AOPA Pilot Magazine - May 2018 - R-4
TOP 10
THINGS
TO DO
1
Bring your hiking boots. Travel
+ Leisure magazine voted
Missoula one of America's
Favorite Mountain Towns.
2
Take a water walk. Stroll along
the pathways on the Clark Fork
River, which runs through the
town center.
3
Chill out and have a beer.
SmartAsset magazine voted
Missoula one of America's Least
Stressed Cities-there are lots
of breweries here; SmartAsset
also called Missoula a top city
for beer drinkers.
4
Tour the University of Montana
campus at Missoula, one of
the prettiest campuses in the
nation. Try hiking to the university's "letters" overlooking MSO.
5
A trip to Montana isn't complete without visiting Glacier
and Yellowstone national parks.
6
The National Bison Range,
established in 1908 to preserve
the nearly extinct bison, is a
wonderful scenic drive for viewing the wildlife of Montana.
7
8
Tour the only working smokejumpers museum in the nation.
9
Take time to tour the Museum of
Mountain Flying (see page R-3).
Eat ice cream at the Big
Dipper and ride the Carousel
for Missoula.
R-4 | AOPA PILOT May 2018
Neptune Aviation is nation's premier airtanker service
SINCE 1993, NEPTUNE AVIATION has been the nation's primary provider
of large, fire-fighting airtanker services. This aerial firefighting company
holds contracts with the U.S. Forest Service to provide the firefighting workhorses that are dispatched across the country to support fire and rescue
nationwide.
The company moved to Missoula, Montana, from its original facility
in New Mexico when it came under new ownership in the early 1990s.
Neptune Aviation supports 14 airtankers, nine BAe 146 aircraft and five
P2V airplanes. The P2V has been the main aircraft for firefighting for many
years but the model is being phased out in favor of the larger BAe 146 aircraft. The payload of the BAe 146 is 3,000 gallons of fire retardant while
the P2V holds 2,082 gallons.
In addition to providing the airtanker fleet, Neptune Aviation also
services and maintains the aircraft in its massive facility located on the
Missoula International Airport. Visitors can see the airtankers in hangars
and on the field during the AOPA Fly-In.
NORTHSTAR JET TOURS
There is no better way to experience Missoula's natural beauty
than to fly over its spectacular landmarks with NorthStar Jet, the
FBO division of Neptune Aviation. Fly along the Clark Fork River,
up the Pattee Creek Canyon, and over downtown Missoula. See
the University of Montana's Grizzly Stadium; Mount Sentinel; fly
along the Lewis and Clark trail; see the Bitterroot Valley, and the
Blackfoot River.
MIKE ELIASON
10
Have a huckleberry. Or a
morel. Maybe a Dixon melon.
Local foods you won't find
anywhere else.
Fighting fire from the sky
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