Helicopter Firefighting without any Any Lakes or Rivers Nearby?

[wayoflife]

Holy cow, this pilot is pretty badass!! Check out how he manages to load up with water and fight a massive fire in Portugal even though there aren't any lakes or rivers nearby...

:crazyeyes:

 

[Rollincoal420]

And that would be a perfect clip of my dream job. That's awesome. I could only imagine what the home owners first thoughts wr when he was picking up his first load

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[ProfessionalDriver]

That's an awesome video! It's crazy to see how much the water level drops when he pulls the water out...

 

[Woody3]

That fire was pretty close to the house. "Take all the water you need buddy"


Keep your head low and your powder dry.

 

[highoctane]

Saw that one floating around from the Colorado fires last year. Here is another good one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9qtZy4A5W0Q


This one is from the CO fires last year as well. Find water where you can, close to the fire as possible.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VV2vxYYD8P0


This kind of stuff is why I'm training to become a helo pilot. Working on my commercial rating right now. Someday, hopefully, that'll be me.