Tanker time
Yup, France is getting closer, from the sounds of things I will probably be gone some time between November 15th and 20th; although this is not confirmed since we are still waiting on the visa from the French government.
Meanwhile, I am busy packing, cleaning, sorting and slowly going insane. I have already tossed lots of stuff, packed some, moved some to storage, and my place looks like a tornado hit. My place also now looks bare, I took the photos and pictures down.
So, as some might be aware, I will be working on a couple of aerial fire tankers in France, and so I thought that I would find some videos. Well, didn't find ours flying, but I did find some from the current fire in California. The first is a converted DC-10 doing a low drop. Listen to the commentary by a couple of fire fighters who are taping things.
The second clip is of a couple of CL-415's picking up water from a lake. The neat part of this is that there are about 12 of these at the base where I will be stationed, and we even have one being converted from a CL-215 (piston powered) to a CL-415 (turbo-prop) aircraft in our hanger right now. Lots of work is going on with it, lots of structural mods being done. Will be a nice plane when it is done.
So as soon as have a date for departure, I will post and let everyone know. I think that it might be tough living away from everyone for a year (10 and a half months, actually) but it will be an awesome experience in the end.
Meanwhile, I am busy packing, cleaning, sorting and slowly going insane. I have already tossed lots of stuff, packed some, moved some to storage, and my place looks like a tornado hit. My place also now looks bare, I took the photos and pictures down.
So, as some might be aware, I will be working on a couple of aerial fire tankers in France, and so I thought that I would find some videos. Well, didn't find ours flying, but I did find some from the current fire in California. The first is a converted DC-10 doing a low drop. Listen to the commentary by a couple of fire fighters who are taping things.
The second clip is of a couple of CL-415's picking up water from a lake. The neat part of this is that there are about 12 of these at the base where I will be stationed, and we even have one being converted from a CL-215 (piston powered) to a CL-415 (turbo-prop) aircraft in our hanger right now. Lots of work is going on with it, lots of structural mods being done. Will be a nice plane when it is done.
So as soon as have a date for departure, I will post and let everyone know. I think that it might be tough living away from everyone for a year (10 and a half months, actually) but it will be an awesome experience in the end.
posted by Travelcedric at 17:33
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