Random Ramblings: Aerial Wildland Firefighting

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.

Monday, November 15, 2021

LA County CH-47 Helitanker landing

Thanks to my friends at NJFFS Section B10 who share great wildfire videos on a daily and weekly basis. The video that I will be sharing with you is one that they shared in their videos of the week sometime last August. A very nice video from Ed Whisenant Aviation of an LA County CH-47 Chinook Helitanker from Coulson. I don't know about you, but I love watching helicopters and helitankers. I only saw a CH-47 live and in person, so to speak, about four years ago when a pilot friend took me flying and we saw one in the air from a safe distance. That was pretty cool. Perhaps one day, I will be able to get closer to one on the ground. In the meantime, I enjoyed this video and I hope you will as well.