Mike Reyno Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Talk about bad luck at the wrong time when cameras are there. These guys were trying to demonstrate their capabilities of a newly acquired Huey fighting a fire - albiet a small fire! http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/print/3345364/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hey Mag, Was that you trying to bucket......Holy!!!! That is a create work project in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Reyno Posted June 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Now you know why I decided to stick to the magazine business, I can't fly. Next time they should call in Evergreen's new 747 tanker. :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERTICAL REF Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Downwash sucks dosen't it! Nothing personal there DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Do you guys usually hover over the fire when you try to put it out? I found that somewhat strange. Also I'd expect its the usual show, I"M THE CHIEF PILOT, THERFORE I get to fly the show! Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERTICAL REF Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 And they wonder why they have so many tailrotor incidents in the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Well, as dry as it was I wouldn't have tried to hit the "bull's eye" with the first drop and wouldn't have hovered over it for starters. I'd have come in on the move and wet down the immediate surrounding area. The pilot should have known that if/when you hit the target "bull eye", that the sparks are driven outward and cause you more grief unless that bucket of water is much larger in proportion than the fire. One dump wasn't goin' to put that fire out with that bucket in one drop and what happens while he's away gettin' another one? I'll "cut the pilot some slack" on this one and figure maybe it was too many onlookers, TV cameras and he a had a bit of "stage fright". If that's not the actual case, then I'd say the whole thing happened from inexperience because it's written all over this scenario otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Winnie, Take it easy with the CP comments,....You know what everyone thinks of Class 1 Instructor's eh???? Like Cap said, some slow fly overs would of done some good, Vs the lets hover, get the bucket swirling, and try for the Bullseye...Funny! Thank goodness for those ground crews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 I'd like to assume that the driver just had "a bad hair day". Could be that he's an ace, but funny things happen to normal people when TV cameras start rolling sometimes. His poor luck was to have it captured on film. I've had some days when I should have stayed in bed also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Hey T-rex, just referred to those "Office-bound" CP-Types, We got one here that actually flies! And yeah... I know what you mean :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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