Take-off DC-10 firefighting aircraft (N17085).
The aircraft takes off to give a spectacular demonstration in which it empties its tanks of extinguishing water in one go.
This McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 is in service at 10 Tanker Air Carrier since November 2007. The aircraft was delivered in May 1975 and entered service with Finnair as a passenger aircraft.
I took this photo on November 13, 2016 at Nellis Air Force base during the Aviation Nation Airshow.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…