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India Four Two
PB,
I could only get sound on the Galiano Island clip - very frustrating as I had always wanted to see a Mars doing a water pickup. However, I found the following on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZIvJbr-50 and despite the title (Water Bomber Takeoff 2), it looks like it might be a water pickup. Can you confirm?
India Four Two that does indeed look like a take-off to me, since I don't see any water escaping from the tank overflows and the run appears quite long for a pick up. I just checked the Galiano Island clip and I got the video no problem. The pick up segment begins at the 42 second mark and is very short, just 5 seconds or so, and shows the end of the pick up run and the aircraft lifting off.