well your lucky then, we kick people out of areas like that all the time. people talk different just depends on where your at. im in southern. Fires has many different names for it. just depends on what kind of fire your at and how big it is. and if the fire is blown over or not.
you must work for a news company because i know they wont let someone whos doesnt work for a news company go out there. I work for cali fire. Ive been fighting fires for the past 8 years. did you go to the fires san diego in 2003 and 2007. thoses are fires. ive been dropped on many times. Ive told planes to drop on houses if we couldnt get to them in time. dont sent there and say you know more about fire then i do. i have a degree in fire.
You sure don't sound or act like someone who's been a fire fighter for 8 years. I don't think I've ever heard anyone from CAL FIRE call it Cali Fire. I can vouch for kickZ me and him run on fires all the time I film and he takes pictures and we get that close a lot and we don't work for any news agencies either.
Too bad you don't know what my hobby is from the few videos on my You Tube page. I usually don't take videos. I'm a photographer, and my principal subject is aerial firefighting. Maybe just for you I'll upload a slideshow of my shots onto You Tube one of these days so you can eat your words. I was on 17 fires last season and was dropped on by Cal Fire Tanker 73 on July 11th 2009 on the Lambs Fire. You have any other questions or assumptions, let me know so I can shoot them down.
Second, they have a job to do. Its not their problem when people intrude on the drop zone (that includes me, but I dont complain when they get close or I get dropped on). If I was standing in the drop zone & a tanker happened to crash near me, you wouldnt hear me complaining because it was my decision to stand there in his (or her) "office".
Third, nice work Casper... you struck air tanker gold on this. I see you guys out there at incidents all the time.
Wow.... I've seen a lot of stupid stunts in a plane.... but that takes the cake.... that's about as close to a crash as you can get without the "crash"
I lived in Rancho Cucamonga, California back in October of 2003 when they had their brush fires. Those things were unreal ! In fact, there were fires all over the place that year - from San Diego to Thousand Oaks !
The San Bernandino International Airport was packed with water-bombers and had planes shuttling in and out for days.
ok ok so we've all heard of buns of steel, right? Ballsosteel could be the title of this one. Regarding the previous comments of the "fly-by" that almost ended with an "incidental landing"- watch his tail, etc you can see the gust that took all of his lift& made his a-hole pucker, his craft does try and nose up but drops with the orientational change- overfill? who's the ground boss? I agree he should have hit it from above. as far as the retardent hitting the house- they got 10G of Ret. 4 free!
Heaven holds a special place for CDF- CALFIRE- and air crews (and other firefighters.) They saved our house and dozens more in September 2006. Ours planes are based out of Grassvalley and the Helo out of Camino. If I ever run in to you guys, drinks are on me.
They need to drug test that SEAT pilot... He about killed himself and other people. I dunno what he was thinking, maybe he hit an air pocket or something. Nice job on painting that house too...
3:00 Buddy... A garden hose ain't gonna do jackshit on that!
doggie015 2 months ago
Some good video footage Except the guy with garden hose with a 100ft flame in
front him
FF9118 7 months ago
Good thing he had some airspeed.
pilotdave1970 1 year ago
u would think if they r dropping retardent on u that u would get the hint
sergeantdiessel 1 year ago
love guy with his garden hose at the end
Boardingmedic 1 year ago
love the guy with the garden hose at the end
Boardingmedic 1 year ago
hahaha the guy at 3:00.
mianus11 1 year ago
@mianus11 good thing he had that hose lol who knos wat would happened!! haha
superduty25073 1 year ago
pilots looked as if they were doing a great job to me.
MondoMedia7 1 year ago
well your lucky then, we kick people out of areas like that all the time. people talk different just depends on where your at. im in southern. Fires has many different names for it. just depends on what kind of fire your at and how big it is. and if the fire is blown over or not.
sunsetreptiles 2 years ago
you must work for a news company because i know they wont let someone whos doesnt work for a news company go out there. I work for cali fire. Ive been fighting fires for the past 8 years. did you go to the fires san diego in 2003 and 2007. thoses are fires. ive been dropped on many times. Ive told planes to drop on houses if we couldnt get to them in time. dont sent there and say you know more about fire then i do. i have a degree in fire.
sunsetreptiles 2 years ago
You sure don't sound or act like someone who's been a fire fighter for 8 years. I don't think I've ever heard anyone from CAL FIRE call it Cali Fire. I can vouch for kickZ me and him run on fires all the time I film and he takes pictures and we get that close a lot and we don't work for any news agencies either.
Envenomator1 2 years ago 4
dude you don't fight fires all you have are blue angles on your page.
sunsetreptiles 2 years ago
Too bad you don't know what my hobby is from the few videos on my You Tube page. I usually don't take videos. I'm a photographer, and my principal subject is aerial firefighting. Maybe just for you I'll upload a slideshow of my shots onto You Tube one of these days so you can eat your words. I was on 17 fires last season and was dropped on by Cal Fire Tanker 73 on July 11th 2009 on the Lambs Fire. You have any other questions or assumptions, let me know so I can shoot them down.
kickZtailout 2 years ago
@kickZtailout hell yea get him
sergeantdiessel 1 year ago
First, Tanker 421 has not crashed.
Second, they have a job to do. Its not their problem when people intrude on the drop zone (that includes me, but I dont complain when they get close or I get dropped on). If I was standing in the drop zone & a tanker happened to crash near me, you wouldnt hear me complaining because it was my decision to stand there in his (or her) "office".
Third, nice work Casper... you struck air tanker gold on this. I see you guys out there at incidents all the time.
kickZtailout 2 years ago
pay attention,you wouldn't be the first who would be striked dead by a water bomber
twoaxis 2 years ago
"Striked dead by a waterbomber"... lets just keep this conversation to people that know the subject matter.
kickZtailout 2 years ago
you really don't know how close that plane was. in the first place
sunsetreptiles 2 years ago
why drop retardent on flames... use foam!
tasesq 2 years ago
Wow.... I've seen a lot of stupid stunts in a plane.... but that takes the cake.... that's about as close to a crash as you can get without the "crash"
musikmaan 2 years ago
I lived in Rancho Cucamonga, California back in October of 2003 when they had their brush fires. Those things were unreal ! In fact, there were fires all over the place that year - from San Diego to Thousand Oaks !
The San Bernandino International Airport was packed with water-bombers and had planes shuttling in and out for days.
mrblujet 2 years ago
That jackass almost killed several firefighters last year showboating. He crashed and was fired.
hughjorgan2wellhung 2 years ago
Do you know if the FAA did anything to him?
mrblujet 2 years ago
seats can get nice and low and get where the S2 cant but that was a little too close haha
h2ksniper 2 years ago
wreckless, and dangerous.
sandwichpanda 2 years ago
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sunsetreptiles 3 years ago
ok ok so we've all heard of buns of steel, right? Ballsosteel could be the title of this one. Regarding the previous comments of the "fly-by" that almost ended with an "incidental landing"- watch his tail, etc you can see the gust that took all of his lift& made his a-hole pucker, his craft does try and nose up but drops with the orientational change- overfill? who's the ground boss? I agree he should have hit it from above. as far as the retardent hitting the house- they got 10G of Ret. 4 free!
krismwood 3 years ago
Dear mww88 your dad is a special man!
POPYARTE 3 years ago
Heaven holds a special place for CDF- CALFIRE- and air crews (and other firefighters.) They saved our house and dozens more in September 2006. Ours planes are based out of Grassvalley and the Helo out of Camino. If I ever run in to you guys, drinks are on me.
PRMfilms 3 years ago 2
Looks like he figured on buzzing, was to heavy to climb after he lined up and pulled the dump so that he wouldn't pack it in. Was that what happened?
raybanman 3 years ago
The SEAT pilot was written up for that incident and no longer works for that company. The industry doesn't need pilots like that.
2005husky 4 years ago
I agree, as cool as it might be to watch on here, it was wreckless and not necessary.
Engineer6418 4 years ago
They need to drug test that SEAT pilot... He about killed himself and other people. I dunno what he was thinking, maybe he hit an air pocket or something. Nice job on painting that house too...
Engineer6418 4 years ago 2
the first plane you saw is an air tractor 802. the worlds largest flying single engine aircraft. thats what my dad flys
mww88 4 years ago
The 802 is awesome, but it's NOT the world's lagest single engine aircraft... The Antonov AN-2 is the largest.
agcatdriver 4 years ago
i meant like all around largest... as far as the 802 has more power and can haul more.
mww88 4 years ago
Air Tractor is building a 1000 gallon firebomber which should be in production soon. It will be called the 1002
zzot2 4 years ago
haha my dad is one of them! s.e.a.t. 430 for western pilot service.
mww88 4 years ago
Maybe you should go on that show my dad is better than your dad.
pcolbs22 4 years ago
maybe i will....
mww88 4 years ago
what the fuck r they on
saosinissik 4 years ago
thoes piolets got balls
2010025 4 years ago
You people are nuckin' futs!
DW118 4 years ago
wowsers
littleboo9000000 4 years ago
This is what we pilots live for. Being able to help people with our talents. Very nice angles on video! :-)
flyer522 4 years ago
Awesome vid! You need slo-mo on that first pass. It looks like he went THROUGH the bush!
sk16all 4 years ago