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British Aerospace BAe-146-200 (N473NA) - Neptune Aviation Services BAe 146-200 Tanker 01, with speed brakes deployed on a down hill run... follows lead plane to make a critical forward rate of spread retardant drop on the threatening June Fire, June Lake CA., late afternoon 9-16-14.br /br /Neptune Aviation Services is located in Missoula, Montana. NAS fleet includes 7 modern BAe 146-200 aircraft(converted British Aerospace BAe 146-200, passenger carrier regional airliner), including Tankers 41, 40, 12, 10, 03, 02, 01 and are equipped with the innovative REV 3 tank capable of delivering a payload of 3,050 gallons of fire retardant.
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British Aerospace BAe-146-200 (N473NA)

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Neptune Aviation Services BAe 146-200 Tanker 01, with speed brakes deployed on a down hill run... follows lead plane to make a critical forward rate of spread retardant drop on the threatening June Fire, June Lake CA., late afternoon 9-16-14.

Neptune Aviation Services is located in Missoula, Montana. NAS fleet includes 7 modern BAe 146-200 aircraft(converted British Aerospace BAe 146-200, passenger carrier regional airliner), including Tankers 41, 40, 12, 10, 03, 02, 01 and are equipped with the innovative REV 3 tank capable of delivering a payload of 3,050 gallons of fire retardant.

15 of N473NA 355 of B462
STEVE SIMPSON
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Patrick Sawyer
This guy was one of two 146 fire tankers that were rolling overhead like clockwork a few weeks ago in Sacramento, CA. They were staging out of KMCC alongside a P2V and Tanker 912 while working the King Fire. MAJOR thanks and kudos to them for their hard work!!!
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Art Troutman
Whoops! The "Neptune' designation does not go with the Bae 146 - but rather to the former US Navy P2V Neptune, as mentioned in Patrick Sawyers' Comment. The P2V-7 version - the last one built by Lockheed Aircraft - is a US Navy antisubmarine aircraft, fitted with a pair of Wright R3350 turbo-compound recip engines, supplemented by a pair of J33 jet engines, resulting in superb maneuvering for making precision air drops! The Bae 146 airliner, fitted with 4 jet engines, should also be ideal in making those air drops!
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Lee Kovarik
@Art Troutman- But surely there can be such a thing as a company called Neptune Aviation Services, regardless of what they fly, which is what the poster is positing.
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STEVE SIMPSONPhoto Uploader
Neptune Aviation Services is located in Missoula, Montana. NAS fleet includes 5 modern BAe 146 aircraft(converted British Aerospace BAe 146, purpose built civilian short haul regional airliner), including Tankers 41, 40, 10, 02, 01 and are equipped with the innovative REV 3 tank capable of delivering a payload of 3,050 gallons of fire retardant.

Neptune Aviation services also operates 6 P2V "Neptune" airtankers, and are expected to convert more Avro RJ/BAe 146 aircraft in the near future. These new aircraft will replace the aging P2V "Neptunes".
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08-Aug-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 01:54PM PDT 02:08PM PDT 0:14
08-Aug-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 12:16PM PDT 01:05PM PDT 0:49
07-Aug-2025 UnknownGeneral Wm J Fox Airfield ()San Bernardino Intl () 07:45PM PDT 08:53PM PDT 1:08
07-Aug-2025 UnknownGeneral Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:38PM PDT 07:15PM PDT 0:37
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06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 05:13PM PDT 05:34PM PDT 0:21
06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 04:34PM PDT 04:53PM PDT 0:18
06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 03:52PM PDT 04:08PM PDT 0:15
06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 02:58PM PDT 03:19PM PDT 0:21
06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 02:22PM PDT 02:41PM PDT 0:18
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06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 10:34AM PDT 11:05AM PDT 0:30
06-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 09:48AM PDT 10:11AM PDT 0:23
05-Aug-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()Santa Maria () 09:34AM PDT 10:22AM PDT 0:48
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03-Aug-2025 B462Santa Maria ()Missoula Montana () 07:04PM PDT 10:08PM MDT 2:04
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03-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 02:16PM PDT 02:31PM PDT 0:14
03-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 12:26PM PDT 12:55PM PDT 0:28
03-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 11:34AM PDT 12:02PM PDT 0:27
03-Aug-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()Santa Maria () 10:27AM PDT 11:15AM PDT 0:47
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02-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 06:51PM PDT 07:12PM PDT 0:20
02-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 06:02PM PDT 06:23PM PDT 0:20
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02-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 03:22PM PDT 03:36PM PDT 0:14
02-Aug-2025 UnknownSanta Maria ()Santa Maria () 02:45PM PDT 03:01PM PDT 0:15
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01-Aug-2025 B462Santa Maria ()San Bernardino Intl () 06:21PM PDT Diverted
01-Aug-2025 UnknownPhoenix-Mesa Gateway ()Santa Maria () 04:05PM MST 05:56PM PDT 1:50
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30-Jul-2025 UnknownCedar City Rgnl ()Cedar City Rgnl () 06:03PM MDT 06:48PM MDT 0:45
30-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()Cedar City Rgnl () 03:07PM PDT 05:34PM MDT 1:26
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