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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Jan 2010, 09:16
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Dog One asked..... An interstate ...

Dog One asked.....


An interstate deployment is a political issue.
The Tasmanians would have to ask for it, and be prepared to pay for it. This wouyld depend very much upon their own...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Dec 2009, 01:25
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Super Cecil. I'm not surprised. Spot...

Super Cecil.

I'm not surprised.

Spot fires were confirmed at similar distances during the '03 Canberra fires.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Dec 2009, 01:03
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

For those unfamiliar with fire behaviour, the...

For those unfamiliar with fire behaviour, the basic prediction tool developed by the CSIRO is the McArthur Fire Danger Meter. It is used to develop the fire danger indices so beloved of the media.
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Dec 2009, 00:46
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

OZBUSDRIVER.. The issue WRT the Kinglake...

OZBUSDRIVER..

The issue WRT the Kinglake and Marysville fires is that no aircraft could have stopped them under the conditions prevailing at the time. Probably, the same could be said of the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Dec 2009, 00:01
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

That's wat happens when you spend too much money...

That's wat happens when you spend too much money without doing the sums on cost-effectiveness.

I'd say that it sounds very much like NSW, except that NSW creates more National Parks while...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Dec 2009, 11:47
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

When pointing out that large air-tankers are used...

When pointing out that large air-tankers are used overseas, it's also worthwhile noting that these same overseas areas still have destructive fires.

In California, for instance, we have a state...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2009, 04:18
Replies: 15
Views: 4,245
Posted By FarmerPete

I have no information other than that which is in...

I have no information other than that which is in the news.

Domes Rd, Dorrigo, is adjacent to the NPWS HQ and helipad, which sits at the top of a timbered escarpment approx 3km SSE of Dorrigo...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Dec 2009, 10:26
Replies: 15
Views: 4,245
Posted By FarmerPete

Incidents & fatal accident on NSW Fires, Dec 2009

NSWRFS Media Release

Latest News
Aircraft incidents
Posted: 08/12/2009

Two helicopters working on a fire in Vittoria west of Bathurst were involved
in a mid air incident while...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Nov 2009, 09:57
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Trash 'N' Navs.. You can probably learn as...

Trash 'N' Navs..

You can probably learn as much about the NAFC from the net as you can from me. Pity that their website seems to be 12 months behind. Maybe that tells us something.:* My limited...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Nov 2009, 09:33
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Senior Pilot. It seems possible that...

Senior Pilot.


It seems possible that I've been misinformed, or simply got the wrong end of the stick on the subject of their service. It wouldn't be the first time I've made a blue.

On the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Nov 2009, 10:00
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Wunwing. I'll have to acknowledge that...

Wunwing.


I'll have to acknowledge that you'e a class or two ahead of me on this subject. That's fine and I'm prepared to listen.

I can also understand some of what you say regarding the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Nov 2009, 23:36
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Not a morning person, either, mate? OK, OK,...

Not a morning person, either, mate?

OK, OK, it isn't necessarily the age of the airframe. We also have enough ex-Vietnam Hueys around working fires to demonstrate that this isn't the issue.
If...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Nov 2009, 20:37
Replies: 4
Views: 5,132
Posted By FarmerPete

Update - 23/11

Hawkesbury
District:HAWKESBURY FCC Aircraft Type:AT-802A
Location:RICHMOND Callsign: BOMBER 428
Task:Bomb Registration:LHW
Tasking Agency: S44 Deployed:20/11/2009 10:00:00 AM

WOLLEMI NP...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Nov 2009, 23:04
Replies: 4
Views: 5,132
Posted By FarmerPete

Reports are that one of the Aircranes contracted...

Reports are that one of the Aircranes contracted to work in NSW this summer will be arriving in Sydney today. I'm not aware when it will be operational.

This is what it looks like in Deniliquin...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Nov 2009, 20:32
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Wunwing.... Please ignore the anguished...

Wunwing....

Please ignore the anguished expression on my face. I always look this way first thing in the morning.:{



I'll merely note that (a) "planned and concentrated" attacks are an...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Nov 2009, 19:12
Replies: 4
Views: 5,132
Posted By FarmerPete

NSWRFS Aircraft Deployments

Taken from the RFS Website. (Hoping that the formatting works.)

If this is just a waste of space for PPRuNe, let me know.

Peter
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Nov 2009, 05:09
Replies: 9
Views: 2,465
Posted By FarmerPete

The Red Cordial Index is certainly at the upper...

The Red Cordial Index is certainly at the upper end of the scale.

I think that a lot of people are a little toey after Victoria's effort last year..... but the weather report that has just come...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Nov 2009, 09:50
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Maxum2400 We may not have lost as much as...

Maxum2400

We may not have lost as much as you think. Neither people nor machinery just evapourated.

I don't think that it's letting any cats out of the bag to mention that the Training and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Nov 2009, 09:37
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Werbil... I thought of that too. It's...

Werbil...

I thought of that too.
It's not much over 30km from Echuca to Torrumbarry in a straight line, but the race website boasts that in that stretch of river thare are over 120 bends.:eek:...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Nov 2009, 09:11
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

notmyC150v2 I don't know..... How good is...

notmyC150v2

I don't know..... How good is your crystal ball?

In an ideal world, there'd always be enough funds, so we'd get to find out. But in an ideal world, there wouldn't be any bad...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Nov 2009, 19:07
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Wunwing... If it's ... (a) affordable. ...

Wunwing...

If it's ...
(a) affordable.
(b) cost-effective.
(c) more of (b) than the other available options...

Then undoubtedly it will be examined.

In reality, bushfires in Australia ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 10:52
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Werbil... Point taken, very happily. This is...

Werbil...
Point taken, very happily. This is about as good as it gets on the Murray until you get closer to SA. Bit hard to see what's under the surface, isn't it? That is a small tinny, BTW....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 10:08
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

It'd be interesting to compare the relative value...

It'd be interesting to compare the relative value of the timber resource under threat in Canada, and here..... and how the Candians fund and justify their expenditure.

I only know that in NSW,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 09:48
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

lk978 It's partly to do with OH&S. Too many of...

lk978
It's partly to do with OH&S. Too many of the crews lost or burnovers experienced have not been from large fires (people get the hint that those are dangerous) but small or benign-seeming...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 08:58
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

lk978. In NSW we commonly use detection...

lk978.


In NSW we commonly use detection flights on a particularly bad day or after a lightning front has come through. Usually a fixed-wing due to cost considerations and the ability to cover...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 04:49
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

DW. No argument on the requirement for a...

DW.


No argument on the requirement for a mix of tools to do a variety of jobs. I'm a believer. The issue that we face at the moment is $$, or rather,, the lack of them.

We have an...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 04:12
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Comparing the Scoopers with JetRangers is...

Comparing the Scoopers with JetRangers is pointless. No-one is arguing that the two perform the same work.

Comparing a '415 on a 20+ minute turnaround to a Huey with a 1400 litre bucket on a 2...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 01:25
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Or try the Frenchman's Fire, some 10 days...

Or try the Frenchman's Fire, some 10 days earlier.

30° 0'37.91"S
152°32'4.01"E
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2009, 01:08
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Try this for an exercise. This time last week,...

Try this for an exercise.
This time last week, we were working a fire SE of Mathoura.
35°51'8.33"S
144°56'50.83"E
For those who don't know the area, it's floodplain occupied by the world's...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Nov 2009, 11:20
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Werbil. Please allow that I'm familiar with...

Werbil.

Please allow that I'm familiar with the rapid turnaround that scoopers, where feasible, can permit. (I was watching an AT802 Fireboss working on the Clarence River only a fortnight ago.)...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Nov 2009, 18:54
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Werbil. Also from the Bombardier...

Werbil.

Also from the Bombardier website.....




As I lives adjacent to the upper Murray, I know how rare this specification is anywhere other than the lower 1/4 of the Murray. Our rivers...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Nov 2009, 18:28
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

With the aircraft that we're using now, dropping...

With the aircraft that we're using now, dropping from 100'ATreeL gives the retardant time to achieve terminal velocity and fall vertically. Given the manufacturer's specified drop height of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Nov 2009, 00:48
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Might have something to do with the fact that...

Might have something to do with the fact that freshwater covers 7.7% of the surface area of Labrador/Newfoundland. Not to mention a great deal of protected sea area on the coast.. That protection is...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Nov 2009, 19:58
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

I'll second Chimbu Warrior on his argument that...

I'll second Chimbu Warrior on his argument that the availability of experienced local pilots is a valuable resource. Consider the amount of time that the agricultural pilots of ATs and Dromaders...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Nov 2009, 19:50
Replies: 112
Views: 24,216
Posted By FarmerPete

Nice video. Just apply a reasonable scepticism...

Nice video.
Just apply a reasonable scepticism to salesmen attempting to bluff you with big numbers. To put it in context, to put the equivalent of 10mm rainfall on just 1 hectare requires 100,000...
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