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Erickson Air Crane History

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Uploaded by on Aug 16, 2008

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Variety of Clips from Erickson including system descriptions and some awesome footage that I had never seen before.

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  • have any raw cockpit video footage

  • Not as of right now, sorry

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  • 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.

  • 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!!!!

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • they are not cheap

  • 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?

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

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

  • toronto fire should get one of those

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

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

  • 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.

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