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Fighting a Fire" Helicopter and Air Tanker

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Jul 11, 2007 22:25 |  #1

Had fire just over the hill from my house today, got some pics.

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Took them about 4 hours to get it completely taken care of...pretty exciting day



  
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Jul 11, 2007 22:29 |  #2

Sweet. Looks like an N model Huey.

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Jul 11, 2007 23:32 |  #3

#4 is great, nice job :)

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Jul 12, 2007 18:24 as a reply to  @ RCoulter's post |  #4

Rancho Penasquitos?

Same tanker doing a demo water drop at the Ramona Airshow last month...

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Jul 12, 2007 19:27 |  #5

The airplane is a Grumman Tracker that has been converted from radial piston engines to turbo-props. Many such conversions are know as Turbo Firecats.

mdrtoys, you did a great job actually getting some shots of the Firecat in action. I also think that No. 4 is a mighty fine shot.

It's great to see some more unusal (or at least less glamourous) aircraft being photographed especially while they are on the job.

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Jul 13, 2007 00:21 as a reply to  @ Bushplane Ken's post |  #6

JWright,

Yup, directly behind my house just on the other side of 15.

Thanks for the comments guys




  
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Jul 13, 2007 16:32 |  #7

mdrtoys wrote in post #3536023 (external link)
JWright,

Yup, directly behind my house just on the other side of 15.

Thanks for the comments guys

Gotta commend the fire department on this one... They jumped all over it very quickly...

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Jul 15, 2007 22:55 as a reply to  @ JWright's post |  #8

The helicopter is actually a Bell 212




  
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Jul 17, 2007 09:24 |  #9

Just once when i call for more water would i like to see one of these babies show up. Great shots. I part of the world we never see these.

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