Firefighting Aircraft

A/Ox4 · Aug 27, 2016

All of these were taken from two recent wild fires near me.

Bell 205
US Forest Service

Grumman S2-T
California Dept. of Forestry "CalFire"

Bombardier CL-215
AEROFLITE

Bell UH-1H
Kern County Fire Dept

Douglas DC-7
Erickson Air Tankers

BAe-146
Neptune Aviation

dxqcanada · Aug 27, 2016

#2 is a great shot, got both fire and fire-fighter in the scene.

... umm, how near is near ?

smoke665 · Aug 27, 2016

#3 is my favorite.

A/Ox4 · Aug 28, 2016

dxqcanada said:
... umm, how near is near ?

One fire was about an hour away, north end of the county. Fire number two was about 30 minutes away, just outside town.

FITBMX · Aug 28, 2016

I love the one of the CL-215, that one just really sets well with me! :1219:

But that whole set is outstanding!

zombiesniper · Aug 28, 2016

Great set.

NancyMoranG · Aug 29, 2016

Great set and I like 3 best also!
Stay safe!

unpopular · Aug 29, 2016

The Neptune comes from my town!

FITBMX · Aug 29, 2016

Nominated! :bouncingsmileys:

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weepete · Aug 30, 2016

Great shots!

jcdeboever · Aug 30, 2016

Almost missed those, fantastic set.

A/Ox4 · Sep 5, 2016

FITBMX said:
Nominated!

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Wow! Thank you!
I feel honored

FITBMX · Sep 5, 2016

A/Ox4 said:
FITBMX said:

Nominated!

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Wow! Thank you!
I feel honored

It is well deserved! After all, you had to start a forest fire to get these shots!!!

PhotoriousMe · Sep 5, 2016

The CL215 is actually either a CL215T or a CL415 because it has turbine engines as opposed to radial piston engines. If it was formally a CL215 that was updated to turbine engines then it's a CL215T. If it came off the production line with turbine engines then it is a CL415. Also CL215's and CL215T's have 2 bomb doors, CL415's have 4.

Very nice images.

Dave