A Thrilling Flight on Aerial Firefighting Antonov An-32

I was in Dalaman, Turkey last week to fly inside an Antonov An-32P "Fire Killer". The pilot and crew demonstrated how aerial firefighting works.
The Antonov An-32P has 2 large and powerful Ivchenko Progress AI-20DM turboprop engines and can hold 8,000 Litres of water, contained in 2 external tanks. We departed Dalaman Airport on a training flight. The pilot released the water just 40 meters over the target. It was a precision operation to release the water. Dropping water too high above the target would have resulted in water evaporations. The An-32 did some excellent maneuvering during the flight. It was loud and very hot inside the cargo hold.
After the flight, pilot Arytem explained the challenges and dangerous nature of aerial firefighting operations. Thanks to company XENA for providing access.

[@PilotBlogDenys]

Antonov-32 is very powerful. Basically it is a deep modernization of Antonov-26 with superb engines AI-20 (that are installed on Antonov-12). That makes power/weight ratio one of the best for turboprop airplanes. Antonov-32 mostly used in military.

[@darkoblox9907]

First comment

[@b777xralph]

Hi i am a fan

[@smartycummins2500]

@@darkoblox9907 no I was first comment

[@testpilot1985]

not the same an12, in An-32 AI-20D more powerfull that AI-20M in An-12

[@PilotBlogDenys]

@@testpilot1985 Cool. I didn't know that!

[@MadeiraAirport]

Those pilots deserve everything, what a job they do, and how fantastic is the Antonov 32P. Fantastic the cameras catching the shower :)

[@SamChui]

Thank you for the comment. I couldn't agree more. Lot of precision planning and executions are required on these aerial fire fighting ops.

[@TareqAv10]

@@SamChui true

[@PilotBlogDenys]

Very cool 👍 Glad that Sam continue to film Antonov airplanes 🇺🇦. Awesome video ❤️✈️

[@NikolaiUA]

"Designed by Antonov in Kyiv."

[@stolas393]

They are Soviet, but ok.

[@NikolaiUA]

@@stolas393 what do you mean by "but"? I mean, what's the point of your comment?! No one above said they are or aren't Soviet. And end of the day, how is it that important whether they are soviet or not? Antonov is a Kyiv design bureau, it changed countries, also, the planes are registered to Ukraine now, what's the point of pinpointing "soviet"? I mean, there are soo many comments about this, as if it is of top importance to note that the planes were designed during a dead country era and not some other time period.

[@stolas393]

@@NikolaiUA так дружок, это Советский самолёт вы можете орать сколько влезет, но от этого он более или менее украинским не станет)

[@stolas393]

@@NikolaiUA извини, но по твоей логике Ил-76, Ил-62, Ил-18. Ту-104/-114/-124/-134/-144/-154 и уйма других самолётов это русские самолёты. Так что, Мікола, не сердчай)

[@gorkemgorgec3837]

Thank you for pay attention fires in Turkey. You are always best Sam greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷

[@adilkhory9960]

Excellent production, Sam. Right on the button and interesting. Thanks.

[@lachlanmcmahon6070]

Great to see the air firefighters and the Fire killer. love the vid Sam keep up the great work

[@user-vd8dp8xe5o]

Это настоящие лётчики. Лётчики с большой буквы Это не компьютерные операторы боингов и аэрбасов , которые не умеют летать без бортового компьютера. Браво мужики. 👍👍👍

[@ozkanturan3059]

I live in this region of Turkey and unfortunately there are a lots of wood fires every year :( . We see a lots of fire fight planes en helicopters it's very impressive to see how they take the water out of the sea and drop the on de fire. beriev be-200 is also a awesome plane to see very powerfull. Nice video i like you're channel very much Sam thank you.

[@matthiashaenni]

The rescue comes from the air! Aviation is saving forests! Great report. 👍✈

[@funnyyylock]

Looks Dangerous! Glad you made it Sam. Awesome video!

[@lindahart6049]

All respect for those who pilot planes and helicopters to fight wildfires. Here in the Western US we use a lot of helicopters for water drops. It is dangerous work no matter where in the world they work.

[@Victor-gm9np]

These guys are doing a great job! Amazing

[@bennytdi]

Thanks for Posting! I'm a Firefighter here in the States. Definitely interesting seeing how they do it in other Countries!

[@pranavsriram1361]

I see this aircraft everyday. I live near HAL in Bangalore. They do training sorties. They belong to IAF. The sound of the engine is super.

[@SamChui]

Indeed, IAF is the big driving force to build An-32. For short field, dirt strip and high altitude ops

[@bainaborrokannago6517]

Lions roar, nothing less.

[@bittoochatterjee2661]

As an Indian Air Force Officer 1963 - 1993. Was commissioned in the year 1963 My dad used to fly in these IAF Transport Aircrafts Dakota, Packet, Caribou, An 12, Avro, AN 32 IL 76 and as his son saw him flying from most of IAF flying stations situated in India during that Time Period. My eldest Mama Eldest brother joined the Indian Air Force in the year 1946 RIAF, Royal Indian Air Force as an Pilot officer in the Flying Branch Transport 2nd elder Brother was commissioned as an officer in the Indian Air force the year 1953 was one of India's leading Para Jumping Instructors at Indian Air Force Station Agra in the 60"s - 1975. 4th elder brother was from the 1St Course Of NDA Selected in NDA 1954 Passed out in the year 1956 or 1957, as far my memory goes was commissioned in the year 1958 in the flying Branch Fighters. My eldest Mama in the year 1961 as an Wing Commander led the first Indian Air Force team to land at the Worlds Highest Air Field of Indian Air Force DAULAT BEG OLDI along with the then AOC - IN - C Western Air Command, Vice Chief of Indian Air Force Air Vice Marshal Erlic Wilmot Pinto, Squadron Leader Raja who later retired as Air Marshal in 1982 under the guidance of then Chief of Air staff Air Marshal Aspy Engineer . Unfortunately Mama died as in a Air crash in the year of 1962 involving an IAF Dakota flying from Barrackpore to New Delhi over Aligarh. he was Group Captain at the time of his death.

[@sourishaviation]

great video Sam I was waiting for this video as you said about this in the Kabul airlift video 😀👍👏👏☺🛫🔥🔥

[@ibubin]

Good job of crew! Amazing video!

[@someonee3186]

I’ve never seen an antonov 32 in flight, very interesting Sam.

[@azyanziyad1291]

Your videos are incredible Love from Maldives

[@totem168]

They are a great firefighter but also crazy pilot and crews. What ever it is, they risk their lives for others! Respect!

[@theobrattinga500]

Great video !!

[@OldCarsAreFun]

Great video, keep doing what you do Sam!

[@sunainakatake3343]

Best AVIATION VIDS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Love from India

[@defenceindia2531]

Agree

[@vijayakumar576]

Indians like here

[@Adriatic1290]

This is the most amazing video I've ever seen. Love the AN-32P. Please do more fire fighting planes

[@SamChui]

We were allowed on this training flight, it is difficult to come on the actual flight as crew will only focus on flying mission.

[@Adriatic1290]

@@SamChui makes sense. My dad flies the L-188 ELECTRA for firefighting in canada. I was able to go with him on a small fire

[@patrickmiskelly5913]

Great video Sam!

[@Bad_Karma1968]

Sam as always a fantastic vlog !

[@shyamalakumar4049]

Love these Aviation videos. Keep it up.

[@MidnightEagle7860]

Epic video!

[@paulsky54]

Great Video

[@nolimsplayz4744]

Love ur vids man!!!

[@TareqAv10]

Very lucky to be on that beautifull plane nice vlog sam!

[@bernzful]

Woooo! Amazing content

[@mertozcan88]

Welcome Turkey Sam.. Thank you all people help us big fire in Turkey..

[@jerrycoon3369]

Those were some big props! wow

[@lutomson3496]

there have been many twin engine fire aircraft over the years currently the C-27 does a great job when configured as does the c-130 nice video and a fairly reliable and cheap plane to get the job done nice work!

[@hilmardijkstra2346]

Great video about a great plane with hard working crew. It can not get better.

[@Shorts88898]

Keep up the awesome videos SAM. Am your number one fan in Singapore. Stay safe and stay healthy as well 2021/ 2022

[@jemboemicarandayo8462]

Omg Mr. Sam , the best aviation Ever congrats . Mwah Bambi from Philippines

[@lawrencebestpsychology]

Life is a collection of moments each moment have a different meaning some moment are very special there are few moments that you don’t wanna remember. This video is special and I wanna remember.

[@abdikadirabdullahi3831]

great job

[@ralphvanthoff]

Dalaman DLM! Flown in and out of there dozens of times. Great part of Turkey.

[@newacount3217]

Amazing video..wow

[@edmilsonsoares3105]

Thank you, Sam for share this video with us. What still is lacking for you? Well,..... to perform a voyage for the 🚀 space.

[@CinematicFlights]

Thats some serious stuff going on there .... 👍👍👍

[@RaspySquares]

This is awesome

[@Whisperjet344]

I love your videos and your blogs Keep it up Sam, Those pilots deserved it

[@jimross898]

You would enjoy the tanker bases in Canada in summer. Many different types of planes. The Canadair CL-215/415, AT-802F, Convair CV580, Dash8-400, Avro RJ85 AT, Electra. There's an old Martin Mars tanker floating in a lake on Vancouver Island. Not to mention all the heavy lift helicopters that are usually used for heli-logging. Like an airshow you don't want to see but can't stop watching.

[@Shabab522]

Lots of love from Bangladesh 🙂

[@gvpf2a]

..... very nice to see this plane ..... especially if you are preparing it for such a business trip.

[@nambirajan5513]

Spectacular! DEAR SAM Your will get big reward for your hard work🌹

[@mr.stonks695]

No pilot strips, no fancy shoes or a necktie. Only bad ass pilots!

[@louisthetravelspotter]

great video sam

[@grahamnash9794]

Stunning. Beautiful old school coal burning engines providing their own smoke screen.. Rarely seen here un the UK, the AN32 has a character that typifies soviet era designs, rugged, built for purpose, and very capable.

[@SamChui]

Nice comment. Agree. When the power came on, I fell backwards for a moment because of the overpower.

[@topg6531]

Very good video

[@motivational_muse]

Love from India , Kerala ❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@oekfoh8684]

Wow nice aircraft

[@devdkaria853]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SAM BIG FAN LOVE FROM INDIA

[@albertoalvarez7864]

GREAT!!!!! A+ (KEEP FIRE FIGHTING)

[@mahmoodsoleja9068]

Very nice ! 👍

[@rajibullah]

Big respect

[@juliosumarriva3034]

the first plane I flew in, love it :)

[@cheryllim3272]

What a great aircraft

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

Wow! Cool !

[@icare7151]

Awesome 😎

[@yamahasakisteveniv8349]

Good luck Sam

[@user-gb8ys9xn8r]

Приємно бачити вітчизняне у світі.

[@oleksiyryabchun6292]

Very exiting

[@eIectricaI1]

very cool plane wow

[@anantgautam2485]

Indian Air Force has the An32 as their backbone for their medium lift needs.its fondly called as Anna(means big brother in most of the south Indian languages).I absolutely love this aircraft,makes one big ruckus when flying overhead

[@BHX-qq6ix]

Dalaman airport was so cool when I went in 2020 bit sad that I didn’t see this gem

[@sinankarakaya8508]

Welcome to dalaman sam🙏🏻🖐🏻

[@eyememyself6307]

Sam.. 2 things in life man will never ever find it bored to see... . One is our flying machines and next is blue sea..

[@formationflightfsx861]

Nice video :)

[@labadee]

new upload just dropped into my lap!

[@austin_andrade]

If you can make it happen really would like you to do some more tanker stuff! Maybe even somethin cool with Coulson lol but anyways love the content!!!

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

Watching from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Amazing plane. 😲

[@williambineke5267]

Sam thank you

[@yumphallangthaphal1598]

Awaiting your be- 200 debut .

[@giriprasad9243]

one love for Aviation

[@letsgodancin1]

The Canadair CL-415 is the standard, but Beriev Be-200 is the real big Daddy

[@sergeysomnambulist]

Yeah, it’d be great to watch the same experience with Be-200.

[@alparslancakirbeyli3425]

The beriev is an amazing plane.

[@habk8574]

DC headset in an AN32 awesome.

[@Gixxxable]

3:47 In Soviet Russia we use one engine to fly and second to make the plane look good

[@golamkibria7290]

Assalamualaiku love you and your vedio thanks london

[@pointerview2855]

Love it

[@tgmccoy1556]

Spent about 10 years as a Copilot on DC-6/7s in the American West. The Antonov looks very capable.

[@darkmoone9984]

Awesome video Sam. Maybe you can get a flight on a C-130 modified with a MAFFS to fight fires.

[@10lauset]

Cheers.

[@vladimirfromukraine419]

Air firefighters are real heroes.

[@sameeradesilva7972]

Sam super video very good one becareful love u Sam

[@bittoochatterjee2661]

As an Indian Air Force Officer 1963 - 1993. Was commissioned in the year 1963 my dad used to fly in these IAF Transport Aircrafts Dakota, Packet, Caribou, An 12, Avro, and AN 32 IL 76 and as his son saw him flying from most of IAF flying stations situated in India during that Time Period. My eldest Mama (Mom’s Eldest brother Joined the Indian Air Force in the year 1946 RIAF Royal Indian Air Force as an Pilot officer, 2nd elder Brother was commissioned as an officer in the Indian Air force the year 1953, and 4th elder brother was from the 1St Course Of NDA Selected in NDA 1954 Passed out in the

[@drunkdrummer107]

Who?

[@58Aphrodite58]

Thank you to Ukraine for sending their aircrafts and also helicopters when we needed them here in Turkey. They were one of the first responding countries. Дякую

[@pa_pasha69]

🇺🇦🤝🇹🇷

[@user-ym4pg4sk5u]

Россия тоже помогала

[@alexanderzelenkov6944]

I used to work as a An-32 ground crew. It is incredible airplane! Main feature is two extremely powerful dirty and smoky engines - 5000 hp each ones! Feels like fly WW2 combat mission - very loud, a lot of vibrations, can make a dizzy approach.

[@langietor]

pilots are shaking too much. I guess it's difficult to fly. difficult to maintain balance, and pilots will be too much tired after a long flight.

[@alexanderzelenkov6944]

@@langietor No. The An-32 is very stable cargo plane. Feels very massive and inert. For pilots it's not an agile unstable WW2 or aerobatic plane. An-32 has simple autopilot for long flights.

[@langietor]

@@alexanderzelenkov6944 ok, can you tell me why pilots are shaking too much, its handle also shaking too much. I have seen videos of other planes take off, those are smooth

[@alexanderzelenkov6944]

@@langietor Because of super-powerful old Soviet engines. You can't understand how severe is the vibration in this plane! Even in cruise flight your teeth clattered constantly. Very annoying. The plane just trembles constantly. You can see how GoPro camera shakes during take-off.

[@daniialsyed7175]

@@alexanderzelenkov6944 its screws

[@everythingonline7983]

Vgood jani

[@mrkongsimr]

Hi Sam how do you get you’re self into all these different planes ?? !! Thanks for sharing !

[@bittoochatterjee2661]

a As an Indian Air Force Officer 1963 - 1993. Was commissioned in the year 1963 my dad used to fly in these IAF Transport Aircrafts Dakota, Packet, Caribou, An 12, Avro, and AN 32 IL 76 and as his son saw him flying from most of IAF flying stations situated in India during that Time Period. My eldest Mama (Mom’s Eldest brother Joined the Indian Air Force in the year 1946 RIAF Royal Indian Air Force as an Pilot officer, 2nd elder Brother was commissioned as an officer in the Indian Air force the year 1953, and 4th elder brother was from the 1St Course Of NDA Selected in NDA 1954 Passed out in the

[@zacharyclamp8385]

we had an aviation show at are airport M-T-J we had the golden knights and f18 and c130s and all that it was fun

[@milosh184]

hi from Sydney

[@susiesmith546]

Sam - you should have been in CALIF with all the DC10 flying out of Sacramento. Insane amount of Air Traffic attacking the #Caldore and #Dixie Fires.

[@igni5s]

I have great respect to the pilots! I live in British Columbia Canada where there are a lot of wild fires and thus, firefighting aircraft. On vacations, I was lucky enough to see the largest firefighting aircraft in the world, which is a float plane! 😲, Anyway all emergency response pilots and crew, great respect and always books luck!

[@igni5s]

Also, thank you to all the pilots for the demonstration, hopefully, it will make people aware of how dangerous and hard their job is! Спасибо!

[@lrxaviation4843]

Nice an