There is a Large Brush Fire Active Right now

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 29th, 2012, 16:36

theres a Large Fire Here now I Just was taking photos of the aircrafts and fire its pretty nasty they have four Hueys!! here maybe more with the smoke in the Air making my eyes burn

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 29th, 2012, 17:26

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 29th, 2012, 17:33

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 29th, 2012, 17:35

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 29th, 2012, 17:38

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 29th, 2012, 19:28

Fire is out! All Hueys Gone home

***Daveroo*** · June 30th, 2012, 06:52

looks like it was pretty close to home,nice shots once again...hope you dont mind,but im using the shot of T83 as a wallpaper...great shot...

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 30th, 2012, 07:12

no worrys Happy The fired done with Only Thing now is the left over smoke in the air is killing my Allergies This Morning They still have Fire Crews watching over the Fire This morning they are on CDF TAC 12 it was amazing to see so Many Hueys working as a Team Yesterday afternoon i have a Video i can Post Though Cant Put it Youtube attach deal dont work ill just Post a Link

**Cirrus N210MS** · June 30th, 2012, 07:14

Originally Posted by Cirrus N210MS

no worrys Happy The fired done with Only Thing now is the left over smoke in the air is killing my Allergies This Morning They still have Fire Crews watching over the Fire This morning they are on CDF TAC 12 it was amazing to see so Many Hueys working as a Team Yesterday afternoon i have a Video i can Post Though Cant Put it Youtube attach deal dont work ill just Post a Link

[YOUTUBE]esIVZEP1QpU[/YOUTUBE]

(recorded in 10:80P HD ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esIVZEP1QpU

***Daveroo*** · June 30th, 2012, 08:29

cool..thanks

***Dangerousdave26*** · June 30th, 2012, 13:35

Glad that one got put out

If that happens again remember to stop snapping the pictures in time to get the Heck out of there before you end up

Stay safe and thanks those are cool shots.

**airattackimages** · July 3rd, 2012, 06:41

Yep, the UH-1Hs (and the 210) all flying together made me wonder if I was going to start hearing Ride of the Valkyries. I've been going to fires for a long time, but that was the most efficient copter train I'd seen.

Some of my shots from the left flank:

Tanker 72 structure protection Byron Lane by airattackimages.com, on Flickr

Copter 901 by airattackimages.com, on Flickr

Columbia Air Attack Tanker 83 by airattackimages.com, on Flickr

Paso Robles Air Attack Tanker 74 by airattackimages.com, on Flickr

Tanker 71 by airattackimages.com, on Flickr

Tanker 74 by airattackimages.com, on Flickr

***Daveroo*** · July 3rd, 2012, 08:20

nice pics,did they do some repaints this past winter?..i dont remember so much lettering,atleast T88 and T89 dont have it,,,or i should say,didnt last summer

**airattackimages** · July 3rd, 2012, 09:30

Originally Posted by Daveroo

nice pics,did they do some repaints this past winter?..i dont remember so much lettering,atleast T88 and T89 dont have it,,,or i should say,didnt last summer

Yep, they've been slowly painting them in pairs over the past 2 seasons. First 70 and 71 (Ramona) then 82 and 83 (Columbia) and funny you mention it... 88 and 89 at Grass Valley got painted in the new scheme this winter. What you see on Tanker 83 in those pics is the new scheme. Kinda cartoonish, but grows on you eventually.

On the old paint job, they went and made the tanker number on top of the right wing larger. (like you see in that last photo).

***Daveroo*** · July 3rd, 2012, 10:15

i dont know..but maybe the "cartoonishness" of the new paint is what i like..i really like the way T83 looks,i havent gotten to see 88 or 89 up close yet this season,they have either passed me to the east over the river,or farther west,more over linclon,than auburn,they used to pass right over my house if enroute to say a fire in eastern sacramento,or western eldorado counties,they would over fly the airport at whatever the safe altitude is,over my house and then over lake tahoe when out-bound from GV,when in bound,they were farther east,,,listening to "Hoser",he would have them do a "race track " pattern,this may not make sense,,but he says..port wing "to the fire",so you are allways turning left.