One of the LA County pilots (who shall go nameless here unless he steps forward himself) is now famous for this incident:
Fighting such a fire, he dipped his Black Hawk's water hose into a fellow's swimming pool and halved its content in about 1 minute, then flew quickly back to dump this on the fire (that was threatening the neighborhood, mind you).
The pool-owner complained that the invasion was unwarrented, and demanded compensation, even though local law allows the use of water for emergency purposes.
Said Helo driver is cautioned, then decides to drop 10,000 lbs of water into pool-owner's Volvo convertable, perhaps because it looked dusty.
Typical response to authority from a former US Army Warrant Officer, I think!
Last edited by NickLappos; 16th January 2007 at 17:31.