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This view shows the Tanker 61 Memorial at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls/Altamont, Oregon. Tanker 61 was a Douglas DC-7 Airtanker owned by TBM Inc. of Tulare, California and stationed at the Klamath Falls Airtanker Base from 1987 through 1992.
The captain of Tanker 61 was Chuck Sheridan. He had been with the airtanker through all six fire seasons and had taken up residence in Klamath Falls.
Leonard Martin became Tanker 61's copilot in 1991.
On October 1, 1992 while working the Cleveland fire on the Eldorado National Forest in northern California, airtanker 61 crashed.
Both Chuck and Leonard were fatally injured.
A memorial plaque dedicated to the airtanker 61 crew is located at the Cleveland Corral Wayside near Pollock Pines, CA. not far from where the Cleveland fire started.
In 2001 a new airtanker base was constructed here on the north side of Kingsley Field. The Fremont-Winema National Forests funded the relocation and eventually the reconstruction of the memorial building.
Today the original contents of the memorial have been returned to the building and the Tanker 61 Memorial Association has become rejuvenated with a new membership and a fresh commitment to a our new vision for the future. In September 2018, Airtanker 06 made a final flight before landing here at Kingsley Field where it now sits permanently on display.
From: https://www.klamathfallsnews.org/news/tag/Tanker+61+Memorial
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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.
