Airborne SUV and R-2800s... My day!

[Ollie]

How about that for a SUV? I'm taking that over the Hind and everything else any time!!



That's my favorite helicopter.



And I saw this today :



Doing this :



And then this :



For the whole chebang : http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=3078&st=0

Enjoy!!

[dj51d]

Gotta love the 215s. Several years ago there was a fairly major fire a few miles away in a state wildlife area. My house was about halfway between the fire line and the lake they were scooping from. Several days in a row I woke up to the sound of CL-215s several hundred feet above the house. At the time the 215s were C-GOFO and C-GENU, there was also a 415 down from Quebec which I wasn't able to id. The state of Minnesota must have been impressed by their performance, as the 215s were purchased shortly thereafter and became N263NR and N266NR. Unfortunately I don't have any decent photos as all I had at the time were a few cheap fixed focus non-zoom models.

[Ollie]

Neat Dan!!

Can you remember the number on the 415? That will allow me to find the registration!!

I just love those planes!!

[dj51d]

The CL-415 was number 271. I do have some decent photos, but I wouldn't feel write posting them as they are not mine, and I've lost contact with the photographer.

[dumaresqc]

Hi Ollie,

Any idea how many 215's the Quebec government is operating now, compared to 415s? We had three around here last week to quickly get on top of a fire in Gatineau Park, put I didn't see them so I don't know which type they were. How would I find out where they are based? I was surprised that they were able to get three into action in this corner of the province so quickly.

Charles

[Ollie]

Hey Charles,

we have 8 415s, 2 215Ts and 4 215s.

It's not long to go from CYQB to Gatineau, maybe 2 hours of flight, a CL-215 flies at 150KIAS, faster than C-FWOL!

[Ollie]

There are still a few TBMs at Fredericton.

Some of them are back in the air for the fire season I heard.