Most Amazing Pilot DC-10 Tanker 911 at the Powerhouse Wildfire Fire

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The 10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10 "Tanker 911" in action at the Powerhouse brush fire on June 2, 2013. Tanker 911 makes four consecutive Phoschek drops on one tank, painting a line of fire retardant ahead of the fire. Oh, and TURN UP YOUR VOLUME!
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The DC-10 Air Tanker is an American wide-body jet air tanker, which has been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006.[1] The aircraft, operated by the joint technical venture 10 Tanker Air Carrier, is a converted McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner, and is primarily used to fight wildfires, typically in rural areas. The turbofan-powered aircraft carries up to 12,000 US gallons (45,000 liters) of water or fire retardant in an exterior belly-mounted tank, the contents of which can be released in eight seconds. Two air tankers are currently in operation, with the call-signs Tanker 910 and Tanker 911.
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@scooterdave31 8 лет назад

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

@bluereaper6.472 7 лет назад

he is in there like hold my beer and watch this

@randynichols9742 7 лет назад

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

@squach6239 7 лет назад

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

@yungtaera324 7 лет назад

scooterdave31 .

@AnonymousOtters 7 лет назад

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.

@benjicodis 4 года назад

That pilot probably had every alarm going off in the cockpit

@CMDRFandragon 4 года назад

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

@eagleeyez1280 4 года назад

CMDRFandragon master caution!!

@martimnunesmartinho6788 4 года назад

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

@johncholmes643 4 года назад

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

@brock6286 4 года назад

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

@quillmaurer6563 4 года назад

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 года назад

Quill Maurer well said 👍👍👍

@willglass2819 4 года назад

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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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 3 года назад

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

@CaitlynYoung1 10 лет назад

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

@wyomingadventures 5 лет назад

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

@justanotherasian4395 4 года назад

Imagine doing that with the California fire 747.

@casualbird7671 4 года назад

Those big beasts are surprisingly responsive and maneuverable

@russella7263 3 года назад

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

@fureversalty 3 года назад

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

@PatrickWagz 7 лет назад

"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 года назад

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

@DavidLopez-mn3bb 3 года назад

AWSOME COMMENT 👍👍👍👍❤❤

@PatrickWagz 3 года назад

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

@ImagineWagonss 3 года назад

120 feet😂😂💀💀

@redbluesome2829 3 года назад

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.

@ElementofKindness 6 лет назад

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

@Mr-Patate87 4 года назад

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

@dat_squirrell_bish 4 года назад

Element of Kindness right you are, Fluttershy

@ctangkau 4 года назад

and da Vinci

@stephensmith799 3 года назад

Great comment!!!!!

@kyllo8497 3 года назад

@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.

@BobPruett 8 лет назад

Tell me he doesn't love his job!

@fazerainscat6483 8 лет назад

Would be so cool.

@fumonisinaocratoxina8629 7 лет назад

He doesn't love his job!

@neyberto2455 6 лет назад

Bob Pruett he hate it

@Nxskll 6 лет назад

Bob Pruett I'm scared of flying a plane

@vargskelethorssoh 6 лет назад

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

@lekoman 8 лет назад

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

@hippopotamus86 8 лет назад

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

@nickschooler8971 8 лет назад

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

@bearbryant3495 8 лет назад

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

@hippopotamus86 8 лет назад

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

@Scholar4777 6 лет назад

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

@LibertyFirst1789 10 лет назад

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

@fredricbethune7803 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@fredricbethune7803 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@chargerfan2 3 года назад

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.

@theoneeasyreg680 3 года назад

Man that DC10 sounds incredible

@pajeeper420 4 года назад

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

@CWINDOWSsystem32 3 года назад

"Too low - gear."

@mikevonkleist6767 6 лет назад

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.

@Lorijenken 3 года назад

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

@Misha-dr9rh 3 года назад

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

@RJM1011 10 лет назад

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

@davidca96 4 года назад

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.

@MrShiffles 3 года назад

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!

@MitchandDProductions 2 года назад

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.

@jayhickey5012 3 года назад

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

@ogre867 4 года назад

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

@tomlongshore5464 4 года назад

Well played.

@omaopa6923 3 года назад

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

@PatrickWagz 3 года назад

It's a girl!!

@TonyWud 3 года назад

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

@ChevyLaxMan 3 года назад

@@TonyWud proving that life is a comedy!

@AceSeptre 7 лет назад

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.

@StrongEnough78 6 лет назад

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

@stephaniedejesus5704 3 года назад

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

@Erics5th 10 лет назад

Love seeing airliners being pushed to the edge.

@ryanforresterrenaissancesa4204 8 лет назад

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

@rick7884 3 года назад

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

@wisdomSP 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@filonin2 2 года назад

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

@lemob182 4 года назад

The DC-10 is an absolute beaut.

@markskifairer5756 10 лет назад

That was WICKED AWESOME!!!! THANKS.

@khaledkhan1741 3 года назад

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

@craigpennington1251 2 года назад

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

@Solorider551 10 лет назад

Those dudes know how to fly a plane. Respect!

@DullesPlaneSpotter 7 лет назад

This would be incredible to watch in person!

@bradw6413 3 года назад

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

@jp8fuelman 8 лет назад

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

@IMXTAL 4 года назад

RU-vid recommendation did it again ❤️

@lunchbox90 3 года назад

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

@ObamaoZedong 3 года назад

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

@alexheckman6776 3 года назад

Too bad there’s only 1 in existence.

@bindig1 3 года назад

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

@Epck 3 года назад

Plus unladed it is one fast boi :)

@Savage_9009 7 лет назад

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

@jamesclaytor1946 8 лет назад

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

@ethanboyd7843 3 года назад

Good to see a Tri-Jet still at it!

@MDDeGrande1994 3 года назад

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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@MDDeGrande1994 Thinking rockets maybe?

@MDDeGrande1994 3 года назад

@@ethanboyd7843 No

@MDDeGrande1994 3 года назад

@@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.

@Phoenix8492 3 года назад

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

@donkoltz1 2 года назад

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

@jaardesign 8 лет назад

Does the smaller plane guide the big guy in?

@Firehydrant1051 8 лет назад

+jaardesign Yes.

@jaardesign 8 лет назад

+Edward Walden Cool. Thanks!

@lowanfast 8 лет назад

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

@marshallallensmith 7 лет назад

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 6 лет назад

yes

@millieatr 7 лет назад

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

@tmoney5036 6 лет назад

brad fiser damn straight

@melindarojo2198 5 лет назад

Ruin

@xferretz9406 5 лет назад

Lmao

@mine098able 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@stephensmith799 3 года назад

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

@JimmyDoresHairDye 10 месяцев назад

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

@flyer737sw 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

600+ built, both of them.

@butthurt8 6 лет назад

Shame that Boeing bought dc out.

@Kay_213_ 6 лет назад

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 года назад

Wthas is souls?

@SuperGuldgossen 9 лет назад

wow that is so awsome

@ejicon3099 7 лет назад

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.

@allanmanley6340 3 года назад

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!

@davidsquall351 8 лет назад

badass pilots

@trucosdecocina 7 лет назад

that is cool

@lucaw2044 3 года назад

words of a wise man

@ryansullivan4035 3 года назад

Das is cool

@lucaw2044 3 года назад

ryan sullivan das ist kuhl?

@ryansullivan4035 3 года назад

@@lucaw2044 yes das is cool

@lucaw2044 3 года назад

ryan sullivan deutsch?

@natep0611 5 лет назад

THESE PILOTS ARE AMAZING!!

@Jukelikesgames 5 лет назад

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

@noezzi 10 лет назад

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 года назад

Do not wish, only do.

@JohnnyPolasik 9 лет назад

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

@afunkybandit 7 лет назад

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

@AnOriginalYouTuber 6 лет назад

Those are huge planes! Amazing pilots pulling those maneuvers.

@buddyhawk8300 8 лет назад

what's the little plane for? guide plane?

@errhka 7 лет назад

every little bit counts

@ericpeck3180 7 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@complexitybeats6790 10 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@lookoutman1970 8 лет назад

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 лет назад

lookoutman1970 This guy got it correct!

@glennthunderer1685 2 года назад

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

@bindig1 8 лет назад

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

@squach6239 7 лет назад

+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!

@MakeSushi1 7 лет назад

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

@mountjoy23 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

He was do his job one way or there

@sapphire_moon781 6 лет назад

It's the way how they built the air tanker

@curtisc6768 6 лет назад

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

@johnryan4745 6 лет назад

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

@Norwegian733 8 лет назад

Pilot is on fire -.-

@jimtryner9474 4 года назад

That was awesome !! I remember living in California and watching the old smaller planes drop onto the fires. Her in Pennsylvania I’ve never seen that

@sobelou 9 лет назад

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!

@zbudda 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@sawspitfire422 3 года назад

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

@sawspitfire422 3 года назад

@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 года назад

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 года назад

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

@jeffln5581 5 лет назад

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 года назад

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.

@klcpca 8 лет назад

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

@NContreras78 3 года назад

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!

@craigdurlingphoto 10 лет назад

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 RU-vid 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 лет назад

good one rick

@SpeedStrengthJames 9 лет назад

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

@Kllrkrtt309 9 лет назад

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 года назад

Guess he didn’t listen...

@SimonKinsingerMountainReigns 10 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@squach6239 7 лет назад

+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 лет назад

Makes sense to me.

@Kay_213_ 6 лет назад

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

@AndyCutright 3 года назад

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.

@michaelbayne2083 7 лет назад

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.

@MannyG88yo 7 лет назад

why is it red?

@shreddder999 3 года назад

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

@brucesedgwick1268 7 лет назад

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

@RealCadde 7 лет назад

_On the count of_

@Scazoid 6 лет назад

@Skip its douglas co.-10

@Kay_213_ 6 лет назад

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

@TheRawr0Rawr0Rawr 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@TheRawr0Rawr0Rawr 3 года назад

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

@mmatthews61687 3 года назад

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

@TheRawr0Rawr0Rawr 3 года назад

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

@thatonethattalksalot7656 5 лет назад

Those engines be screaming with powerful forces!

@Thelilmousethatcould 7 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

Stupid idea

@RealCadde 7 лет назад

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 лет назад

Cadde what about plane like a skyraider

@RealCadde 7 лет назад

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.

@tiebei2548 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@tiebei2548 9 лет назад

oregonnich Thanks!

@MrPyromaster247 9 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@jamesbaird1149 7 лет назад

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

@skyking6989 2 года назад

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

@RayDGoodwin 3 месяца назад

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!

@777SFINN777 3 года назад

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

@RuleofFive 10 лет назад

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 лет назад

DeWellstein That does make sense. Thanks.

@codyjames7426 10 лет назад

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

@Bennyboy6993 10 лет назад

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

@RobPostal 7 лет назад

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

@ehsansayyad 7 лет назад

lol

@TIMCOWBOY1971 4 года назад

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

@Davivd2 6 лет назад

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.

@redhotchilipapa5388 3 года назад

Love the DC10. Amazing machine.

@sergeantseven4240 2 года назад

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

@bbingtube 3 года назад

Oh wow , first plane draws the deck for DC 10 to visual . Amazing

@notursocialguy79 2 года назад

Deep admiration towards you gentlemen 🙏🏽

@campbellslee6773 4 года назад

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

@oliverwilson2227 4 года назад

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

@TYLERNAVYGUY 3 года назад

Hell Yeah! DO a Barrell row while you at it! God bless those crews.

@ohsosmooth01 3 года назад

Thats amazing, I had no idea they used DC10s.

@ralphm4132 2 года назад

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

@jewelwalker1546 3 года назад

It was amazing seeing the fire planes parked at the airport!

@joeypoppyseed 3 года назад

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

@LanceWinslow 10 лет назад

Wow, that is pretty impressive, massive payload drop.

@countessofgroan9014 7 лет назад

The DC-10: anyone my age (50s) knows this was an aircraft that was much maligned during its 1970's pax days (because of its cargo door, alas). But to fly, pilots loved it. So I think its wonderful how it is now showing what a great piece of engineering it really is - and doing so whilst saving lives.