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

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

[@nyko461]

Thanks for NOT adding music. It is great.

[@4244-l7e]

It is foolish to add music to such as these vidioes*

[@RichieRouge206]

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]

I built these for Erickson Air-Crane back in the 1980's they are a work horse!

[@Gr8MistMichelle]

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]

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]

Yeah John

[@TheRealRedRooster]

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]

Thank God for the flight crews operating these awesome machines. They are true American heroes...

[@muftihashim3398]

Mi

[@grendelee]

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]

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[@DrLumpyDMus]

AIR Crane.

[@heloaddicted]

by far the best sky crane video I know!!

[@maryuniverse79]

Thanks for share it, its soo terrible what is happening in this moment:(.

[@jurrea]

Cool vid....some of these copters actually can have a water canon mounted near the nose of the aircraft. Pretty amazing.

[@enlighteningify]

That was quite literally SPOT ON!

[@WhallonJesse]

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]

Seen a lot of that action over the Old Fire during the October 2003 wildfires. There’d been some pilot fatalities, too.

[@screamscream0]

That helicopter saved lives of lots of people.

[@jungle_jim42]

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]

Very Nice!! These are leased every year by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

[@TheAleschu]

How nice! I love your video, nice and clean! No music, no nothing except the amazing sound of this monster

[@cmanleyspy]

you're looking at some of the worlds greatest pilots

[@OMGhowardtheduck]

Very cool. I got to check one of these out at AirVenture in Oshkosh WI.

[@DMFK1981]

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]

Finally...nice camera work! Especially 3:30 - looks like something from Thunderbirds.

[@maximilianrotondi941]

This is my mom's favorite helicopter.

[@duvdevanik]

awesome footage!!! a real jewel!! thanks for sharing

[@lottnio8207]

It is quite something that a city's fire department have this kind of helicopter..!

[@aztec1326]

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]

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]

Very nice!

[@notlawd1]

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]

that's a big helicopter... nice vid

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[@johnhintz4760]

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]

Wow! That looks like some serious business right there!

[@jjpp23]

Thanks for showing us that!! awesome!

[@Johnny-zz1zv]

What a beast.... Only one side of audio works tho..

[@wcolby]

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]

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]

VERY nice video!!!

[@MartyChristianSoldier]

Yeah, I looked it up, but better late than never, thanks.

[@Libelya]

nice video

[@firelensman]

Looks like a "bouncy" ride to me, fun to watch...

[@kingwithabrokencrown]

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]

very delicate, and long ...bravo to the crew

[@Marineinftry]

I did my 133 training in Texas but never got a chance to do the fire fighting with the bambie bucket :-( looks awesome

[@TheCottonTop]

God bless these guys!

[@arf15beagle]

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]

Beautiful machines..

[@wifiwaves]

Nice work...!

[@venturesagogo]

EXCELLENT FOOTAGE!! Amazing!!

[@Sean-vi9cn]

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]

Awesome! Dude left his door open at 2:14 at as like WOAAA!!!

[@mattyleebishop]

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]

You and I both... the smoke is insanely thick around here.

[@sbd45acp]

It reads "Ichabod " across the nose LOL! Great vid and thanks for the sound.

[@Justwantahover]

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]

Those totally look like dragonflies!

[@danielletuinstra6289]

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[@CL-zk2yg]

Vary deformed dragonflies

[@darthpervertous]

If you can master the controls of a helicopter, you can fly anything made by man!!

[@SuntJack]

though guys , I admire them

[@kimmer6]

That's up at the end of Haines Canyon in Tujunga, Calif. My old stomping grounds.

[@pygusso]

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]

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]

This is how Nemo 2 could start. :p

[@nunungnurhasanah8553]

amazing 🎧🎧🎧

[@vonmazur1]

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]

its in La Canada in Glendale.

[@CyanoticFuture]

@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]

This sikorsky is a beast!!

[@cnielsen123]

@Moontrucker113 i think so. There aloud to do that to your backyard swimming pool too.

[@mingemil]

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]

O cara é muito fera no pairado .

[@carpetmonk]

beyond amazing

[@tiger2338]

Man that is one big chopper.

[@douglasgee3427]

The first one is an E model, the second is an F model, looks like 2nd one had a fairly new pilot

[@xpez]

they look like hornets getting something to drink on a pond

[@glucia805]

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]

soooo much energy.

[@matthewm04]

wow im so close to the fire i live on the other side of La Canada near glendale

[@jellyboy123]

i had one them when i was a kid but it was a toy version

[@lostindiancamp]

It would be funny if that second helicopter soaked all those people watching.

[@video_helicopter]

SUPER

[@cjlee11968]

That's some skill

[@BobABooey.]

Those don't belong to L.A. City Fire, they belong to Erickson.

[@Ayaki6166]

LAFD still use the Skycrane ?

[@coc7711]

looks like the second sikorsky pilot struggled so much,they forgot to close the door of their water tank .

[@ggurks]

He just emptied the tank before refuelling it again. It's an exercise

[@ebrahimkhan4415]

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[@BaconNEggz]

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]

You would not want anything to go wrong when doing this!

[@52Fire]

cool either way

[@KarlNerman]

@MyCarla27 Oh yeah that is something special!

[@Zpe3ddyGonzalexx]

i saw the sky crane on the la verne airport the one locate on the fairway where they have the pomona fair

[@glucia805]

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]

Salom d

[@ВороновВасилий-е5п]

Супер!!!!!

[@wastedtubers]

la canada is los angeles county fire, not LAFD. they do not own the sky crane tankers. they are private.

[@MurryKatz]

That is not an LAFD copter, that is an Ericson Air Crane copter.

[@jdgator95]

mad skills

[@7nordic]

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]

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]

Do they have the use of an AWACS.

[@1wickedfireman3]

These sky cranes make my job alot easier.

[@ZEZERBING]

Those things are hung like a horse!!

[@firelensman]

You think?

[@gameoverritha5384]

I feel bad that LA is on 🔥

[@garylee3229]

Oh Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@hewickh]

good