Los Angeles Fire Department Sky Crane Tanker Fire Helicopters - La Canada fire 2009

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Los Angeles Fire Department Sky Crane Tanker Fire Helicopters refilling in the Verdugo mountains while fighting the 2009 La Canada fire. August 27, 2009.

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@nyko461
@nyko461 13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for NOT adding music. It is great.
@4244-l7e
@4244-l7e 4 жыл бұрын
It is foolish to add music to such as these vidioes*
@RichieRouge206
@RichieRouge206 12 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! You can see the rotors taking the weight of the water as they fill up. Super close ups of the them too, especially the rotor heads
@bubbagreensmith7174
@bubbagreensmith7174 8 жыл бұрын
I built these for Erickson Air-Crane back in the 1980's they are a work horse!
@Gr8MistMichelle
@Gr8MistMichelle 15 жыл бұрын
Kind of like con Na Da. I live near these areas and went through several fires, I have nothing but praise for OUR firefighters. THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS!~
@johnmunz6780
@johnmunz6780 6 жыл бұрын
First of all LAFD doesn't own Skycranes. That's Erikson Helicopters out of Oregon on USFS call when needed contract for forest fire resource order to assist LAFD Second as a retired wildland firefighter it was a pleasure to work with these big birds on the fires I was assigned to across our beautiful country. Third for 2018 guys and gals be safe we don't need to lose anyone over an acre of forest or grassland. Remember the grass and trees grow back we don't.
@thefearlesskibaarka9642
@thefearlesskibaarka9642 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah John
@TheRealRedRooster
@TheRealRedRooster 5 жыл бұрын
Well, one of the helicopters gets leased from "the company formerly known as Erickson Air-Crane", now "Erickson Inc" (Central Point, Oregon) by the City of LA fire department, and one from the LA County FD. Both are stationed during that time at Van Nuys airport. A friend of mine is flying and being an instructor on those (Hi Kris!)
@barcrrt
@barcrrt 10 жыл бұрын
Thank God for the flight crews operating these awesome machines. They are true American heroes...
@muftihashim3398
@muftihashim3398 5 жыл бұрын
Mi
@grendelee
@grendelee 12 жыл бұрын
As the two helicopters gather water for their young, they take turns, probosces extended, in one of natures most beautiful ballets. Life is short for the Sky Crane Tanker Fire Helicopter, only living one month to mate and bring forth their young.
@skkader8204
@skkader8204 6 жыл бұрын
grendelee yg hi
@DrLumpyDMus
@DrLumpyDMus 11 ай бұрын
AIR Crane.
@heloaddicted
@heloaddicted 13 жыл бұрын
by far the best sky crane video I know!!
@maryuniverse79
@maryuniverse79 15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for share it, its soo terrible what is happening in this moment:(.
@jurrea
@jurrea 15 жыл бұрын
Cool vid....some of these copters actually can have a water canon mounted near the nose of the aircraft. Pretty amazing.
@enlighteningify
@enlighteningify 14 жыл бұрын
That was quite literally SPOT ON!
@WhallonJesse
@WhallonJesse 12 жыл бұрын
First helicopter made it look easy, so had to be a seasoned Skycrane pilot at the controls. Second helicopter had trouble especially at the start when he dumped water and took on new reserves. This stuff is so hard and requires so much focus and skill, it's what got me interested in becoming a helicopter pilot.
@schautamatic
@schautamatic 5 жыл бұрын
Seen a lot of that action over the Old Fire during the October 2003 wildfires. There’d been some pilot fatalities, too.
@screamscream0
@screamscream0 13 жыл бұрын
That helicopter saved lives of lots of people.
@jungle_jim42
@jungle_jim42 12 жыл бұрын
These actually belong to Erickson Air-Crane Inc as seen by their logo under the PIC's window and also by looking up the N-number. They're a great bunch of guys! Had the privilege to meet the crew in Custer, SD in 2011 during the summer fires. They only need 10" of water (or something of the sort) and will take on the full capacity in under a minute. I believe they're rated at 22,000 lbs capacity which is just under 2800 Gal of water! some very impressive machines that require a semi for fuel!
@maedanh
@maedanh 13 жыл бұрын
Very Nice!! These are leased every year by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
@TheAleschu
@TheAleschu 14 жыл бұрын
How nice! I love your video, nice and clean! No music, no nothing except the amazing sound of this monster
@cmanleyspy
@cmanleyspy 14 жыл бұрын
you're looking at some of the worlds greatest pilots
@OMGhowardtheduck
@OMGhowardtheduck 15 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I got to check one of these out at AirVenture in Oshkosh WI.
@DMFK1981
@DMFK1981 14 жыл бұрын
Damn! look at the blade coning @ 3:33 when they are full of water. These Chopper have a max gross weight of 75,000 lbs probably not even close to that with the water. Great quality video by the way. Wish they were all like this.
@BLT1940
@BLT1940 13 жыл бұрын
Finally...nice camera work! Especially 3:30 - looks like something from Thunderbirds.
@maximilianrotondi941
@maximilianrotondi941 4 жыл бұрын
This is my mom's favorite helicopter.
@duvdevanik
@duvdevanik 12 жыл бұрын
awesome footage!!! a real jewel!! thanks for sharing
@lottnio8207
@lottnio8207 4 жыл бұрын
It is quite something that a city's fire department have this kind of helicopter..!
@aztec1326
@aztec1326 15 жыл бұрын
This Helitanker is on contract with LA County Fire and there is one on Contract with LA City Fire. They have decals on the tailboom LACo & City. They're Own and operated by Erickson Air Crane located in Central Point, Oregon. Erickson has the Type Certificate for the Sikorsky S 64 E/F model which was bought from Sikorsky in 1992. There are only 35 out 100 that were made in operation. 10 of them were assigned to the Station fire. Google Erickson and get educated!
@tlarison88
@tlarison88 12 жыл бұрын
aw im gonna miss this, im a field mechanic on 218. sadly i have to switch to hangar life until my kids get older
@chafurdius
@chafurdius 11 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@notlawd1
@notlawd1 14 жыл бұрын
The impact from one of these dumping is powerful and dangerous. I am a firefighter and just escaped getting dumped on by a Chinook with a bucket (similar amount of water). It busted the top of a tree where we were sitting and broke the cover on my stihl chainsaw..
@Templehawk
@Templehawk 14 жыл бұрын
that's a big helicopter... nice vid
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@sasithonwongpachan3284 11 жыл бұрын
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@johnhintz4760
@johnhintz4760 10 жыл бұрын
These Were a Welcome Sight During the Fla Wildfires of 1998..I wish they had Them in Yellowstone in 88..We had Plenty of Tankers For Sure...i Think I saw a Wyoming Air National Guard converted KC-135 tanker...all the water in the world..B-)
@knaziringram4589
@knaziringram4589 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! That looks like some serious business right there!
@jjpp23
@jjpp23 14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing us that!! awesome!
@Johnny-zz1zv
@Johnny-zz1zv 9 жыл бұрын
What a beast.... Only one side of audio works tho..
@wcolby
@wcolby 9 жыл бұрын
John Marrero The photographer is using a professional camera. It has one microphone on the camera. You want a video shot with a telephone, that will give you what you think you want, the same sound from both speakers.
@Spotondl
@Spotondl 15 жыл бұрын
Actually, if you watch closely, the second helicopter approaches with it water bombay doors open. When they start pumping the water the water just falls back out the open bombay doors. I'm sure there was a quick discussion about something being wrong and you are seeing the recovery.
@smokum0
@smokum0 14 жыл бұрын
VERY nice video!!!
@MartyChristianSoldier
@MartyChristianSoldier 11 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I looked it up, but better late than never, thanks.
@Libelya
@Libelya 14 жыл бұрын
nice video
@firelensman
@firelensman 7 жыл бұрын
Looks like a "bouncy" ride to me, fun to watch...
@kingwithabrokencrown
@kingwithabrokencrown 14 жыл бұрын
wow i bet that was loud seeing that in person,it's beating my poor computer speakers to death just listening to it on them..
@IsaacOLEG
@IsaacOLEG 8 жыл бұрын
very delicate, and long ...bravo to the crew
@Marineinftry
@Marineinftry 15 жыл бұрын
I did my 133 training in Texas but never got a chance to do the fire fighting with the bambie bucket :-( looks awesome
@TheCottonTop
@TheCottonTop 13 жыл бұрын
God bless these guys!
@arf15beagle
@arf15beagle 11 жыл бұрын
Well, there were these two ol' helicopters and they hung their hoses down to the water to refill. One ol' helicopter from California, the other from California, too. The ol' helicopter from California says, "Boy, this water's cold", and the other ol' helicopter from California says, "Yeah, and it's deep too."
@CRYPTO-HN
@CRYPTO-HN 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful machines..
@wifiwaves
@wifiwaves 15 жыл бұрын
Nice work...!
@venturesagogo
@venturesagogo 13 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT FOOTAGE!! Amazing!!
@Sean-vi9cn
@Sean-vi9cn 11 жыл бұрын
Those guys are bad ass. They are increasing the weight as the fill up and they have to adjust the throttle to keep in level.
@11Airshow11
@11Airshow11 14 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Dude left his door open at 2:14 at as like WOAAA!!!
@mattyleebishop
@mattyleebishop 15 жыл бұрын
im a fire fighter in oz and we use theese aswell i will see if i can get a video of it droping water and a view of the cock pit we also have some other helicopter bomber i will be postin some vids with in the next week or so
@Spotondl
@Spotondl 15 жыл бұрын
You and I both... the smoke is insanely thick around here.
@sbd45acp
@sbd45acp 13 жыл бұрын
It reads "Ichabod " across the nose LOL! Great vid and thanks for the sound.
@Justwantahover
@Justwantahover 12 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a good idea. Sometimes people just don't think of it, or maybe they do, do it. See my ch for a chopper that is different (a few). I saw the thumbnail of this video and it looked like a bus, so now I'm going to put a video on of a chopper-bus design. lol A chopper with good suspension and four wheels and the rotor folds back (like the Osprey rotors). Tail rotor too (or enclosed). I also have a flying bike. And like the chopper-bus, the flying bike came from another thing that worked.
@Dragon21Studios
@Dragon21Studios 8 жыл бұрын
Those totally look like dragonflies!
@danielletuinstra6289
@danielletuinstra6289 7 жыл бұрын
Dragon21Studios kjjuk
@CL-zk2yg
@CL-zk2yg 6 жыл бұрын
Vary deformed dragonflies
@darthpervertous
@darthpervertous 13 жыл бұрын
If you can master the controls of a helicopter, you can fly anything made by man!!
@SuntJack
@SuntJack 14 жыл бұрын
though guys , I admire them
@kimmer6
@kimmer6 10 жыл бұрын
That's up at the end of Haines Canyon in Tujunga, Calif. My old stomping grounds.
@pygusso
@pygusso 12 жыл бұрын
I would say that this is during the STATION FIRE 2009 not the La Canada Fire. First was Ichabod a S64E model the second was Isabelle a S64F model
@pinwizz69
@pinwizz69 14 жыл бұрын
Still got my flt.suit and helmet from flying U.S.C.G. HH52a,s. Easily one of the hardest things you can possibly do is hover a helo. Over water AND taking on water has got to be a stone bitch to do. My helmets off to those pilots.
@carstenhansen5757
@carstenhansen5757 10 жыл бұрын
This is how Nemo 2 could start. :p
@nunungnurhasanah8553
@nunungnurhasanah8553 7 жыл бұрын
amazing 🎧🎧🎧
@vonmazur1
@vonmazur1 11 жыл бұрын
Flew them in the Army, the Ichabod is an A model and the other is a B model. One main wheel on each side versus two on each side...The B model can lift more than the A...
@matthewm04
@matthewm04 15 жыл бұрын
its in La Canada in Glendale.
@CyanoticFuture
@CyanoticFuture 14 жыл бұрын
@Choowbz Im not sure if a private lake owner can refuse to let the FD use his lake for water supply.I dont think he can as some emminent domain clause in emergencies probaly allows the FDs to use it
@dannydonuts4219
@dannydonuts4219 5 жыл бұрын
This sikorsky is a beast!!
@cnielsen123
@cnielsen123 14 жыл бұрын
@Moontrucker113 i think so. There aloud to do that to your backyard swimming pool too.
@mingemil
@mingemil 15 жыл бұрын
so the purpose of this is to make the fires big from all the wind it makes and extinguish the flames if too hot?
@MrJhonsanches
@MrJhonsanches 7 жыл бұрын
O cara é muito fera no pairado .
@carpetmonk
@carpetmonk 13 жыл бұрын
beyond amazing
@tiger2338
@tiger2338 10 жыл бұрын
Man that is one big chopper.
@douglasgee3427
@douglasgee3427 9 жыл бұрын
The first one is an E model, the second is an F model, looks like 2nd one had a fairly new pilot
@xpez
@xpez 15 жыл бұрын
they look like hornets getting something to drink on a pond
@glucia805
@glucia805 11 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. As far as I know no copter has gone down while drafting on a fire. Until recently tanks were the only way to do multiple drops from the same load. SEI now has a Bambi bucket that does so they are even in that aspect, but that is a very new thing. Buckets require a place dip deep enough to sink the bucket unless you put a pump on them. They also slow you down you cannot fly fast with them, they really mess with your COG and you have swinging weight especially the large size.
@gewizz2
@gewizz2 11 жыл бұрын
soooo much energy.
@matthewm04
@matthewm04 15 жыл бұрын
wow im so close to the fire i live on the other side of La Canada near glendale
@jellyboy123
@jellyboy123 12 жыл бұрын
i had one them when i was a kid but it was a toy version
@lostindiancamp
@lostindiancamp 13 жыл бұрын
It would be funny if that second helicopter soaked all those people watching.
@video_helicopter
@video_helicopter 14 жыл бұрын
SUPER
@cjlee11968
@cjlee11968 15 жыл бұрын
That's some skill
@BobABooey.
@BobABooey. 8 жыл бұрын
Those don't belong to L.A. City Fire, they belong to Erickson.
@Ayaki6166
@Ayaki6166 3 жыл бұрын
LAFD still use the Skycrane ?
@coc7711
@coc7711 8 жыл бұрын
looks like the second sikorsky pilot struggled so much,they forgot to close the door of their water tank .
@ggurks
@ggurks 8 жыл бұрын
He just emptied the tank before refuelling it again. It's an exercise
@ebrahimkhan4415
@ebrahimkhan4415 6 жыл бұрын
7
@BaconNEggz
@BaconNEggz 15 жыл бұрын
I can't even step outside without choking on the damn smoke-infected air. I'll surely get lung cancer in the next day or so from all the smoke lol.
@AtheistKiwi
@AtheistKiwi 13 жыл бұрын
You would not want anything to go wrong when doing this!
@52Fire
@52Fire 15 жыл бұрын
cool either way
@KarlNerman
@KarlNerman 14 жыл бұрын
@MyCarla27 Oh yeah that is something special!
@Zpe3ddyGonzalexx
@Zpe3ddyGonzalexx 11 жыл бұрын
i saw the sky crane on the la verne airport the one locate on the fairway where they have the pomona fair
@glucia805
@glucia805 11 жыл бұрын
You also have a hanging object that can get caught on something. Tanks have the options of landing at any helispot and getting filled, buckets have to have a dip tank set up. Finally and why you don't see buckets hanging off of copters in Socal, is a tank can't fall off or be dropped on accident. A 22,000lbs bucket falling from the sky is bad, epscially in urban areas. In many place you are not allowed to use them in populated areas.
@javohirbek6576
@javohirbek6576 2 жыл бұрын
Salom d
@ВороновВасилий-е5п
@ВороновВасилий-е5п 4 жыл бұрын
Супер!!!!!
@wastedtubers
@wastedtubers 15 жыл бұрын
la canada is los angeles county fire, not LAFD. they do not own the sky crane tankers. they are private.
@MurryKatz
@MurryKatz 13 жыл бұрын
That is not an LAFD copter, that is an Ericson Air Crane copter.
@jdgator95
@jdgator95 15 жыл бұрын
mad skills
@7nordic
@7nordic 11 жыл бұрын
To hover one ofthes emighty large chopers takes SKILLLL. May God bless the men who fllew these cpable and impressive helicopters They birng protection tio the people if California and then Australia each year These ex military Skycranes bring protection ti people in cali and Quensland in Australia each year...
@hopperschoppers
@hopperschoppers 15 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, i think the second Sky crane forgot that the water dispenser thing was still open on the belly tanker, then he tried to fly away and was like shit im empty.... But he might just be flushing out dirt or something...
@jerdeb4evr
@jerdeb4evr 15 жыл бұрын
Do they have the use of an AWACS.
@1wickedfireman3
@1wickedfireman3 15 жыл бұрын
These sky cranes make my job alot easier.
@ZEZERBING
@ZEZERBING 10 жыл бұрын
Those things are hung like a horse!!
@firelensman
@firelensman 7 жыл бұрын
You think?
@gameoverritha5384
@gameoverritha5384 6 жыл бұрын
I feel bad that LA is on 🔥
@garylee3229
@garylee3229 5 жыл бұрын
Oh Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
@hewickh
@hewickh 6 жыл бұрын
good
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