After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.
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11 thoughts on “Scooper air tanker operations in Europe”
Rock and Rollers!
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“you want us to do what”? (reply) “I think we can do that”? lets give this a try,” I’m on the downwind now, have you insight.” you never decline a drop. I believe TG we meet at Chico AAB during the big fire bust a few years ago; you were flying the “7”.
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I think we did, Johnny I was Kraus’ Co-Pilot for several seasons…
Agreed scoopers are great another tool in the box!
Brought back memories of rough, hot , hot air and
“you want us to do What!? ” to the Air Attack or
Lead Plane…
Great film…
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Great video. An extremely effective tool if used properly.
Rock and Rollers!
“you want us to do what”? (reply) “I think we can do that”? lets give this a try,” I’m on the downwind now, have you insight.” you never decline a drop. I believe TG we meet at Chico AAB during the big fire bust a few years ago; you were flying the “7”.
I think we did, Johnny I was Kraus’ Co-Pilot for several seasons…
Here a nice helicopter video fighting fires in Portugal. http://youtu.be/VV2vxYYD8P0
Less than 2-minute turnaround times. Pretty good!
Agreed scoopers are great another tool in the box!
Brought back memories of rough, hot , hot air and
“you want us to do What!? ” to the Air Attack or
Lead Plane…
Great film…
Great video. An extremely effective tool if used properly.
Check out their 2006 video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKE4KyXle4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
That is one AWESOME video. I think I just became a major scooper fan.
Very impressive.
The 43 Group is a unit of the Air Force of Spain, operationally permanently from the Military Emergency Unit (UME).
More info: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F43_Grupo_de_Fuerzas_A%25C3%25A9reas
Thanks David.