Aerial Firefighting, FireBosses Drop 36k gallons on Fire in Light Fuels in Washington State

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Aerial Firefighting, FireBosses Drop 36k gallons on Fire in Light Fuels in Washington State

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10 ай бұрын

Dauntless Air FireBosses 211 & 214 dropping 52 loads on the O'Sullivan Dam Fire in Moses Lake, WA on 9-3-22, a small fire in light fuels, scooping Potholes Reservoir. Music, "Sail" by AWOLNATION

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@abomb5092 10 ай бұрын

One of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, one hell of a pilot and co worker! Thank you brother for the amazing footage and all the protection you provide!

@jasonminton5689 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting! So fun to feel like riding along with you through the vids.

@brentvoris4399 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! It’s the best!

@JFirn86Q Ай бұрын

Amazing machine and flying skills. Tanking those up only 3 minutes for each drop! One impressive operation.

@sirensofthecarolinas3917 Ай бұрын

I never thought sail by Awolnation would be perfect for aerial firefighting vids but it is amazing! That you for keeping our woodlands safe from the sky!

@maDM72 Ай бұрын

Please keep it coming! Amazing footage and dope profession!

@BoulderingBobat Ай бұрын

this is dope af

@blesperance 10 ай бұрын

One of the best songs ever for this kind of video!!!

@MixedRealitySimRacing Ай бұрын

awesome video, can't wait to do that in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

@ShelbySmallFry Ай бұрын

Thank you for keeping my state protected

@campingalan 10 ай бұрын

Hi Brent...it is awesome to see you still out there gettin' it!

@saulekaravirs6585 10 ай бұрын

Great to see another one of these videos from you. They always look spectacular. You and your crew do some great formation flying. Thanks for doing this important job. o7 Also, the FD has a Duce and a Half fire truck at 1:12 during one of your drops. That's pretty cool.

@PaddyPilot 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, loved it!

@subwooferandcarseats Ай бұрын

Hell yeah. I’ve always wanted to see this view!!! The algorithm worked. Subscribed.

@bentheguru4986 Ай бұрын

Heard the music, hooked.

@benedict6897 Ай бұрын

Amazing camera angles!

@Btstaz 3 күн бұрын

we need more vids

@jaymac7203 Ай бұрын

This guy plays the best songs lol

@AFMR0420 Ай бұрын

Crazy this video doesn’t have more likes! Sub for sure. Also, this is officially the new video for anytime I listen to this song.

@saulekaravirs6585 10 ай бұрын

Question about flying on these missions. Is there ever a concern that the wild fire smoke may affect the turbine engine or the breathability of the cabin air for the pilot? If so are there any particular precautions that you take?

@brentvoris4399 10 ай бұрын

The engine air filter does a good job of trapping airborne ash and preventing it from going thru the engine, but if there’s a chance we’ll penetrate thick smoke we turn the igniters on ‘continuous’. The air in the cockpit is generally pretty good - you can smell the smoke and sometimes it’s enough to sting your eyes a bit, but nothing too bad.

@saulekaravirs6585 10 ай бұрын

@@brentvoris4399Ah, that's really cool. Thanks for the reply. 👍

@tanker1425 Ай бұрын

Use acdc thunderstruck as a song

@timewaster504 Ай бұрын

What's required to do this?

@brentvoris4399 Ай бұрын

Check out Dauntlessair.com - you can also contact our chief pilot via the website

@herrtalman3079 Ай бұрын

i rlly wanna work as one of those, whats the pros and cons?

@brentvoris4399 Ай бұрын

There’s good info at our website Dauntlessair.com - also here's an interview with our chief pilot where he talks about qualifications : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oblxnJeD052sdac.htmlsi=gFrLV3-9YPrtYWbG

@herrtalman3079 Ай бұрын

@@brentvoris4399 appreaciate it

@blikki3s-sk9qg Ай бұрын

what plane is this?

@brentvoris4399 Ай бұрын

It’s a FireBoss amphibious water scooper. An Air Tractor 802 on modified Wipaire 10,000 floats with a 1600 hp Pratt & Whitney PT6-67F turboprop. We can pick up 800 gallons of water in about 15 seconds and cruise at about 140 knots.

@user-zm1ho5ko6s 2 күн бұрын

Music ?

@SimonButler 10 ай бұрын

I watched you scooping at Riffe lake back in August!

@brentvoris4399 10 ай бұрын

You took some great photos and video - Thanks!

@brentvoris4399 10 ай бұрын

I lost my GoPro max on that fire, probably during the descent back into Riffe!

@SimonButler 10 ай бұрын

@@brentvoris4399 that sucks! I was down there hoping my friend would be working that fire. He was flying one of the Air Spray FBs at Yakima. They didn't have them come, but watching the five FBs and the two Scoopers work was really amazing.

@Potato_Man1776 Ай бұрын

I assume you have quite a few hours crop dusting, im currently working on getting into a thrush s2r seat to spray with the goal of being a fireboss or 510 aerial fire fighter, which do you like better? Crop dusting or firefighting?

@brentvoris4399 Ай бұрын

I love both. I think ag aviation is higher risk because of the amount of time spent in the low level environment and the fact that fields these days are full of poles, wires, met towers, windmills, etc - not to mention the occasional crackpot taking a pot shot at you. We have a slightly different but similar set of risks flying fire and we spend less time down in the dirt. I enjoy flying the FireBoss more than anything I’ve ever flown though.