More photos of tankers at Hemet-Ryan, 1980

Air tanker 81 at Hemet-Ryan Airport in 1980. Photo by JD Davis.

After seeing the 1980 video of air tankers landing and taking off at the Hemet-Ryan Airport JD Davis sent us these photos that were also taken at Hemet-Ryan in 1980. He said Tanker 70 was the first S-2 to have the radial engines swapped out for turbines. Thanks JD!

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