Juneau, AK Air Tanker (Gas) Crash

[Disp51]

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-05-02/witness-says-alaska-plane-that-crashed-had-smoke-coming-from-engine-after-takeoff-ntsb-finds#:~:text=JUNEAU%2C%20Alaska%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94,preliminary%20crash%20report%20released%20Thursday.

 

[FFM1938]

1954-built C-54 Skymaster, military version of the DC-4. Sad to hear both pilots were lost in the crash, takes some real stones to fly 70 year old aircraft loaded to the brim with fuel into and out of remote Alaskan airfields.