You'll like this Water Bombers

[Cougar377]

I've always been impressed by the aircrews who fly the water bomber aircraft and in particular those who fly the Canadair CL415.

This video is of a pair of Croatian Air Force 415's dealing with a wildfire near Split airport....while aircraft continue to take off.

Watch out for these two sections of the video - 1:45 to 2:20 and 6:06 to 6:30. Any closer and they might as well piss out of the cockpit..!

It takes nuts the size of beachballs to do what they do....

 

[Bluelagoona]

I've always been impressed by the aircrews who fly the water bomber aircraft and in particular those who fly the Canadair CL415.

This video is of a pair of Croatian Air Force 415's dealing with a wildfire near Split airport....while aircraft continue to take off.

Watch out for these two sections of the video - 1:45 to 2:20 and 6:06 to 6:30. Any closer and they might as well piss out of the cockpit..!

It takes nuts the size of beachballs to do what they do....

They are definitely the mutts nuts !
Always found this clip impressive !

 

[Malone]

What a great bit of cgi.

 

[Jaws]

Took these in 2012... No idea where we were other than wilding beside a lake ..they made several runs and kept coming back to reload

 

[Cougar377]

Took these in 2012... No idea where we were other than wilding beside a lake ..they made several runs and kept coming back to reload

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They only need about 400m to scoop up a full load of water.

 

[Jaws]

They only need about 400m to scoop up a full load of water.

Sounds about right.. We was tight beside them

 

[Cougar377]

Sounds about right.. We was tight beside them

Sounds like you were taking on plenty of fluid yourself..!

 

[Jaws]

Sounds like you were taking on plenty of fluid yourself..!

As usual then !