For your viewing pleasure, three videos of three different Boeing Veritol Helicopters: start-up and take-off (Shawn Adams), bucket work over a wildfire (HD Aviation), and landing (from HD Aviation). Note the helicopter you see in the start-up and takeoff video is not the same helicopter shown in the bucket work and landing videos. The bucket work video is about nine minutes long, the other two videos are between two and three and a half minutes.
In memory of my friend Matt who loved all things helicopters.
Start-up and takeoff
Direct link to video from Shawn Adams
Bucket work (C-FHCN) over Sitkum Creek Wildfire, British Columbia Canada, summer of 2015
Direct link to video from HD Aviation
Approach and landing (C-FHCN) after working the Sitkum Creek Wildfire
Direct link to video from HD Aviation
I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
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