haha the pilot is flying that big plane like a fighter jet, i bet he loves his job.

@bluereaper6.472

7 жыл бұрын

he is in there like hold my beer and watch this

@randynichols9742

7 жыл бұрын

BlueReaper doom not sure how he fly's the jet and holds is enormous balls at the same time

@squach6239

7 жыл бұрын

+Randy Nichols that's why he needs a DC10! nothing smaller would lift his colossal tempered steel nuts!!!

@yungtaera324

7 жыл бұрын

scooterdave31 .

@AnonymousOtters

7 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. I worked wildand fire for a federal engine and worked around the local air field 10 min from our station. Approximately 50% of the pilots are just experienced commercial pilots. Almost all of the single engine planes are commercial crop duster pilots, a few of which were ex-military (but not necessarily pilots in the military). Slightly higher number of large and massive tanker pilots were military pilots, but still nowhere near the majority suggested. The largest group of ex-mil pilots seems to be helicopter pilots.

That pilot probably had every alarm going off in the cockpit

@CMDRFandragon

4 жыл бұрын

Woop woop terrain, pull up! *stick shaker activates*

@eagleeyez1280

4 жыл бұрын

CMDRFandragon master caution!!

@martimnunesmartinho6788

4 жыл бұрын

*Caution* *Terrain* *PULL UP PULL UP* Sink rate

@johncholmes643

4 жыл бұрын

I was the pilot that day. Master alarm was disengaged. I crashed later the day

@brock6286

4 жыл бұрын

@@johncholmes643 late the day, i would be worried if a pilot could not spell

I'm seeing a lot of comments on how he "missed the fire." This is because he's not aiming for it. They're soaking the grass and other flammable material ahead of where the fire's expected to go to create a barrier and prevent it's spread. Pretty much all wildland firefighting is this to my understanding, they almost never target the fire where it is, they just pre-emptively douse or slash, or in a few cases even burn (in a very controlled manner) ahead of it to keep it contained, then let it burn out. Once it's seemingly burned out then they "mop up" the burn area and put out any lingering "hot spots." These dumps are exactly where they're supposed to be, I imagine according to some sort of master plan devised by expert firefighters to best contain the fire. It's sort of like war strategy in a way, you don't just go in guns blazing and fight against the enemy in their strongholds, you plan ahead on how to cut them off, create defenses, block their advance, stop their supplies. The fire is on the offense, firefighters are on the defense knowing that if choked off it will burn out on it's own quite quickly - it's own hunger is it's biggest enemy.

@chucknorris2938

4 жыл бұрын

Quill Maurer well said 👍👍👍

@willglass2819

4 жыл бұрын

Quill Maurer this plane is dropping retardant which is mostly dropped ahead of the fire as it is used to slow a fires progression, but it can at time be dropped directly on to the fire. They do drop water directly on to fire thought, which is usually done with helicopters and sometimes with planes.

@quillmaurer6563

4 жыл бұрын

@@willglass2819 Thanks for the info! This is all cool stuff. Would love to see like a dramatized movie showing the firefighting planning process, we see war movies showing the generals' scheeming all the time, would be cool to see a movie showing, dramatized but realistically, the "war" against a fire from many perspectives, both the action on the ground and in the air, plus the experts analyzing and planning, explaining why they're doing what to contain and stop the fire. What their tactics and strategies are.

@quillmaurer6563

4 жыл бұрын

@@glennjohnson4628 I've seen that one - sort of cheesy but fun. It doesn't really show much of the technical aspects of firefighting though, the strategic planning of how to stop the fire or where to attack. Some good fire-bombing action scenes though, they did a good job of that.

@DavidLopez-mn3bb

4 жыл бұрын

I AGREE WITH YOU 100% AND THEIR DOING THEIR JOB RIGHT👍

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain from the flight deck. We will be taking a SLIGHT detour through southern California but should have you at the gate in Dallas on-time. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery from our cruising altitude of 120 feet."

@coolkid2316

4 жыл бұрын

120 feet lmao "Also, you might want to put your seatbelts on"

@DavidLopez-mn3bb

4 жыл бұрын

AWSOME COMMENT 👍👍👍👍❤❤

@PatrickWagz

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLopez-mn3bb Thanks!! I forgot all about this video, and my comment. Have a nice day!

@ImagineWagonss

3 жыл бұрын

120 feet😂😂💀💀

@redbluesome2829

3 жыл бұрын

Wilber and Orville were just a couple shmucks who had the good fortune of being put in the history books, because the history books needed a token. They weren’t the first to fly.

To fly so low and accurately with a plane that huge repeated times is pretty amazing. Great piloting skills.

@wyomingadventures

5 жыл бұрын

And the spotter plane helps the pilots get it where they want it.

@justanotherasian4395

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine doing that with the California fire 747.

@casualbird7671

4 жыл бұрын

Those big beasts are surprisingly responsive and maneuverable

@russella7263

3 жыл бұрын

Well they fly low and accurately every-time they land so its not that big of a deal.

@fureversalty

3 жыл бұрын

I'd assume that with only fire retardant being loaded, the plane is very light and super maneuverable

Tell me he doesn't love his job!

@fazerainscat6483

8 жыл бұрын

Would be so cool.

@fumonisinaocratoxina8629

7 жыл бұрын

He doesn't love his job!

@neyberto2455

6 жыл бұрын

Bob Pruett he hate it

@Nxskll

6 жыл бұрын

Bob Pruett I'm scared of flying a plane

@vargskelethorssoh

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's like hey hold my *WODKA* and watch this lol

Bar none, some of the best pilots in the world.

@hippopotamus86

8 жыл бұрын

+lekoman Are you watching the same video as everyone else? There is nothing special in their flying.

@nickschooler8971

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Anthing go ahead do what they do in a god damn DC-10 Tanker

@bearbryant3495

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Anthing Uh huh, so you'd be willing to ride with him?

@hippopotamus86

8 жыл бұрын

+Bear Bryant sure. nothing quite like a nice bit of leisure flying!

@Scholar4777

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure if they were the best in the world they would be flying aircraft

Imagine Orville and Wilbur's reactions, if they were around to see this.

@Mr-Patate87

4 жыл бұрын

I really hope they could see what their '' flyer'' became during the decades.

@dat_squirrell_bish

4 жыл бұрын

Element of Kindness right you are, Fluttershy

@ctangkau

4 жыл бұрын

and da Vinci

@stephensmith799

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment!!!!!

@kyllo8497

3 жыл бұрын

@tinwoods yeah kinda crazy. In 1945 Orville went to an airshow where it was his first time seeing a jet-plane in person and also happened to meet Chuck Yeager (a ww2 "hero" pilot). Two years later Chuck made history in a jet as the first person to break the sound barrier. Then in 1948 is when Orville died. Wilbur sadly didn't make it past 1912 due to typhoid.

These gender reveals are getting out of control.....

@tomlongshore5464

4 жыл бұрын

Well played.

@omaopa6923

4 жыл бұрын

You’re comment had me in fits of laughter 👍😂

@PatrickWagz

4 жыл бұрын

It's a girl!!

@TonyWud

3 жыл бұрын

Today (9/7/2020) a fire is burning in California that was started by a gender reveal party....

@ChevyLaxMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyWud proving that life is a comedy!

This video actually made me question the decisions I've made to this point.

That plane did a drop a few miles from my house a few years back. He banked it real close to a mountain swooped down and made his drop. It was one of the most impressive things I've seen.

"Terrian." "Terrain." "Pull Up." "Terrain".

@CWINDOWSsystem32

3 жыл бұрын

"Too low - gear."

It's amazing seeing these retired birds given a second chance to fly again. This is one of the aircraft from the '70s and '80s. The other for Calfire is the 747 that's being used. One of the biggest jumbo jets of its' day.

Man that DC10 sounds incredible

The people that fly these aircraft tankers always amaze me with there flying skills.

What everyone seems to miss is, in all air tanker operations, right in front of every tanker is a very fast smaller airplane with the Air Attack Boss telling the air tanker pilot where to drop the retardant. All air tankers are stacked at different altitudes and follow the commands of this person for air operations in that area.

@deenasmusicbox

3 жыл бұрын

Fredric Bethune I saw that too! Like he was laying down a trail of smoke to follow, awesomeness!

@fredricbethune7803

3 жыл бұрын

Deena Kingery , I did that Air Attack job for several years in Alaska and flying in that fast aircraft in front is a real barf 🤮 machine. You pull so many Gs of Force turning and climbing out away from these large are tankers, you barf every time until you get used to it. That job is really one of a flying air controller. You have to keep track of sometime dozens of aircraft including helicopters. Thanks for commenting. Regards a retired firefighter.

@deenasmusicbox

3 жыл бұрын

Fredric Bethune OMG, I have to say that I don't know how you were able to do that job! What about the DC-10, does the same thing happen to them when they come in to lay down the retardant?

@fredricbethune7803

3 жыл бұрын

Deena Kingery yes, the dc 10 and the 747 both experience high g force. A 747 drops about 20,000 gallons at a time, retardant weighs 8 pound per gallon that’s 160,000 pounds dropped in about 20 seconds. The plane then has such lift after dropping that much weight that it’s like an elevator going straight up a couple hundred feet in seconds. Ya! It’s a Wilde ride indeed and these pilots are the best of the best.

its so awesome to see a dc-10 flown to the extreme like that, I wish I could have been standing there it must have been hilariously loud and quite the sight.

2:15 meanwhile in the cockpit: HIIIIWAAAY TOOO DANNGER ZOOoOOONNeee!

@Misha-dr9rh

3 жыл бұрын

What it actually is: WOOP WOOP TOO LOW TERRAIN TOO LOW TERRAIN PULL UP TOO LOW TERRAIN TOO LOWTERRAIN TOO LOW FLAPS TOO LOW GEAR TOO LOW TERRAIN SINKRATE SINKRATE STALL STALL PULL UP PULL UP WOOP WOOP

I had the privilege of doing a c check on this exact aircraft. What a relic, almost 50 years old, completely analog cockpit, absolutely no bells and whistles, huge pain in the ass to work on. It's crazy this thing could fly at all especially with the added weight from the pilots massive balls. That being said, i've never had more respect for a flight crew, just pure skill and love for the job. Some of the best pilots out there.

These pilots are incredibly talented. God bless all our firefighters on the ground and in the sky.

DC-10 got such a bad rap in the 70's, but they are awesome wide-body tri-jets and I guarantee you every pilot who has ever flown one love the DC-10!

The skill of these pilots is just incredible. Flying that low with that large of an aircraft is no easy task. We are talking barely enough wiggle room over the length of the aircraft itself.

Excellent pilots and a gorgeous plane. I would love to see a DC10 fly over like that in person.

These guys deserve mad respect. What they do is so dangerous and they willingly risk their lives to help others.

Love seeing airliners being pushed to the edge.

The red stuff is not for the fire , its powdered Kool-Aid for the fire fighters to put in there canteens

@tmoney5036

6 жыл бұрын

brad fiser damn straight

@melindarojo2198

5 жыл бұрын

Ruin

@xferretz9406

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@mine098able

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not powder, it’s actually a liquid that has chemicals, water and even fertilizer in it. It just looks like a powder when being dropped at high speeds out of the air.

@DavidLopez-mn3bb

3 жыл бұрын

THAT WAS FUNNY I GOT A LAUGH OUT OF THAT ONE😂😂😂😂❤

This plane, along with #944 (747 Supertanker) fly out of Sacramento and regularly fly right over my house; it's a sight to be seen! Everyone out there fighting these fires stay safe and know that we all appreciate your hard work!

@shreddder999

3 жыл бұрын

Have a lot of fires at your house, do you?

@filonin2

2 жыл бұрын

@@shreddder999 No, we live at the end of the runway.

Holy cow, that's beautiful. The DC 10 finds redemption

Does the smaller plane guide the big guy in?

@Firehydrant1051

8 жыл бұрын

+jaardesign Yes.

@jaardesign

8 жыл бұрын

+Edward Walden Cool. Thanks!

@lowanfast

8 жыл бұрын

+jaardesign yep, they're called bird dogs. They guide most water bombers on the ideal line for their retardant/water drop.

@marshallallensmith

7 жыл бұрын

If you look closely you can see the small plane drop a stream himself and the larger water bomber uses that as his wind gauge to know where his larger water drop is gonna go since winds etc play a role in that.

@dianecrumb940

7 жыл бұрын

yes

The DC-10 is an absolute beaut.

Great job! Give the lead pilot some credit for setting up the drops.

Such a Majestic Aircraft. Gives me goosbumps with that beautiful sound. Needless to say... "Great Job" to the amazing pilots

Beautiful work, thank you. That air tanker is working on the Blue Cut Fire a few miles from my house.

Those dudes know how to fly a plane. Respect!

Why in the world would anybody give this video a thumbs down. There's just nothing there to warrant such a rating. Awesome video. The DC-10 may be gone but it is not dead. I flew in these several times years ago. Air travellers today don't even realize how awesome the DC-10 was to fly in. The cabins were incredibly roomy and comfortable. Unfortunately, the death of the DC-10 was facilitated by 3 main factors. For one, the backup hydraulic system was routed directly next to the main system which made no sense in that if there was damage to the primary system then the backup system would also likely be damaged. The second Factor leading to this aircraft's demise was the mounting of an engine in the tail section. In the event of an engine fire in the number 3 engine, the tail, rudder, and hydraulics could be damaged rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. The third factor was the discovery of a faulty slide mechanism in the hydrolic rudder control system that could Jam and suddenly reverse input to the rudder so if the pilot thought he was turning the Rudder to the left it would actually go the opposite direction. This defect was not the fault of McDonnell Douglas but rather a contractor who made the poorly designed part for McDonnell Douglas. With the exception of the tail mounted engine these problems we're easily remedied but after several accidents involving this aircraft the DC-10 was essentially labeled a dangerous aircraft in the public eye and the model was discontinued in its original form. The now defunct McDonnell Douglas Aircraft company never recovered after the FAA grounded the entire DC-10 Fleet years ago. The Boeing Aircraft Company eventually acquired the remains of the McDonnell Douglas. There are still several operational DC-10s around the world. It is good to see them still flying so many years later.

Amazing flying. Much respect for the fire crews who battle these fires. Very well coordinated drop. Thanks for sharing.

We need the antonov 225 doing these drops. Imagine that roar.

@ObamaoZedong

3 жыл бұрын

bahaha that would be epic! They could probably put out every west coast fire in a matter of days.

@alexheckman6776

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad there’s only 1 in existence.

his 4 drop's probably covered almost 2 miles of fireline.. nice drop's.

Very cool. The DC10 is like a giant jetfighter with that swept wing design

@Epck

3 жыл бұрын

Plus unladed it is one fast boi :)

Amazing how many people make the same comment, believing that the 10 missed the fire. Kids, it ain't a city fire engine connected to a hydrant... Great video of a powerful tool. Thanks!

I wish I had a great job in the open and love photography/ videography at the same time. Anybody want to see a video of balding men, and angry receptionists at my job?!

@kg0ye

3 жыл бұрын

Do not wish, only do.

This would be incredible to watch in person!

That's one bad ass pilot!! just another day at the office for these guys. Fire fighters rock !!

Imagine piloting this immense jet, carrying thousands of gallons of fire retardant, managing the winds, the weight, at slow speed, and then dropping all that weight. Suddenly, you're flying a different plane! The change in handling must be immense. That's gotta be tough tough tough.

that is cool

@lucaw2044

3 жыл бұрын

words of a wise man

@ryansullivan4035

3 жыл бұрын

Das is cool

@lucaw2044

3 жыл бұрын

ryan sullivan das ist kuhl?

@ryansullivan4035

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucaw2044 yes das is cool

@lucaw2044

3 жыл бұрын

ryan sullivan deutsch?

Good to see a Tri-Jet still at it!

@MDDeGrande1994

3 жыл бұрын

It's *not a jet* because it *doesn't use jet as fuel* but *compressed air* That's why it's called an AIRplane

@ethanboyd7843

3 жыл бұрын

@@MDDeGrande1994 But it does use jet fuel! Jet-A I'd assume. You've got me thinking about a disconnect between what we call jets and what are actually jets though! I mean, those are jet engines. If you made a joke and I interneted it up, sorry lol

@ethanboyd7843

3 жыл бұрын

@@MDDeGrande1994 Thinking rockets maybe?

@MDDeGrande1994

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanboyd7843 No

@MDDeGrande1994

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanboyd7843 Rocket engines use *kerosene* Fighter jets use *jet fuel* Some experimental planes (such as the North American X-15) and land speed record vehicles (such as the Bloodhound SSC) also use *kerosene* as fuel. Modern passenger planes use *compressed air* as fuel. That's why those things and places are called AIRplane, AIRport, AIRline, etc... You never even see modern passenger planes refuel anyway.

There is not much cooler than watching a plane of that size maneuver like that, only the fact that it *can* maneuver like that!

Crewed the DC-10 for nine years, flew these exact planes. the company retired them from passenger service and converted them to firebombers, finally retired all from active passenger service in 2012. I believe it's about 12,000 gallons capacity loadout.

KZread recommendation did it again ❤️

Hi Rick. This is copyrighted video which I shot and own. You have covered my bug with your own and are making money off of this video through advertising on KZread without any using rights or attribution. I'll kindly ask you to take the video down immediately to prevent any further action. Thank you.

@TaiLe-wz4zf

10 жыл бұрын

good one rick

@SpeedStrengthJames

9 жыл бұрын

As the owner of the original content ***** you can remove this video if you flag it

@Kllrkrtt309

9 жыл бұрын

He cited his source at the end... Not illegal, but I guess he does need permission. You should notify him right away for information about his unaccepted post of your footage/content.

@OhYeaMista

4 жыл бұрын

Guess he didn’t listen...

This plane is in my local air port in san bernardino i live 5 min away i watch it fly over all the time its awesome to see it going to work

Cockpit GPWS: "Sink Rate" "Sink Rate" "Pull Up" "Pull Up" "Obstacle" "Obstacle" "Ah f*ck it, do what you want"

That was WICKED AWESOME!!!! THANKS.

badass pilots

Those 10 tanker guys are a bunch of cowboys! 😂. I work airport ops and I have the privilege of seeing them work at the tanker base in KSBD. On takeoff as soon as they lift off the runway boom 45° bank to the fire! Buzzing every business and house in the vicinity hahaha. Appreciate what they do!

That cheeky smile and a thumbs up at the end made me laugh out loud. Awesome video.

dont wild fires travel down wind? he seems to be dumping the load on the wrong side.... right?

@mountjoy23

6 жыл бұрын

How To Make Sushi Pre treating a line for the ground crew and other assets to support. Fire will creep up wind all day long. Also forecast/orographic changes might of been prevalent, ie the wind could change.

@amandaodonell9235

6 жыл бұрын

He was do his job one way or there

@sapphire_moon781

6 жыл бұрын

It's the way how they built the air tanker

@curtisc6768

6 жыл бұрын

How to make sushi. I dumped my load going the wrong direction once.

@johnryan4745

6 жыл бұрын

Frank Stein they surrounded the fire this wasn't the only tanker on scene

Costs $70k each dump of the red stuff, so when this guy is on the job the cheque book is wide open.

@xX_Skraith_Xx

7 жыл бұрын

Compared to the repair cost of burning just one neighborhood to the ground, I don't think it's that bad.

@sawspitfire422

3 жыл бұрын

$70k would be like one insurance claim if a house gets totalled, worth every drop

@sawspitfire422

3 жыл бұрын

@ArmchairWarrior Most of the houses where I live aren't worth much. Not hard to find a 3 bed house for 70k. That's pounds sterling too not USD

@mine098able

3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t be the pilot paying for that though. It would be the company. My dad does this same stuff as shown in the video and when he goes out on contract, he usually goes away from home and the company actually pays for his hotel and food and all that stuff for the whole time he’s out there. It’s pretty awesome!

@ObamaoZedong

3 жыл бұрын

What pricetag is greater than the lives of the animals in the forest?

What a jet! And an incredible pilot, of course! I wish that these were still in commercial airlines! I would fly more often just for the experience! That is one bad ass jet!

DC10... we are talking about ancient civil airliners here! Hats off!

Long live the dc-10 and her bigger brother the md-11. The most beautiful plane imo. Awesome piloting for that crew, and cheers for the footage.

@zorroalphonso4354

6 жыл бұрын

600+ built, both of them.

@butthurt8

6 жыл бұрын

Shame that Boeing bought dc out.

@Kay_213_

6 жыл бұрын

MD-11 is longer, wider, and has different computer systems if I’m correct. I think it also has winglets as opposed to the DC-10

@silviaquiroga5665

3 жыл бұрын

Wthas is souls?

what's the little plane for? guide plane?

@errhka

7 жыл бұрын

every little bit counts

@ericpeck3180

7 жыл бұрын

They are Air Tractors. Typically 1500hp Turboprops that carry 200 gallons of water or as much as 800 gallons. Accurate, Fast and quick to refill. Very impressive, I've seen 4 of them fight a forest fire not long ago.

@Dragonezja

7 жыл бұрын

The Air Tractors remind me everytime about Dusty Crophopper from "Planes".. :D They made "Planes2 - Fire and Rescue" as a tribute for firefighters too!

@jamesbaird1149

7 жыл бұрын

as i've seen no one give you an answer even close to what the little guy is or what he is doing, I'll explain then provide a link for some detailed information...... He is called a bird dog, he is in constant communication with the bomber...the bird dog is in contact with both the firemen and said bomber, he flys in the intended path of the bomber, and the puff of white smoke is to signal the bomber of initial drop location...... www.wingsmagazine.com/operations/bird-dogs-and-tankers-490

I love the sound from those first gen, high bypass turbofans.

Those engines be screaming with powerful forces!

wow that is so awsome

Pilot is on fire -.-

Man that’s badass. Like calling in an airstrike on the NVA in the brush

We currently have fires burning in the Los Angeles Valley. This morning, I saw one of these airliners dropping flame retardant while driving on the freeway and was amazed and impressed at how the pilots were able to maneuver such a large plane like it was a stunt plane.

Cool video. I don't like your tricky icon though.

DC-10 's truly good aircraft but it's little brother DC-9 emmmm If DC-9 did this job then it probably appears on next ACI episode.

@quillmaurer6563

4 жыл бұрын

Keep an eye on it then ... they're now using DC-9s and MD-80s. I've seen one based out of Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (Broomfield, Colorado, northwest of Denver). I hear they're indeed a bit sketchy, including being required to do the drop with their gear down as they haven't been tested and approved for low-speed flaps-down flight - landing configuration in other words - with the gear up.

the DC10 is apparently very maneuverable. Especially demonstrated with that low level rapid weight change. Smooth and impressive

@squach6239

7 жыл бұрын

+Mike Roberts don't know if you could make that dude clap. I think by the time you made that bird fold you would be seriously unconscious from the G-load. that's a really rugged airframe. Look up any video on the KC-10 extender and see some of the shit the air force has done with these with very little structural mods. Mighty Mighty airplane!

I really love that smaller plane in this. he's dumping nothing in comparison and yet it's still going.. Doing their part to help. Hats off to both pilots, amazing work.

@mmatthews61687

3 жыл бұрын

The smaller plane doesn't drop any water or retardant, it shows the big boy where to drop the red stuff.

@TheRawr0Rawr0Rawr

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmatthews61687 1:12 and 2:01 .... Looks like they're dumping something

@mmatthews61687

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRawr0Rawr0Rawr They spray smoke or something to show the tanker where to drop and also how the wind will affect the drop

@TheRawr0Rawr0Rawr

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmatthews61687 that's interesting to know, I don't live near wildfires so thanks for the info

one question and sorry if its dumb i know nothing about this field of work but is that plane that is in front of the dc-10 a guide plane or what? cause i noticed he deployed a little bit of white matter roughly in the same spot the dc-10 did

@TheRick2130

10 жыл бұрын

that plane is a spotter, the tanker/ DC-10 cant fly anywhere, because the DC-10 is not probably the only plane fighting the fire and yes they guide the tank where the spotter wants him to drop

@ISamuelII

10 жыл бұрын

ebu touy If you look closely, you will see a puff of smoke or something from the spotter as it passes.

@lookoutman1970

8 жыл бұрын

It's called a lead plane, and the puff of smoke is to show the air tanker where to start the drop. And circling at a higher altitude is usually another airplane.

@Kay_213_

6 жыл бұрын

lookoutman1970 This guy got it correct!

You have to be a little bit crazy with nerves of steel to do this and no to stop the fire you dont want to drop right on the fire but create a buffer zone! To the nonfirefighter crowd I know this doesnt make sense!

@SimonKinsingerMountainReigns

10 жыл бұрын

Oh so you are saying for 20 years we did it all wrong! What are you a city slicker?

@squach6239

7 жыл бұрын

+edward peders what are you talking about? that ain't a gas dingus. That is a water retaining chemical! Yes CO2 is used for fire fighting but no you don't have to put in on the source. If the fire is in a structure you just need to open a door fog the whole place and shut the door. That will displace the oxygen and interior the chemical chain reaction.

@TheMasterCheese

6 жыл бұрын

Makes sense to me.

@Kay_213_

6 жыл бұрын

I got about half of it. I’m an aviation enthusiast, so I like seeing the gargantuan DC-10 fly so low. The firefighter stuff is lost to me

Flying a dc10 like a fighter jet. That pilot has stones!!

very good video !!!!

The reason there was no 5th pass was because the plane crashed for the sake of being a DC-10

@RealCadde

7 жыл бұрын

_On the count of_

@Scazoid

6 жыл бұрын

@Skip its douglas co.-10

@Kay_213_

6 жыл бұрын

But hey, no KC-10, a DC-10 modified for the USAF, has crashed. Looks like the USAF did something right there

Not that impressive. I do this all the time in Battle Field.

Betty, probably: "Pull Up, Pull - aww dammit John, you're just gonna do what you please, aren't ya..." Cap'n John: "Yup."

THESE PILOTS ARE AMAZING!!

why is it red?

@shreddder999

3 жыл бұрын

@w w That would be orange. Lowe's is blue.

why dont they get fighter planes and do this they could use possibly a skyraider or something and or a fighter plane and use tanks where they put bombs and rockets and they could use the tanks and fly back to base and have multiple in the air but then the cost of every thing will go up but use a smaller plane

@Dragonezja

7 жыл бұрын

Bombs explode on their own while water and water chemicals for fire extinguishing weighs more, besides, fighter jets are very fast and maneuverable, but those aren't exactly the traits that fire planes need. They have to be presice, slow while letting the water flow. Read a bit about CL 415, it has the perfect traits of a firefighting plane - can fly so slow when other planes in such speed would crash down, can glide, gather so much water and even change its proppelers position/shape. This show was meant to show firefighter planes, not planes that we would rather like to see, too.

@chewbar537

7 жыл бұрын

Stupid idea

@RealCadde

7 жыл бұрын

There's a number of reasons. 1) Fighter planes don't fly long missions. They have to refuel often. 2) Fighter planes cannot carry much at all. 3) Fighter planes generally have much higher stall speeds so you have to come in hot and thus accuracy decreases. And no, this is NOT the same as dropping bombs. 4) At the speeds fighter jets would pass when dropping, the retardant would become too dispersed and ineffective. 5) Refitting a fighter plane to do this kind of work would be pointless because of 1-4. Why use a pocket knife to cut a tree down if you have a chainsaw?

@Thelilmousethatcould

7 жыл бұрын

Cadde​ what about plane like a skyraider

@RealCadde

7 жыл бұрын

kitty jakolantern Too expensive? You may as well have asked, why aren't they using model T Fords? I would love to see an Antonov An-225 Mriya though. With a world record of nearly 600,000 pounds. That's roughly 70,000 gallons. Or almost 7 times as much as the DC-10 carries. It could leave a hole in the ground where the fire was. In one way or another.

TERRAIN TERRAIN, PULL UP, PULL UP TERRAIN TERRAIN, PULL UP, PULL UP

I live in the canyon, a few hundred yards from where this fire started. The drops that are being shown here are on the outside of the mountain range where the Antelope Valley starts. The drops that this pilot made inside the canyon where much more incredible to watch. I was on a dirt road going up one of the mountains watching the fire on the second day and this guy all of a sudden comes over the ridge opposite from me from inside the canyon, he dropped his flame retardant 50 feet off of the ridge line and was flying through smoke. He was so low that I could see the faces of the pilot and co-pilot inside the cockpit as they crested the ridge, and then pulled up and sharp to the left without stalling or being effected by the thermal updrafts. What people don't realize is that the updrafts created in a canyon fire are severe and you can see a flame flare up 200 feet away from you and feel the gust of hot wind hit you a few seconds later. It's too bad there was no footage of the drops inside the canyon.

Is the plane that is in front of the DC -10 a spotter? It looks like a civilian plane. Amazing pilot flying that 1960s designed hunk of shit 260 feet off of the ground. Badass.

@oregonnich

9 жыл бұрын

Tie Bei it's the lead plane that directs drop. Another plane circles high above usually and acts as air traffic control.

@tiebei2548

9 жыл бұрын

oregonnich Thanks!

@MrPyromaster247

9 жыл бұрын

Tie Bei which plane are you referring too?? the spotter or the tank... because (going by the engine noise) the Smaller plane has a turboprop which arent exactly OLD tech and the DC10 that old either as far as I know anyway (I'm a Warbird guy I don't know much of Civilian Aviation)

@TheDuvalboy

9 жыл бұрын

Tie Bei Dude, some still use WW2 vintage aircraft as firefighting aircraft.

@jamesbaird1149

7 жыл бұрын

www.wingsmagazine.com/operations/bird-dogs-and-tankers-490

It looks like he completely missed the fire the first three times. I'm not a pilot but how is that the "most amazing"?!

@RuleofFive

10 жыл бұрын

DeWellstein That does make sense. Thanks.

@codyjames7426

10 жыл бұрын

DeWellstein the "Red stuff" is just dye so they can see where there dropping the water at. your welcome

@Bennyboy6993

10 жыл бұрын

They're preventing it from growing not putting it out the pilot knows what he/she is doing

@RobPostal

7 жыл бұрын

don't call him a retardant, it was just a question..

@ehsansayyad

7 жыл бұрын

lol

While in Spain some years ago I saw 3 or 4 Canadair planes skim over the bay to collect water and drop it on a bush fire to the north of us. People and boats were in the bay yet the pilots found a route among them to "load" up with water. Amazing flying!

The pink stuff your seeing is fire retardant, it’s basically fertiliser (urea) +colouring, it slows the advance of an oncoming fire. When you see them drop what looks like water it is 99% of the time a fire suppressant gel, primarily applied directly on top of the fire. I work with these guys+ pilots from Coulson and Conair they are incredibly professional and amazingly efficient, the work these planes put in daily is crazy and the engineers do well to keep each plane in perfect condition without the luxuries of extra engineers, equipment that the airlines have.

It's pretty cool to seen the small plane that flies in front of the DC-10 and signals where they must release the fire retardent

Best job in the world taking out wild fires with a DC-10 or being a Boeing test pilot and I miss the tri-jets when they were used in passenger services truly were something else!

I'm slightly obsessed with this plane... it's in Sydney now doing great work against our fires

A thing of beauty.... Outstanding pilots!!!

Awesome flying from a big old workhorse. We need a few of them in Australia right now.

@oliverwilson2227

4 жыл бұрын

we've been given one of these exact planes on loan from America to help

The people that are literally fighting the same fire even know how insane this is. Cameras out and all.

Currently watching this guy on the Grove Fire by our cabin in San Diego. Shittin' rocks. 😂

Great video! 👍

Love the DC10. Amazing machine.

Those are huge planes! Amazing pilots pulling those maneuvers.

The amount of phoschek that thing lays down is mind blowing. one single drop is like 3 or 4 regular drops.

This pilot is awesome great skills, thanks 🙏 for your service!