Fire Engines Photos

Great shot - could you just confirm the registration is YVU 139 please - I'm not totally sure of the last digit.

Added by Ian Moore on 25 March 2009.

CFO Pyat 'invented' a device for slipping the 35ft ladder from the roof of the appliance, if I recall correctly one firefighter could do it. A handle was pulled and the ladder rolled back then counterbalanced until the heel of the ladder was on the floor at the rear of the vehicle and the ladder resting against the back. Very ingenious at the time.

Added by Barrie Green on 26 March 2009.

Ian,the reg is YVU 109,sorry about the quality of the pic but i was new to 35mm cameras at the time and did not appreciate how much you could change the exposure settings.

Added by Bob on 26 March 2009.

Ian,there is a rear colour view of this vehicle
on the Airliners net website,Ilyushin IL18,photo
page 25,sorry to promote another website!.

Added by Bob on 26 March 2009.

Then CFO Pyat in his ingenious way forseen the need for the Gantry system in use today

Added by Bob Ewing on 26 March 2009.

Thanks a lot Bob - sorry I misread it.

Added by Ian Moore on 26 March 2009.

Wow, that is a "tall" truck - thanks for showing us an interesting rig - and a Bedford, too.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 31 March 2009.

Barrie... Just found the pictures. Daddy says you had to climb up the back, and stand on the coffins. While a man on the ground pulled the lever. The man on the back had to feed the ladder backwards. Putting it back was tough taking 3 blokes to stow it. Notably it was the only machine on the airport that had a 35ft ladder. All the rest were 30fts.

Added by Davey G on 14 April 2010.

Does anyone know who supplied the bodywork?

Added by Andrew Middleton on 11 September 2010.

Here is an updated weblink for the rear view of this appliance

www.airliners.net/photo/Bulair/Ilyushin-Il-18D/749628/L

Added by Petros on 02 November 2025.

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