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New Boeing 747-400 Supertanker the Deen Of CFPA JUNE 2016 NEWS THE CALIFORNIA FIRE PILOTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER NEW BOEING 747-400 THE WALT SUPERTANKER DARRAN AWARD THE DEEN OF TANKERS PART 1 2016 ONCE UPON A TIME... IN THE WEST CFPA NEWS 2016 Fire season Editor : Jerome Laval ([email protected]) Ladies and gentlemen, Editorial staff : Cyril Defever, Frédéric Marsaly, Franck Mée Besides some rain last winter, Cali- fornia Season 2016 promises to be a Designer : Philippe Laurent long, busy and hot one! Don’t stay ([email protected]) thirsty my friends… hydrate! Contributors to this issue : Congratulations to Jim Cook, for re- James Dunn, Jim Merryfield, ceiving the International Aerial Fire Kit Robinson, Dean Talley, Fighting “Walt Darran” Award for his Wes Schultz and Steve Whitby contribution to this industry as the creator of the Fire Traffic Area con- As you can see, the overall cept and procedure. Since its imple- presentation of our newsletter has mentation, the FTA procedure improved the safety and efficiency of evolved: after 5 summers of Air Operations tremendously! faithful heavy duty, graphic designer Cyril Defever has chosen In recent years several pilots in our group retired or moved on to dif- to concentrate on his own work, ferent paths; Jim Dunn, Sharky Cornell, Les Koehler, Lee Monson, Ted writing books and articles. As a Mundell, Patty Wagstaff, Bruce Wickert, Russ looney, Lee Donham, result, we are happy to welcome Philippe Laurent as our new Bob DeVinny, Ray DiLorenzo, Lynn McGrew, Bob Forbes, Deen Oehl. designer. Thank you Cyril for all the Thanks for their contribution, dedication, and their professionalism. hard work you've done for us; we I’m sure that once in a while, they’ll stop by the Tanker Base to say Hi are now waiting for your articles, and keep in touch with aerial fire fighting industry. profiles and photos! Let’s not forget and keep Bob Finer and Craig Hunt in our thoughts and their smiles in our memories… If you wish to contribute to our To all the pilots who joined CFPA this year; Welcome aboard! 2016 Newsletters with articles, stories, Tanker Trainees : Jesse Jenks, Jeff Sheftall,. photos, videos, or just want to suggest interesting links, please Good luck! Have a good training. Study hard and fly smooth… do. Send us your work in text format (txt, doc, docx, rtf) and Have a safe fire season, photos as jpeg files. (And please, no PDF with your own layout!) Jerome T85 / CFPA Newsletter Editor Photos: size 2400 px on the longest side, with your name on the photo (watermark) or in the filename for credit. And please, feel free to print the Newsletter and share it around! 2- CFPA NEWS - JULY 2016 SIY Siskiyou A-05 FOT RRohnerville RRDD A-120 Redding T-96 A-240 O05 A-503 Chester T-94 A-06 UKI T-95 Ukiah A-507 A-110 T-90 CIC T-91 Chico A-210 T-93 STS GOO Sonoma Grass A-140 Valley 2016 T-85 A-230 T-88 T-86 T-89 Air Tactical & Airtanker A-17 Dispatch Map 022 Columbia A-440 T-82 CVH T-83 Hollister A-460 FAT T-80 T-74 Fresno A-15 PRB Paso Robles A-340 A-504 PTV TT-75 Porterville A-410 T-76 & T-78 SMX VCV Santa Maria Southern Logistics A-07 WJF Fox-Field Lancaster A-509 06/07/16 14:40 SBD L-B52 San Bernardino HMT A-12 Hemet-Ryan Denotes CDF Aircraft A-310 T-72 T-73 Denotes USFS Aircraft Denotes BLM Aircraft RNM Ramona Revised April 2016 A-330 T-70 T-71 FF Chris Krowel, Pilot Jim Merryfield, FF Peter Hewson, FF Cameron Morgan, FF Bill Hancock JIM MERRYFIELD - AIR ATTACK PILOT fter attending San Diego having the time of their lives up ing, but I also learned it wasn't State, I very much en- in the front seats! With their very fulfilling either. I missed A joyed a fulfilling 10 year headsets on, they had NO idea being part of a mission oriented career as a Paramedic. However, what was happening a mere foot crew. The economy took care of there was a moment about 5 behind them. That was it! I was to this problem for me and I was years in that I had a life changing become a pilot. furloughed early in the recession. realization. Along with working on a normal ground ambulance, Next came the usual years of Then came 8 years flying an air I also crewed a medical life flight. training, instructing and then ambulance. My world had come There was one particular "dark cargo. I flew a Cessna 402 from full circle! I was now flying some stormy night" that changed me Eureka to Ukiah to load boxes, paramedics that I had trained to forever. While flying to San Fran- and then on to Sacramento. be paramedics! I loved the mis- cisco, I would often sit in a jump every night in the summer when sion, but deep down, I knew I still seat that faced forward in the I taxied by the Cal Fire base in wanted to join Cal Fire. Cessna 421. That night, my nurse Ukiah, I thought "that is the partner and I had a particularly coolest job flying airplanes". I made it! I'm here! troublesome patient who needed much attention. My frus- After my share of throwing Oh, and by the way.... trations were mounting with my Amazon second day air boxes I'm pretty sure Tim Daly was tasks at hand. And at the mo- around, I found a job flying a cor- one of the guys in the front of ment I was most exhausted, I porate Pilatus and Falcon 50. I that 421 on that dark stormy looked forward to see two pilots learned a ton about corporate fly- night! He still has no idea! 5- CFPA NEWS - JULY 2016 HAPPY RETIREMENT ! We wish a happy retirement to our flying legends, Bob Forbes, Tanker pilot at Hemet and Ra- mona Air Attack Bases, Bruce Wickert, Tanker pilot at Fresno AAB, Les Koehler, Air Attack pilot at Hemet AAB, Ted Mundell, Tanker pilot at Porterville AAB and Deen Oehl, Tanker pilot at Hemet AAB. 6 1 4 2 1- Bob Forbes and Jeff Cavarra (Dyncorp Cal Fire avia- tion program Manager) 2- Deen Oehl and Justin McGough (Hemet-Ryan AAB Battalion chief) 3- Les Koeler and Justin McGough 4- Bruce Wickert and Jeff Cavarra 5- Ted Mundell and Justin McGough 6- Tanker 72, Deen Oehl's plane, under airfield firemen water salute for their last flight together! 5 3 Photos by Steve Withby 6- CFPA NEWS - JULY 2016 TRIBUTE TO DEEN OEHL DEEN OEHL, THE DEEN OF TANKERS BY DEAN TALLEY Deen and a B-47 airtanker business Deen Oehl, Deen-O, is a class act anchoring the position of true gentleman. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard him pass judgment or use an unkind word in reference to an individual although he will give you a criti- cal view of federal firefighting tactics vs. the Cal Fire rapid re- sponse and emphasis on Initial Attack. At an age when most people have spent fifteen or twenty years perfecting their parcheesi or practicing checkers Deen ap- pears to have finally hung up his spurs. To say he has aged well re- ally doesn’t do him justice. I’ve “Not yet. Hold it. Hold it,” and return,” called the lead. glimpsed bits of his past and met counseled Deen. the flamboyant Carmelita but I “It looked pretty good to me,” wanted know more so I asked It was a long way down a said Deen. him to tell me his story. steep hillside into a narrow canyon with an exit to the West. “Better than the last one. At Deen is second generation The lead finally broke right at the least I had the tank armed,” I from Germany. His grandfather, end of the retardant line. I waited said. father, and his fathers’ brothers a few seconds and touched off processed meat in San the load, held the line for a few Deen glanced at me and the Bernardino. They couldn’t com- seconds longer, then turned crack of a smile appeared. pete with the big corporate busi- right trailing the lead. Deen was nesses that had prospered in leaning forward intent on the I’ve known Deen for over thirty World War II and after so the fam- view through the windscreen. years but I had never flown with ily business was not an option. The lead turned right and him until I was assigned to be his Deen took up flying while com- climbed; we stayed low and flew student. He was 80 when we pleting High School at San straight out into clear air. made the run down the canyon Bernardino and some Junior Col- just west of Hemet three years lege, earning a private license. “We’ll check out the drop and ago. Within the spectrum of char- The Korean War was on-going let you know how it looks. Load acters and personalities in the and the Air Force was looking for 7- CFPA NEWS - JULY 2016 TRIBUTE TO DEEN OEHL Aviation Cadet’s. Deen signed up and traveled to Texas and then to Deen in front of a Sabreliner Georgia to begin his training in a (Deen Oehl Collection) Super Cub. He was right at home. The next step was a T-6 Texan. After mastering the Texan he moved to Texas stepping into the single engine fighter pipeline at Laredo AFB in the new T-28A.
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