-7 for the US Navy in 1959, and served until 1974, when it was struck off charge and stored at Davis-Monthan. In 1986, Aero Union acquired the Neptune as N920AU and converted it to Firestar tanker configuration, now registered as N701AU/Tanker 01.

Tanker 01 was in fact the prototype of the Firestar conversion, which involved removal of the auxiliary turbojet engines and other military equipment, and the installation of a fire retardant delivery system and two computer controlled, electro-hydraulically actuated dispersal doors.

In 2007 the aircraft was sold to Bravo Airlines, still as N701AU, and by 2013 the US markings were cancelled by the FAA. The Neptune's further fate is unknown.
   

Taken in: United States / California / Lois (show map)

Taken on: October 3, 1997

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