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Archive Home > 2007 > July > 01 > Old-fashioned planesreadied forFIRESEASON

Old-fashioned planesreadied forFIRESEASON

Butler Aircraft modified its DC-7s todrop retardant to snuff out fires

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
July 1, 2007

REDMOND — With big puffs of white smoke, and roaring that one pilot compared with a lot of Harleys driving by, the four 13-foot propellers on the aircraft started up, one by one.

The Douglas DC-7, a former United Airlines passenger carrier that Redmond-based Butler Aircraft Co. has....

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