Aero Union

"For the Mexico City based cargo Airline see Aerounion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union"Infobox Company
company_name = Aero Union Corporation
company_
vector_
company_type = Fire Fighting Aircraft Operator & Maintenance facility
genre =
foundation = 1961
founder = Dale Newton and Dick Foy
location_city = Chico, CA
location_country = USA
location =
origins = Redding, CA
key_people = Terry Unsworth, President & CEO
area_served =
industry = Aviation
products =
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees =
parent =
divisions =
subsid =
owner =
company_slogan =
homepage = http://www.aerounion.com/
dissolved =
footnotes =

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.

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. [http://p2vneptune.com/f01.shtml P2VNeptune.org] ]

Aircraft fleet

Present fleet

* Lockheed P-3 Orion
* Lockheed P-2 Neptune
* Douglas DC-4/C-54

Historical fleet

* North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell
* Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
* Grumman S-2 Tracker
* Northrop A-26 Invader
* Grumman TBM Avenger
* Grumman AF-2S Guardian
* Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
* Douglas DC-6
* Douglas DC-7
* Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy [ [http://www.allaboutguppys.com/ All About Guppys] ]

ee also

* Aerial firefighting

References

External links

* [http://www.aerounion.com/ Aero Union website]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Aero%20Union&distinct_entry=true Aero Union on Airliners.net]