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Title: Fire fighting Helo
Post by: quadrafire on September 23, 2012, 01:06:15 PM: Flying out of Fancher Field in Spokane on Friday evening. Came over my Daughters soccer game. Not sure where it was heading to or coming from.
The first pic reminds me of the bad grasshopper in a Bugs Life. LOL
This is a serious piece of equipement.
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Post by: jrebel on September 23, 2012, 01:28:20 PM: :tup: :tup: Cool pictures, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: firefighter4607 on September 23, 2012, 01:33:22 PM: Yeah those Sky Cranes are bad ass! There were some fires around Spokane Friday I bet they were helping. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: boneaddict on September 23, 2012, 01:42:39 PM: Neat critters. Never seen any of these guys in action.
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Post by: Russ McDonald on September 23, 2012, 01:45:09 PM: Sky cranes are some hauling machines.
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on September 23, 2012, 01:49:05 PM: that's cool!!!
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Post by: MadHatter on September 23, 2012, 02:18:20 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F12%2F09%2F24%2Fa3yneze6.jpg&hash=563150214e423edd73e5a433ef5e81a9ad75241e)
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Took these in Leavenworth last weekend. Smoke was worse than San Francisco fog...

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Post by: firefighter4607 on September 23, 2012, 02:59:17 PM: These are from the Dirty Face Fire in 2005 outside of Leavenworth. :tup:
Here is a video I shot alsoSky Crane loading up on water (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3_eN3dYPfo#)
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Post by: quadrafire on September 23, 2012, 07:41:09 PM: WOW.....Firefighter seeing them in action is awsome.
Putting it in scale it seems that the amt of water they can carry is like pissing in the fire?? We used to put our campfires in boyscouts by pissing on them LOL.
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Post by: quadrafire on September 23, 2012, 07:45:47 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on September 23, 2012, 07:41:09 PM
WOW.....Firefighter seeing them in action is awsome.
Putting it in scale it seems that the amt of water they can carry is like pissing in the fire?? We used to put our campfires in boyscouts by pissing on them LOL.

I like your shots better..........
Title: Fire fighting Helo
Post by: THunt on September 23, 2012, 08:20:44 PM: They are at the airport in chelan. They were grounded today because of the smoke.
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Post by: firefighter4607 on September 23, 2012, 08:32:22 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on September 23, 2012, 07:45:47 PM
I like your shots better..........
Thanks, I have quite a few pictures of the fires I have been to. It is something else to watch them dump on live fire and see how effective they are to help control fires.
He was camera shy that day. We were set up close to the lake and if he saw anyone close to him he would move down the lake about 1/4 mile. All of the other pilots would wave when they saw us taking their pics.
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Post by: norsepeak on September 23, 2012, 08:48:42 PM: got three rotors workin out of Jefferson Helibase right now. They've been very busy the last couple of weeks. Great pics.
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Post by: RB on September 23, 2012, 08:51:33 PM: Cool Pics!
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Post by: Maligator on September 24, 2012, 01:54:02 PM: Really cool pics! Thanks for sharing. :)