CAL FIRE helicopter 301 during hoist training at Hemet, CA. Photo by Ryan Grothe May 11, 2022.Ryan Grothe captured these shots May 11 of helicopter 301 during hoist training at the Hemet-Ryan Air Tanker Base in Southern California. The helicopter is the new Sikorsky S-70i FireHawk, one of 12 purchased by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
CAL FIRE helicopter 301 during hoist training at Hemet, CA. Photo by Ryan Grothe May 11, 2022.
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Thanks, Bill. You do a yeoman’s job. I sorta smile inwardly when I see combined Air Ops departments and people going down on hoists wearing olive drab. Then you see the fire service people in nomex. I’d be in the nomex.
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