Thursday, August 22, 2013

Another water bomber


A few weeks ago I put up footage of a Russian water-bombing aircraft extinguishing a house fire (and the fire brigade along with it!).  It seems that on July 30th, a Canadian water-bomber did a similar job.  CBCNews reports that "A water bomber was called to help put out a fire that erupted when a grader and a tractor trailer collided on the Trans-Labrador Highway Monday."  Here's the video.





Nice flying.  The driver of the truck will be OK.

Peter

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5 comments:

  1. Murphy's LawAugust 23, 2013 at 1:32 AM

    Nice! I like the wind correction that he used to put it right on.

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  2. Sunnybrook FarmAugust 23, 2013 at 5:52 AM

    That pilot knew what they were doing, this would be good for when those dangerous trains wreck.

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  3. JohnAugust 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    Wasn't that a Catalina? Still working!

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  4. PeterAugust 23, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    No, that was a CL-415:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_415

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  5. AAcidAugust 26, 2013 at 10:50 PM

    Gotta be loud when these guys walk by. All that clanking from big brass ones.

    Saw a special where a Canadian waterbomber pilot was used to recreate the 617 squadron 'dam busting raid' One shot at 50ft by eye. Nailed it. Guys are damn good

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