Erickson Air Crane History

[ProxySpam]

helicopters will never put a fire like the 911 fire out...even 100 helicopters, they simply don't have the capacity. An internal system has to be designed.

[ProxySpam]

Big towers will need internal cooling of some-kind and oxygen supressor chemicals like CO2 so in case of a major fire, several floor can be flooded with CO2.

[jvn1111]

they are not cheap

[bakkerrich1979]

Where the hell was this machine during the world trade event? With that water cannon and the immediate evacuation option...why wasnt it used to save tons of people?

[torontoview1]

toronto fire should get one of those

[verticalsmurf]

That amazing aircraft would be useless without the skills of the pilots.

[EdmondoNI]

You would probably need a crane to lift the pay cheque those guys get. V.Dangerous job.

[12mangda]

These Videos are so old, The barbecue that they still advertise is a death trap.

Never was flown, engineered by a toy train draftsman and has been shelved.

The water cannon cannot spray far enough to be effective, they still advertise as Arrogant Air Crane.

[arachn1dinshoe]

To ask a possibly horrible question - where were these on 9/11 ??

Or were a lot of these inventions the result of 9/11?

[12mangda]

@arachn1dinshoe arrogant air crane

[dutto75man]

8 minute canon water stream. freaking hell thats awesome.

[Beetlebank]

Beautiful machine.

[JackFlemingFan]

Excellent!! This sure is one amazing impressive helicopter!!

[notar1]

have any raw cockpit video footage

[michaelmiller85]

Not as of right now, sorry

[notar1]

@notar1 oh dont be sorry .. great video .. you should put the Swordfish movie filming lifting the bus.....

[nipponhouseplayer]

Go Crane!

[HPAVELOW53]

That hing had a Fueling probe this helicopter is called the CH-54 tarahe in the military and it is close to che CH-53

[Swissmetro]

A few of these firefighting helicopters with their water canon could have made a big difference on 9/11. The World Trade Center might still be standing today, if the FDNY would have had an aerial firefighting capability.

[matheusgu]

@Swissmetro I really laughed at your comment.

[torontoview1]

@Swissmetro not a chance in hell, the buildings when down within 20 minutes after the hit.

[MultiMonster69]

@Swissmetro when i saw a video earlier with the turret in action i thought the exact same thing.

[vedista]

I am from Greece and Ericson was, is (and hopefully will be ) our best weapon against our wildfires. people have loved it and are in a way thankful for the excellent services they have offered.

A Great Big thanks to Sikorsky for their excellent creation!!!!

[GeorgeRoumbos]

Thank you very much and I can assure you we'll keep on giving our best out there !

[JUKIO01]

the hose can be a weapon too

[GeorgeRoumbos]

BS...

[christychackojohn]

I saw two in vannuys and I fell in love with it.

[stevenpam]

That thing is incredible... impressive in every way!

[crazygood150]

thats awesome, I knew it could drop water but didn't know it could shoot water!