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Video - Bombardier 415 Superscooper Fills Up in California Southern Sierras

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This great video shows a Superscooper descending to pick up 1,600 US gallons of water and then climbing out for another water drop on the Cedar Fire. Video by Chuck Barbee and shared with permission. (www.youtube.com) More...

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Amphicat
dale hubner 1
Boatplanes ARE still alive and well!
CHBHA
CB HARDY 0
Watch the opening sequence to Steven Spielberg's "Always".
spdmrcht
Ron Lorenz 1
These Folks are so Talented! Thank you all!
ah6oy
Jim DeTour 1
Hope there's some screening on the dump door so they keep the fish :)
RogParish
Roger Parish 3
This has got to be a tough piece of flying: the change in weight and center of gravity has to be a real challenge.Not to mention the deceleration from the resistance of the water being scooped up.

I am also amazed at what must go on when doing an air drop as far as changing/shifting COG and weight.
BigFED
BigFED 1
Outstanding video and flying!!! That is one way to disprove the old saying "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink! Wanna bet??? Drink or swim!
dvl
Dan Langille 1
At 0:56 I can see water being ejected from just below the wing. Is this tank overflow?
Amphicat
dale hubner 2
That is correct sir.
BigFED
BigFED 2
Yup.
vancenv
Bill Vance 2
These pilots do work hard for their flight pay and we all thank them for it. BTW - This video has been viewed on Facebook over 186,000 times and shared 1,100 times. (That's a lot.)
PSUAth
Man, that's pretty cool.
jkudlick
Serious cajones on all the firefighters battling those blazes, whether from the air or on the ground.
spag04
PJ Ickes 6
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! & Thank You to all the aviation & non-aviation Firefighters, Police, State Troopers, Medics for your devotion to keep all safe.

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