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Not to me personally but aware of details of one.... B 206B fire fighting mission near Penticton August 2002. Inbound to town, thought to be struck by lightning. Engine "flamed out", Auto relight was armed and successfully relit. While there was no visual evidence of a strike, pilot and passenger experienced physical effects and were off for short time after.

It states " Amateur Built: No "

This SA 341G CF-EMF owned by Finning Tractor (Vancouver B.C.), picture circa 1973. Imported to Canada May 1973. The 1980 Canada Civil A/C Register shows it still being operated by Finning. There were 15 SA 341G's registered in Canada that year.

I got a note a few days ago from Vertical that the website was hacked last week and they were ironing out the problem. That's about the time I noticed things going wonky.

3 F/W airtankers and a birddog from B.C. have been down there (Colorado) for just over 3 weeks. 2 tankers and a birddog from Saskatchewan also. Not sure about helicopters though. Alot of people up here are keeping a close eye on things and wish you folks the best. For up to date info on specific fires and the situation in general you can go to the "Wildfire Today" website. Look for comments from folks on the site. There are some good links to other sites. Good luck.

Priceless!! I'm saving that one.

Also an interesting lesson in "internet theft" if you look closely in the link................

Bears like Beavers............

Along the same lines as the thread and with safety in mind, attached is an interesting article on maintenance and fatigue what an individual can do ( via Flight Safety Information newsletter ). I downloaded it this morning, unfortunately toasted the link. Hope it comes through OK. MX_Fatigue_NewsletterV2I2.pdf

Don't want to hijack this thread..... but how did you ever find an "o" with 2 dots over it ?? Just curious

For an individual or a group ??

N119TV in the picture - Google says news helicopter south of the border.

Kinda ties in with the "How short is too short" thread...........

Jeez TQN, those scans are sweet. I have some Canadian info from the 40's 50's and 60's but the early 70's was a bit of a blank. I'll be looking over those 2 pages for awhile. Thanks !!

Today's CIFFC Situation Report shows 142 machines hired in B.C. Clearly some finger trouble over the past week, this number sounds low.