PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,
May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Media Advisory & Photo Opportunity
WHEN: Friday, May 10 at
10 am
WHERE: Palm Springs Air Museum, 745 N. Gene Autry Trl,
Palm Springs, CA
92262|
WHAT: C-130 Hercules Aerial Fire Fighting Training and
Water Drop
WHO: City Dignitaries, Wayne
Coulson with Coulson Aviation, Fred
Bell with Palm Springs Air Museum, PS Airport
representative
WHY: Coulson Aviation USA has partnered with the Palm Springs Air
Museum who has agreed to host along with the Palm Spring Airport
Coulson's Air Tanker training program for the upcoming 2024 United
States fire season.
"We will have our C-130 Hercules and Boeing 737 air tanker fleet
training from May 9th to May 14th
flying up to 50 training flights," said Wayne Coulson, CEO of Coulson Aviation. "We are
extremely pleased to have the support of the Palm Springs Air
Museum and the Palm Springs Airport."
"The Air Museum will be supporting Coulson with the
Museum's infrastructure and will have one of Coulson's C-130
Hercules on display from May 9th to May
14th," said Fred
Bell, Vice Chairman of the Palm Springs Air Museum.
https://palmspringsairmuseum.org
Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc. is
the only aerial firefighting company operating both fixed-wing
aircraft and Type 1 helicopters and is fully equipped to carry out
aerial firefighting across the globe. With their proprietary
technology, multiple aircraft types, and highly experienced attack
crews Coulson can fight fires on multiple continents
simultaneously. https://www.coulsonaviationusa.com/
50 flight crew and 20 maintenance crew are expected to work at
different times throughout the training period. The Coulson fleet
will operate throughout the lower 48 states during the Fire Season
for the United States Forest Service and are 4000 USG Large Air
tankers which are the largest in the fleet.
The Coulson fleet will be on contract in the United States until November when the
majority of the fleet will head to Australia for their fire season and the
remaining Air tankers will go to South
America between Chile and
Argentina.
Media Contacts:
Ann Greer,
ann@palmspringsairmuseum.org
(323) 363-8243 – cell
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SOURCE Palm Springs Air Museum