Firefighting Aircraft pics....

[tstbell]

Nice shots Mike and Trent.  I never get to see Erickson use their sea skimmer out here! They just use the snorkel.

Thanks Nate, its the first time I've seen the sea skimmer too.

A few pics from the Colby Fire in Glendora.

SuperScooper 241 by Trent Bell, on Flickr


Cal Fire 301 by Trent Bell, on Flickr


Cal Fire 301 by Trent Bell, on Flickr

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Great work Trent! I'll be posting some of mine from Colby today. Yours are kick ass.

[Michael J Murawski]

I like that skimming shot!  Here's the water coming out


IMG_0327-C-C-S-NN-S by G. Reaper, on Flickr

[Realbigtaco]

Trent, and Mike those are some great shots!!

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Really nice in close Mike. I definitely didn't want to run back to my truck and swap lenses lol. Figured I'd keep the short lens on

[stoernblom]

Awesome shots guys!

[tstbell]

Great shots Nate and Mike.

[Michael J Murawski]

Thanks Trent, here's a couple more from Colby.

IMG_0252-C-C-S-NN-S by G. Reaper, on Flickr
IMG_0390-C-C-NN-S by G. Reaper, on Flickr

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Those came out niiiice, especially the Scooper. 

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Tanker 73 getting out of Hemet in a hurry enroute to the San Diego fires.

I know it's taboo to use this many frames of the same pass, but in this case... I like the series

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Tanker 131 leaving SBD on it's final flight of the day to the Las Pulgas Fire on Camp Pendleton.



And returning just as the sun ducked behind the San Gabriels:

[Venom1]

Nice shots Nate!

I got some later in the day despite lightning not being that great for some of these. Although I think some of these shots came out okay.

[Venom1]

I took some at SBD later today too.

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That last shot of T-44 is pimp as heck dude... What is that, 1/100?

[Venom1]

Thanks dude! Haha yep, you nailed it!