Just two weeks ago it was carrying passengers across the United States.
Now, a retired Boeing passenger liner is the newest addition to Coulson Aviation’s fleet of firefighting equipment. It was delivered on Wednesday by Southwest Airlines and met with a water salute ceremony on the tarmac by the Sproat Lake Fire Department.
It’s the first of 10 planes Coulson will buy in the next few years from the airline.
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Coulson Aviation is based in Port Alberni and is the largest aerial firefighting company in the world, with contracts in the US, Australia, Chile, and Argentina.
The retired Boeing 737-700 will be retrofitted and converted over the next two years into a 5,000-gallon tanker, the largest in the industry.
