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That Mil is similar to an A109, in that its weight never changes with fuel burn - it just gets deposited as soot further down the aircraft.
And no, the aviators had nothing to do with the camera design or anything else on the Channel 9 birds. The ground engineers did it all with lashings of cast iron and steel, no light materials or aviation-type electronics. That's why the pilot is smiling.:* :{ :suspect: |
A few photos from Heli1, taken in the Blue Mountains, NSW:
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2001.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2002.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...e/RFS%20BK.jpg |
Some pics from recent weeks...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...os/ovens-3.jpg Helitak 335 landing at Ovens Airbase http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...os/ovens-2.jpg Heading home after a day dropping water in the Chesthunt area, N. Victoria http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...os/ovens-1.jpg B3 with new Aussie built Helitak 1000 litre belly tank http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...delatite-1.jpg Fire south of Mansfield, Victoria |
Just wondering who manufacturers the Helitak 1000 litre belly tank (VH-IPW) in the above photos. Thanks
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Jason S. email [email protected]
Got one myself, brilliant piece of gear, great drop pattern and pump fills up Squirrel in about 20secs Easy put on and off (15 mins) variable fill and drop:ok: |
Great shots there Big Mike got anymore.
What about you John You would have got a few. I will go through mine and send you some more tomorrow John |
A few more from recent times...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...61-with-BB.jpg Now thats a bucket... Well known pilot and local idendity from Albury (and part-time Warbird flyer ;)) JM from Forest-Air, inspects Coulson's "Big" Bambi-bucket on there S-61 http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...1-with-BB2.jpg Coulson's S-61 lifts off from Wangaratta airport heading south to the King Valley |
Hi there,
Great photo's as usual and interesting closeups of the equipment on the ground. Dumb question, but how are the aircraft shipped down from North America and Canada? are they flown or transported by other methods? All the best and good luck to all those involved in the fire fighting efforts, I flew over the area in December and the scene from a commercial jet is vivid enough at night, I can't imagine 200 ft above it at any time of the day... |
For those interested in the Oz built Firetak belly tank on the Squirrel, a little video of a test flight done after maintenance on the tank. Tank was only half full on each drop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGBWG5ET3V8 |
Will be leaving Sydney tomorrow heading to Victoria.
So hopefully i will get some awesome Helo shots while im down there |
Look forward to seeing them. :ok:
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Some photos from the Bega fires:
The helipad, 11 helitacks and 3 firebirds: long walk for the last to arrive! http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...agul%20pad.jpg Tim Turner contemplating: beer, wash tailboom. No contest, really := http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...e/TT%20105.jpg Dave from Wildcat, trying to hit the earth with the Bambi http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2003.jpg Another Wildcat 212, outbound for the fireground http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2004.jpg Dave, again http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2005.jpg Fairly typical NSW water hole: no good not having at least a 100' line! http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2006.jpg The helipad http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ldcat%2007.jpg |
A few more, transitting in company to Thredbo/Tom Groggin fireground:
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ecker%2001.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ecker%2002.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ecker%2003.jpg |
some nice shots there John
heard you going back into Tom Groggin as I was departing regards |
Thoughts on Co-Pilots...
Gents, in the latest Heli-News, Rose Mc (President of HAA) is quoted as saying that she would like to see co-pilots involved in the air at the fire ground as a way of giving lower hour pilots experience and/or hours.
Your thoughts, not of Rose, but the ideas associated with co-eys at/on the fire ground, good bad or otherwise... |
Mount Kuring-gai Fire
Quite a rather large fire burning in the Mount Kuring-gai Hornsby area.
Following aircraft working on this fire is as follows Helitak 227 BK117 BKE Helitak 402 B214 N49732 Helitak 720 CH-54 N720HT Helitak 274 B212 C-FCAN Helitak 746 S-64 N194AC Firebird 277 206L SHK Firebird 767 206L WLI Firebird 242 AS350 UTM Fireair 1 BK117 PHZ |
Walsh's airstrip, Mansfield Victoria
A couple of pics from the weekend..
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/.../CHC-212-2.jpg One of CHC's 212's loads US fire-fighters to be dropped off in the hills near Mansfield http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...os/CHC-212.jpg Helitak 332 departs Walsh's airstrip. Coulsons S-61 on standby in the background |
Some nice pics there Mick and John.
CH :cool: |
Very good shots of some serious long line work.
Someday they will all look back on days spent in Fire Camps and those will be some very fond memories. |
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