Aero Union

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Aero Union Corporation
Type Fire Fighting Aircraft Operator & Maintenance facility
Founded 1961
Founder Dale Newton and Dick Foy
Headquarters Chico, CA, USA
Key people Terry Unsworth, President & CEO
Industry Aviation
Website http://www.aerounion.com/
Aero Union P-3A Orion taking off from Fox Field, Lancaster, California, to fight the North Fire.
Aero Union P-3A Orion taking off from Fox Field, Lancaster, California, to fight the North Fire.
Aero Union P-2 Tanker 16 at Fox Field in 2003, without jet engines
Aero Union P-2 Tanker 16 at Fox Field in 2003, without jet engines

Aero Union Corporation is an aircraft operation & maintenance company based in Chico, California, United States. They are known for producing the use of fire fighting aircraft and making custom designed fire fighting systems to tailor specific aircraft requirements.

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[edit] History

In 1960 Dale Newton and Dick Foy participated in their first fire season with a surplus B-25 Mitchell. Newton & Foy operated this season uner the name Western Air Industries. The following year they purchased their first two B-17 Flying Fortresses and changed their name to Aero Union. In 1962 the company moved their operations from Redding, California to Chico. [1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b P2VNeptune.org
  2. ^ All About Guppys

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