Fire fighting planes..anyone fly one?
Air Attack Managers fly in this plane. They manage all the different aircraft coming into the airspace. He flys at the highest altitude in a counterclockwise rotation. They are not allowed to be the actual “lookout” for us ground resources but we routinely ask them advice like “what’s the fire doing on the other side of this ridge?, Do you see any hazards we can’t?”. They’re usually the most experience guys in the whole operation coming from the ground resource world stepping into the air world. They have to have expert knowledge on fire behavior from a firefighters perspective not a pilots perspective. He is not the pilot of the plane but often they get their license and do fly
These can serve as an air attack manager ship and offer night flying capabilities flying IR mapping missions.
Sky Cranes are awesome machines. They spend summers in the US and many of them get put on a boat and head to Australia to fight fire in our winter/their summer. They can have massive payloads for a helicopter. They are a Type 1 Helitanker.
K-Max. Weird looking copter but the rotor configuration allows for a much higher payload. There are 2 rotors side by side. They make a distinctive sound.
A variety of Bell helicopters provide troop transport and small helitanker capabilities. They are highly versatile. Helitak Crews are deployed from these aircraft by landing or rappelling into the fire. Usually six firefighters are deployed and the helicopter will attach a bucket or if they are equipped with a belly tank they will find a water source and start doing water drops.
These guys are usually worthless as tits on a boat hog. Not very accurate.
Air Attack Managers fly in this plane. They manage all the different aircraft coming into the airspace. He flys at the highest altitude in a counterclockwise rotation. They are not allowed to be the actual “lookout” for us ground resources but we routinely ask them advice like “what’s the fire doing on the other side of this ridge?, Do you see any hazards we can’t?”. They’re usually the most experience guys in the whole operation coming from the ground resource world stepping into the air world. They have to have expert knowledge on fire behavior from a firefighters perspective not a pilots perspective. He is not the pilot of the plane but often they get their license and do fly
These can serve as an air attack manager ship and offer night flying capabilities flying IR mapping missions.
Sky Cranes are awesome machines. They spend summers in the US and many of them get put on a boat and head to Australia to fight fire in our winter/their summer. They can have massive payloads for a helicopter. They are a Type 1 Helitanker.
K-Max. Weird looking copter but the rotor configuration allows for a much higher payload. There are 2 rotors side by side. They make a distinctive sound.
A variety of Bell helicopters provide troop transport and small helitanker capabilities. They are highly versatile. Helitak Crews are deployed from these aircraft by landing or rappelling into the fire. Usually six firefighters are deployed and the helicopter will attach a bucket or if they are equipped with a belly tank they will find a water source and start doing water drops.
These guys are usually worthless as tits on a boat hog. Not very accurate.
