Chico Fire Season
Chico is just about to open their Air Attack Base for fire season. We’re one of the latest bases to open. There was a fire in our region the other…
Chico is just about to open their Air Attack Base for fire season. We're one of the latest bases to open. There was a fire in our region the other day and a tanker from Hollister came up for it. Needless to say I'm ready to go. The base is great and I am realy going to enjoy spending the summer here. Of course, we are hoping for lots of activity. With all the crazy fires in Colorado, NM, etc, I wonder why more states don't have a state aerial firefighting unit like California does? We are the only state whose mission is initial attack...put it out before it gets big!!
Patty WagstaffWriter
Patty Wagstaff is a six time member of the U.S. Aerobatic team and a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic champion. She flies for the California Department of Forestry during the summer months. In Pattyâs monthly column, Let It Roll, she shares observations and philosophical meanderings in and beyond the air show arena as a flight instructor, life adventurer and experience-seeker.
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