Aero Union P-3's grounded again?

Ztex · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:24 pm

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The U.S. Forest Service announced today that it has terminated its contract with Aero Union of Sacramento, Calif., because the company failed to meet its contractual obligations.

http://gacc.nifc.gov/wgbc/information/U ... 9.2011.pdf

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:18 pm

Sounds like a continuation of the fight Aero Union's been waging over the FAA's little post-facto change of the inspection program definitions that led to their grounding earlier this year. I suspect Aero Union will be fighting this one vehemently both with the USFS and FAA .

sledge39 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:01 pm **Posts:** 262

...Aero Union closing...

http://www.chicoer.com/ci_18674972

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Speedy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:42 pm

A moment of silence please....

Always had a soft spot for the AU Skypigs...and great paint jobs.

MX304 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:33 pm

So what happens to the P-3s? Will someone like Neptune Inc be allowed to purchase and operate them, or does the Navy step in and demand they be scrapped?

K5DH · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:38 pm

...and the USFS fiddles while the American west burns.

So how many helicopters with Bambi buckets does it take to replace one P-3?

Such sad news. I hope everyone from AU can find work, and soon. Bad time to be unemployed.

Russ Blow · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:20 pm

k5dh wrote:

...and the USFS fiddles while the American west burns.

So how many helicopters with Bambi buckets does it take to replace one P-3?

Such sad news. I hope everyone from AU can find work, and soon. Bad time to be unemployed.

Dont forget us poor souls here on the east coast. We have a 7000 acre swamp fire here. Nothing like a good 3 or 4 month long peat fire. Last night there were 4 helos with the buckets based at my home field SFQ. Not a plane to be found.

StudeDave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:02 pm

Sorry to bump an od thread, but I figured this belongs here as much as anywhere else.

While searching for information about Aero Union and what may have become of them,
I found this thread about them~

http://www.wildlandfire.com/hotlist/showthread.php?t=24109

and MORE IMPORTANTLY, this link to an auction~

http://pmi.vihn.net/auction/40634_AeroUnionCorporation.asp

Anyone wanna start-up an airtanker business? :supz:

WallyB · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:23 am

StudeDave wrote:

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I figured this belongs here as much as anywhere else.

While searching for information about Aero Union and what may have become of them,
I found this thread about them~

http://www.wildlandfire.com/hotlist/showthread.php?t=24109

and MORE IMPORTANTLY, this link to an auction~

http://pmi.vihn.net/auction/40634_AeroUnionCorporation.asp

Anyone wanna start-up an airtanker business? :supz:

I imagine a lot of the spares will be heading North of 49.
Don't know about the airframes though, the 'restricted' CofAs may doom them to the cutter's torch

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ChrisK48 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:40 pm **Posts:** 131

Has anyone heard anything about the results of the auction? Like who bought the aircraft.

WallyB · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2012 5:13 pm

ChrisK48 wrote:

Has anyone heard anything about the results of the auction? Like who bought the aircraft.

Reserve price(s) not met AIUI.

ChrisK48 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:40 pm **Posts:** 131

WallyB wrote:

ChrisK48 wrote:

Has anyone heard anything about the results of the auction? Like who bought the aircraft.

Reserve price(s) not met AIUI.

Interesting. Thanks, Wally.

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