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Former Smokejumpers Visit Antarctica

by Don Mathis

posted: January 19, 2010

Former Smokejumper brothers, Don and John Mathis, just returned from an Antarctica expedition.

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Johnson Tri Motor N8419 Flies Again

by Chris Sorensen

posted: September 01, 2009

Johnson Flying Service Ford Trimotor N8419 flew from Kalamazoo/Battel Creek Michigan Airport to Alma Michigan this week after being resotred by a group of dedicated volunteers.

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Hebgen Lake Earthquake 50th Anniversary

Richard Ecke

posted: by Chris Sorensen August 17, 2009

Fifty years ago Monday, Montana’s most violent recorded earthquake struck near Yellowstone National Park.

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Leonard Piper Remembered in His Hometown

Jeff Himler

posted: by Chris Sorensen August 03, 2009

Leonard Piper grew up on a farm with five brothers and three sisters. He was a popular student at Derry High School, where he took part in a play and enlisted in the Navy before graduating in 1945.

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Helitak Crew Member Killed in Taining Accident

by Chris Sorensen

posted: July 27, 2009

The Forest Service is investigating the death of 20 year old firefighter Thomas Marovich from Hayward Calif

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Fire Burning near Mann Gulch

by Chris Sorensen

posted: July 25, 2009

As of this morning the fire was at 457 acres with one Type II hand crew, and a helicopter and engine on the fire.

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Last Frontier

Kerri Regan (enjoymagazine.net)

posted: by webmaster July 21, 2009

“There was a really big open area to jump into, and I think I jinxed myself because I told my buddy, ‘Oh, I can land in that.’

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BLM Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty

by Chris Sorensen

posted: June 29, 2009

Brett Stearns, 29, from Craig, Colo., was working with 12 other firefighters to clear trees at Freeman Reservoir, 15 miles northeast of Craig, said BLM spokeswoman Lynn Barclay.

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Limited Edition Smokejumper Print

by Lowell Hanson

posted: April 28, 2009

The print captures two smokejumpers descending on a jump spot near a forest fire in the mountains above famous Rock Creek, Montana.

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P2V Neptune Air Tanker Crash

by Doug Houston

posted: April 27, 2009

A Neptune Aviation P2V airtanker, Tanker 42, crashed Saturday morning, yesterday, killing all 3 on board.

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