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		<title>The Fed Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Talley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lead Planes We take a lot of things for granted in our world. In 2004 most of the federal pilots flying large airtankers in the U.S. took their jobs for granted until a fax appeared at the offices of the various contractors saying their contracts had been withdrawn. At Aero Union (July 2011) a sheet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Annual Ron Thomas Memorial AAPMTF Benefit Golf Tournament</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come join us for the 12th Annual Ron Thomas Memorial AAPMTF Benefit Golf Tournament!!!! The tournament will be held Friday May 24th, 2013 at San Geronimo Valley Golf Course in San Geronimo, CA. Please see the EVENT FLYER for more details on registration for sponsorship and/or playing opportunities.  ]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Intent to Award NextGen Airtanker Contracts announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Darran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Forest Service issues notice of intent to award “Next Generation” airtanker contracts WASHINGTON, May 6,  2013 &#8212; U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced  today that the Forest Service has issued a notice of intent to award contracts  to five companies to provide a total of seven Next Generation airtankers for  wildfire suppression. “We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot Application Requirements for la Sécurité Civile, France</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Darran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In France we have several types of pilot contracts: 1) To apply for water bomber captain : - less than 43 years old at the 1st of January of the year you will sign the contract (not the evaluation year), - airplane commercial pilot license, IFR rating, MCC (multi crew certification), EASA theoretical ATPL and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Observation of the Status of Aerial Firefighting in Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidcant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an exhibitor and presenter at the recent Aerial Firefighting Conference held in France it was interesting to observe where aerial firefighting has gone in Europe and the Mediterranean region over the last couple of years since I was in Spain in 2010. I appears there are many more players  in the aerial firefighting scene with countries from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fed Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Talley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Near Miss How do you write about a near miss? Let’s see; there I was. No, that’s been done before. How about just the facts. Well, there we were. Lowell had just called V1 so we were committed to fly when I saw the glider. It appeared from the brush to the left and rolled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AHSAFA Questions Proposed State-Owned Airtanker Fleet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Darran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC&#8230;April 22, 2013&#8230;The American Helicopter Services And Aerial Firefighting Association (AHSAFA) has questioned a proposal by the Colorado Senate to establish a state-owned and operated aerial firefighting fleet. The legislation, which would establish a Colorado Firefighting Air Corps, at a purported cost of $25 million, has been approved by the Senate&#8217;s Agricultural, Natural Resources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safety Sells</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safety, as it pertains to management of risk, plays a very important role in the progress of aviation business. Taking a proactive role with risk, by mitigating or eliminating exposure, has a significant effect on limiting loss of life and property, in addition to having a positive effect on a company’s bottom line. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin in Chico</title>
		<link>http://airtanker.org/2013/air-bulgaria-airtanker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Darran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By LAURA URSENY-Business Editor, ChicoER.com AIRSPRAY Chico manager RAVI SAIP talked to Chico City Council&#8217;s Economic Development Committee last week, introducing himself and his operation. Airspray is a Canadian firm that flies and leases out firefighting air tankers. Saip is head of the Chico branch, which was opened by Airspray after similar operation Aero Union [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fed Side III</title>
		<link>http://airtanker.org/2013/the-fed-side-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Talley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s February 2013 and tanker 48 is back on-the-job. We’re currently hanging in Porterville where I’m trying to reconstruct the balance of last season. It’s like déjà vous all over again; as I recall we left Casper Wyoming July 30th and headed to our current location, Porterville CA. After spending the night it was on [...]]]></description>
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