another tanker thread - TBM/TBF's

[HELLDIVERS]

Anymore TBM projects going on? Hows Charlies coming along any new photos? Always looking for more parts Thanks Mike

[HELLDIVERS]

Any more TBM tanker photos out there? please post, any more info on a tanker book? Thanks Mike

Last edited by HELLDIVERS on Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:54 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Strega Fan]

For any of you that have a chance, you need to go to Ramona, CA or Hemet, CA and look up Bob Forbes. He is the relief pilot on the S-2 air tankers there at the moment, he used to fly TBM's as tankers and couple of the ones he flew, are actually shown in this post. He has some great stories.
Scott......

A lot of Bob Forbes great tanker stories include my ex-Father-in-Law, Don Ornbaum (RIP). He flew tankers in California for almost 40 years and and many of those years he flew with Forbes. I met Bob Forbes many years ago, he is a great guy. I'm glad to hear he is still flying.

[HELLDIVERS]

Great thread I'm looking for any photos of TBM N9318Z BU.#91113 Thanks Mike

[mike furline]

Great thread I'm looking for any photos of TBM N9318Z BU.#91113 Thanks Mike

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site ... AFybXn-28k

[HELLDIVERS]

Wow that was fast !! Thanks Mike Good ol wix board !!!!

[SaxMan]

And you got a shot of "our" Tanker 18, Bureau 91426, (the NCS CAF bird that Jack Kosko and crew restored) in that batch, too! I think that is the first in flight shot I've seen of the plane.