As the horrific bush fire season will begin here in Australia in a month or so; the Australian Government has once again hired some help; and this time it is in the form of a DC10 water tanker.
The DC-10 is capable of carrying 43,910 litres of fire suppressant per load.
N612AX departed Albuquerque (KABQ) two days ago and headed for Brisbane (YBBN) making over night stops at Honolulu (PHNL) and Pago Pago (NSTU) before touching down here in Brisbane just a few minutes before 2pm today. N612AX will overnight here and depart for Williamstown Air Force Base (YWLM) sometime tomorrow.
N612AX (CN 48290) is a DC 10-30ER and was built in 1987
N612AX started out with Thai Airways then went to Northwest Airlines; moved on to Omni International and is now with 10 Tanker Air Carrier.
| 22/12/1987 | Thai Airways | HS-TMB | Named Thepalai |
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| 27/04/1998 | Northwest Airlines | N239NW | | |
| 12/10/2006 | Omni Air International | N612AX | |
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17/04/2015
| 10 Tanker Air Carrier
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N612AX
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Below are some other images that were taken taken today while we waited for the tanker to be towed to the logistics apron.
When we got to the airport we were surprised to see two Boeing 737BBJ's
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| BOEINGS N835BA B737-7BC (CN30572) |
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| BOEINGS N835BA B737-7BC (CN 30572) |
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| ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE B737-7DT (CN 30829) |
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| ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE B737-7DT (CN 30829) |
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| ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE B737-7DT (CN 30829) |
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| JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKA (CN 36227) |
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| AIR NEW ZEALAND B767-310 ZK-NCG (CN 26912) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-838 (CN 33799) |
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| AIR NEW ZEALAND A320-232 ZK-OJA (CN 2085) |
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| TIGER AIR A320-232 VH-XUH (CN 6749) |
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