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Old 19th Feb 2019, 15:23
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Gordy
 
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Originally Posted by Cyclic Hotline
Ha....you make me laugh....you see the flames in that video ONE time, in a flat meadow and they missed, they over shot. Then no more flames. On flat ground you can catch fire with dozers and do not even need a helicopter.

his is the demo I was talking about. It was conducted on the Boise National Forest about 2 years ago I believe. They had the press about a mile away---that is the video you see. The Boise Helitack personnel were the 2 people up closer to the flames---friends of mine. So yeah, dropping water on a moving fire in the mountains not going to happen anytime soon.
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