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Aerial Firefighting, European style

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Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:47 pm

Aerial Firefighting, European style

http://vimeo.com/48642618

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Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:56 pm

Re: Aerial Firefighting, European style

Ohhh, where to begin...

HORRIBLE music
HORRIBLE footage of low flying airplanes
UGLY seaplanes
UGLY watches
AOA Indicators!?

Absolutely one of the best videos I've seen in a while!
Thanks, MTV!

And a stupid yellow smiley for the rest of you =D>
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:02 pm

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That... was badass.
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:07 pm

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That video is all time!!!THAT LOOKS LIKE ALOT OF FUN!!!!
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:48 pm

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Cool video. That plane looks like the Canadian Canadair CL215 water bomber?
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:51 pm

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I've often wondered what it must be like to do aerial fire suppression. My feeble imagination didn't do any justice to the kind of control inputs those guys were having to make or what the run-in actually looks like on a hillside boiling with fire.

Great stuff. Thanks for posting.
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:08 pm

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dirtstrip wrote:Cool video. That plane looks like the Canadian Canadair CL215 water bomber?


aYup!
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:16 pm

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Tadpole wrote:
dirtstrip wrote:Cool video. That plane looks like the Canadian Canadair CL215 water bomber?


aYup!


a....Nope.....actually these are Candair CL 415s. The 215s have P & W R 2800 radial engines, not turbines.

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Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:12 pm

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mtv wrote:
Tadpole wrote:
dirtstrip wrote:Cool video. That plane looks like the Canadian Canadair CL215 water bomber?


aYup!


a....Nope.....actually these are Candair CL 415s. The 215s have P & W R 2800 radial engines, not turbines.

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aYup corrected! :mrgreen:
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Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:25 pm

Re: Aerial Firefighting, European style

Hey MTV
Doesn't the state of Minnesota have one of those?

Found it. Right you are CL 215 are PW 2800's

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Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:10 pm

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Fun video... :) =D>

I am surprised that their 'Mae Wests' appear to be inflated while flying....

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Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:29 pm

Re: Aerial Firefighting, European style

That was great! I have not heard the Off Spring in a while, so I enjoyed the music too.

I worked the Canyon complex fire here in NCW for the last week. Was driver/operator of a brush truck on night shift (I volunteer, but this was paid and too fun to pass up) Now Chelan Municiple Airport is a heli base. Complete with a KMaxx an S61, and a gaggle of 205's and A350's.
Being involved in fighting fires with helicopters is now my dream job, but those seaplanes renew my love for fixed wings.

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Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:36 am

Re: Aerial Firefighting, European style

dirtstrip wrote:Hey MTV
Doesn't the state of Minnesota have one of those?

Found it. Right you are CL 215 are PW 2800's



The State of MN owns two CL 215 s

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Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:40 am

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I crossed paths with the water bomber's origins quite by accident. I have no other first hand knowledge than this, the designer for the Tundra was a friend of the man who was design engineer on the original water bomber. Many a theory got tested in discussion between the two of them before finally getting put to the metal on the Tundra. While that engineer was not involved directly in its design, the influence of those discussions and some problem solving brainstorm sessions made their way into the experimental I fly. I thought it was an interesting connection between the two planes.

Thanks for posting the video MTV.
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