De-ice truck rescue

[afbill]

Thursday morning I was on my way back home and my plane needed to be de-iced. When I was 35 feet in the air the truck busted a hydraulic line and I was stranded. One and a half hours later the guys on the ground realized that the only choice was a rescue from the fire department. Other than delaying our mission this was some funny stuff.


Me looking down down at my pilots wondering what the hell to do

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Not a bad view from up here.

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fire truck shows up

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fire truck gets in to place

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bucket getting closer

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bucket in place

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view from the fire truck bucket to the cab I was stuck in

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MY heros. The two airmen to my right are the firemen that were in the bucket

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View of the stuck truck and the airplane.

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We towed the airplane away and went on home. My reward is leaving again in four days.

 

[dodgeboy]

cool pics

 

[CudaChick1968]

Very cool! Love the pics. Glad you got rescued ... I've been stuck at airports before myself.

 

[Abodybomber]

Way cool,thanks for sharing.

 

[daredevil]

Pretty wild day.

 

[smlveightis]

Great pics!

 

[afbill]

Very cool! Love the pics. Glad you got rescued ... I've been stuck at airports before myself.

There are many reasons why I love being aircrew.

1. I don't get stuck at airports


2.

I guess there is no 2