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Aircraft of the Copper King Fire

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Aircraft of the Copper King Fire

With the Copper King fire burning since July 31st there are a lot of cool aircraft that show up to fight it.
I have more video's that I have to upload that I'll post later.

Copper King burn maps; http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/maps/4912/




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Re: Aircraft of the Copper King Fire

Chinook start-up and take-off.
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Re: Aircraft of the Copper King Fire

SEAT855 is Dave Bright. Grew up with him. Awesome guy. I know Mike Campbell is in one of them again this year...we went to grade and high school together.
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The second 802's number is 898, in case you know who's flying it.
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Who's this? Chippy Fire, Plains Montana, 2007
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Not sure who that is....but he looks tired! :lol: Chippy creek was a big one... kept us on our toes here for a while!
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Video of SEAT 855 being loaded with retardant and taking off. Sorry for being shaky holding the camera.
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