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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.

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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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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
25-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 05:39PM PDT 06:06PM PDT 0:26
25-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 05:00PM PDT 05:22PM PDT 0:21
25-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 12:44PM PDT 12:58PM PDT 0:13
25-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 09:27AM PDT 10:10AM PDT 0:43
23-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 03:43PM PDT 04:09PM PDT 0:25
23-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 03:02PM PDT 03:23PM PDT 0:20
23-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 02:22PM PDT 02:43PM PDT 0:20
17-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 07:29AM PDT 08:05AM PDT 0:35
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 05:55PM PDT 06:23PM PDT 0:27
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 04:59PM PDT 05:29PM PDT 0:30
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 04:17PM PDT 04:41PM PDT 0:24
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 03:22PM PDT 03:51PM PDT 0:28
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 02:35PM PDT 03:01PM PDT 0:25
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 01:47PM PDT 02:15PM PDT 0:27
16-Jul-2025 UnknownPorterville Muni ()San Bernardino Intl () 12:19PM PDT 01:12PM PDT 0:53
16-Jul-2025 UnknownPorterville Muni ()Porterville Muni () 11:21AM PDT 11:59AM PDT 0:37
16-Jul-2025 UnknownPorterville Muni ()Porterville Muni () 10:35AM PDT 11:01AM PDT 0:25
16-Jul-2025 UnknownPorterville Muni ()Porterville Muni () 09:43AM PDT 10:13AM PDT 0:30
16-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()Porterville Muni () 08:42AM PDT 09:24AM PDT 0:41
15-Jul-2025 UnknownGeneral Wm J Fox Airfield ()San Bernardino Intl () 07:16PM PDT 08:07PM PDT 0:50
15-Jul-2025 UnknownGeneral Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:24PM PDT 06:58PM PDT 0:33
15-Jul-2025 UnknownGeneral Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 05:28PM PDT 06:04PM PDT 0:36
15-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 04:26PM PDT 05:11PM PDT 0:44
15-Jul-2025 UnknownSan Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 02:27PM PDT 02:53PM PDT 0:26
12-Jul-2025 B462Cedar City Rgnl ()San Bernardino Intl () 06:13PM MDT 06:11PM PDT 0:58
12-Jul-2025 B462Cedar City Rgnl ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:13PM MDT Diverted
12-Jul-2025 UnknownCedar City Rgnl ()Cedar City Rgnl () 05:03PM MDT 05:45PM MDT 0:41
12-Jul-2025 UnknownCedar City Rgnl ()Cedar City Rgnl () 04:04PM MDT 04:41PM MDT 0:37
12-Jul-2025 UnknownReno/Stead ()Cedar City Rgnl () 01:02PM PDT 03:42PM MDT 1:39
12-Jul-2025 UnknownReno/Stead ()Reno/Stead () 10:28AM PDT 11:20AM PDT 0:51
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