Museum sheds light on planes’ past

Before its closure in the early 2000s, Hawkins and Power Inc. sent out planes filled with fire retardant and water to combat forest fires; however, the planes weren’t always used for fighting fires. Those planes, which can still be seen at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, have seen the hot flames and destruction of war, too: many of them are retired bombers and cargo planes from the Second World War.