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Old 18th Feb 2013, 14:18
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hueyracer
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Have a look at how the bucket is swinging-he is not able to stabilize it on his approach.

Have a look at his pattern-it is the pattern a "low time pilot" would choose...

Have a look at his drops-they are inaccurate, and in the wrong spots.

Fighting fire does NOT mean to drop water into the flames-more important than that is to cut the way the fire will take, and prevent it from growing...

Last but not least his turns are too big-he could be more efficient than that.

With that short line, the wind (and oxygen) he is putting into the fire have a bigger effect than the few drops of water (that he canīt drop in the right spots)...

But i have seen pilots like this many times-in Portugal and Spain....

Donīt want to comment on that any further......