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re: Canadian firefighting air tanker aircraft descends on to CA lake to refill its water tank
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:04 am to rickgrimes
Posted on 8/25/20 at 1:04 am to rickgrimes
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Posted on 8/25/20 at 2:55 am to rickgrimes
I don’t know how the plane even takes off with the pilots big arse balls weighing it down
Posted on 8/25/20 at 4:32 am to jmorr34
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Mechanics on how those planes operate. Remember seeing this on discovery.
wow. those things are incredible. can't imagine how expensive they are
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:09 am to rickgrimes
Skilled pilot flying safely on the edge with little to no margin for error.
Impressive.
Impressive.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:40 am to The Boat
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That plane lands on water anyways so he's really just doing a touch and go.
I’m impressed by his use of throttles. You can see the propellers changing pitch in the second video as the aircraft pivots in the air slides down the hill and drops on the fire. That is an example of incredible artistry in aviation
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:49 am to jmorr34
Really cool
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:55 am to rickgrimes
Ain’t shite to them baws. Like riding a bike.
But Quebec? Any chance France can get to spit on the USA. Even if it is via plane.
But Quebec? Any chance France can get to spit on the USA. Even if it is via plane.
This post was edited on 8/25/20 at 6:57 am
Posted on 8/25/20 at 7:03 am to sgallo3
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can't imagine how expensive they are
About 3x less than an F35.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 7:24 am to rickgrimes
Those are some crazy talented pilots. 
Posted on 8/25/20 at 7:47 am to rickgrimes
Incredible pilotry if that’s a word
Posted on 8/25/20 at 7:49 am to rickgrimes
The skill and bravery of these firefighting airplane pilots and the airborne firefighters is incredible. Balls of Steel I say!!
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:10 am to rickgrimes
That's friggin crazy, man
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:15 am to rickgrimes
Damn, he gets his wing pretty close to that point right before he scoops up the water the first time. I know it's probably an optical illusion from the video vantage point but it looks like he comes awfully close to clipping some stuff in the land.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:17 am to LegendInMyMind
I used to travel a lot for work. There’s a yellow older plane that sprays what seems like the entire west side of Louisiana. My first encounter with the guy, I was driving west on I-10 headed towards lake Charles in the middle of no where. There was very little traffic and I was lost in thought when out of no where this got damn yellow plane comes from the north side hops the interstate and dives right back down on the south side. It was just high enough to miss the tree tops. Scared the shite out of me. Crazy bastard
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:42 am to go_tigres
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I used to travel a lot for work. There’s a yellow older plane that sprays what seems like the entire west side of Louisiana. My first encounter with the guy, I was driving west on I-10 headed towards lake Charles in the middle of no where. There was very little traffic and I was lost in thought when out of no where this got damn yellow plane comes from the north side hops the interstate and dives right back down on the south side. It was just high enough to miss the tree tops. Scared the shite out of me. Crazy bastard
Pretty sure I saw that guy a few times when I was driving back and forth to Houston once a week from BR while my son was at Texas Children's. Just found a few pics I took of him while he was doing his acrobatics.
This post was edited on 8/25/20 at 8:43 am
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:43 am to rickgrimes
Why doesn’t California have a fleet of these? i doubt they come in a solar model.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:46 am to rickgrimes
The scrapping the water part is not that impressive until you think about the amount of weight coming on board in such a short time and the impact on the CG and overall balance of the aircraft.
A buddy has an Icon and can do the same pattern pretty easily but we aren't taking on thousands of pounds of "cargo" as it happens.
The other thing is how they maintain the glide scope as the aircraft dumps thousands of pounds of water on the fire. The plane has to want to jump up in the sky so the pilot is forcing the stick down the whole time...
A buddy has an Icon and can do the same pattern pretty easily but we aren't taking on thousands of pounds of "cargo" as it happens.
The other thing is how they maintain the glide scope as the aircraft dumps thousands of pounds of water on the fire. The plane has to want to jump up in the sky so the pilot is forcing the stick down the whole time...
Posted on 8/25/20 at 8:50 am to rickgrimes
What one of you soy boi rootsmoochers downvoted?
Posted on 8/25/20 at 9:05 am to HeadSlash
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rootsmoochers
Today, I learned a new word.
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