That’s the plane I flew during Vietnam. It’s a great plane to land on an aircraft carrier in a storm at night. (Seriously). Stable, steady , predictable, reliable. A pair of 1550 hp radial engines in a 25,000+ pounds. High wing aircraft. Fire bombing must be very similar to the rockets and bombs audition we did.

Same here, anti-submarine service in Italy

He does not keep the aircraft flying to peak performance. A cadre of well trained mechanics does that for him.

Some of these guys used to fly Warthogs.

@@cashflyer Sometimes, he buys them drinks.

the most dangerous flying job

its mostly automated now days.

OR he's nuts and likes the sound of the blaring siren, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as you put it to good use.

They probably dont even have a TCAS system. You know youll be cutting grass during your flight lol

@@HMSoutdoors GPWS not TCAS. TCAS is for traffic Collison avoidance system. GPWS is ground proximity warning system

They're fire fighters, so they are a fine line between nut crazy and compassionate. My husband has fought on many wildfires so that's how I know.😁. I guess that makes me part crazy too.

@@lauriewagner4349 Thank him for me!

Jet pilot: are you sure about that?

@@davidecarucci1073 jet fighter pilots have a stressful job and you rarely enjoy the joy of flying

@@JustJohn505 depends

Better think twice on that!

I'd be happy pulling banners along the beach or flying pipeline... if it paid.

Terrain! Pull! UP!

.....GAY

And about a 10% chance of getting killed during each fire season.

BLACKMONGOOSE13 Youre a weirdo.

hide your daughters...the haters in the comments are fighting their own desire to suck him off.

MrShobar And a 100% chance of saving lives of all kinds.

I noticed the same thing. Nose is pitching up even though he's full forward on the yoke! Must take so much training as would feel so unnatural.

All that hot air coming up from the fire probably tries to push the tail up. Dad was a pilot, he explained it once, I think that was the gist.

@@lisarenee3505 If you push the tail up that means the nose goes down. What these guys are talking about is the change in pitch when he drops the water.

@@Sturmovik1946 Ahh, I wasn't thinking about that. Compensating for the change in CG. Thanks for the correction. Cool name BTW. The IL-2 was a badass flying tank.

lisarenee3505 When you drop the load your aircraft weight drops quickly so your aircraft “jumps up into the sky” so you have you push the nose down to maintain altitude.

I wish too

Make it DLC and give some of the proceeds to help fight real fires. Shit would be dope.

Awesome idea, add the Grumman too!

Fire fighter x.. it’s an add on for FSX

The add-on for FSX was really cool.

And he was anticipating it.

That looks like some serious forward yoke as he encounters the thermal updraft from the fire.

That's how Solo was able to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

Your right! I never thought of that!

Stuka dive bomber hahaha minus the siren

Yep.... minus the enemy fighters trying to shoot your arse out the sky or the triple A (anti-aircraft artillery) batteries trying to blast you out the sky with flak shells blowing up so close to the airframe the plane is buffeting through every maneuver you are trying to pull out of your butt to keep your plane in the sky and also kinda unlike the dead tail gunner that has his shot up body removed from the turret every time a plane does happen to make it back. Other than that just like WWII BUDDY!!!

This is actually way more challenging than a bomber pilot, not even close.

@@honda450rider87 Where is the chill

btw the plane is a Marsh Turbo Tracker

Gotta figure out the game physics for heat drafts & weather I liked Ace combat had good wind turbulence

@@justin.w.06Hallo bonjour

Machaaouri2000@

Ok lil boy

I just can't stand the fact that the throttle quadrant is up on the ceiling. I have only flown one type of plane where the trim is up on the ceiling and that bothered me enough.

@@lsx001 It's bc the engines are located above the cockpit. Typical of seaplanes. I sort of like the throttles up there...

There's no 'god'. #thoughtsAndPrayers

Until you burn in hell you'll realize there's a God ​@@kiereluurs1243

Shattered Official I’m going for this too, I called cal fire and talked to the head of aviation there and he gave me a list of how many hours I need (for different airframes) in order to be competitive in the application process! Have you started flight training yet?

Help send a message tell your congressman to support the fire fighters and first responders of 9/11 those guys need all of our help!

Dinosaurs? Wtf? 😂

skevin98 what?

@@JuliusCaesarr_ he is talking about fuel

@@alexpro8843 fuel? Dino's?... is it just me who doesnt understand this?

@@JuliusCaesarr_ its that petroleum is the remains of dinosaurs, and prehistoric plants, that have been compressed, and petroleum is used to make fuel, so it kinda makes sense, still a wierd way to call fuel but creative i guess

I wondered what he was doing. I noticed him push in on the yoke really good at one point. I thought that was kinda crazy that close to the ground, with the rising terrain in front of him.

I'm lost as to what's going on at any one point but you can see how he is in state and in control. I'd be like, "Hey, what's this button do?".

a lot of that has to do with the hot air from the fire because it is making the plane rise

It's because of weight loss, no so much weight shift. All of that excess lift after dumping the fire retardant makes the plane suddenly want to climb hard when he pushes the button... nose down on the yoke quickly stops generating this excess lift.

@@_sunsor it's a mix of weight loss and the heat from the fire

Same, would think these guys would fly dual all the time being so close to the ground. I would at least. Even just a low time guy to handle the radios.

They are never alone in that huge planes!!! They are at least 3 crew memeber, maybe behind him here...

Why need radios? if u are flying your cessna in the vicinity of those fires you are defenitely in the wrong place :)

@@rareu4532 The Grumman S2T is single pilot ops. So he is the only crew member.

@@Jdr1053 I love that these old aircraft are still in use. I thought he was in a PBY until I saw how well it moved. Your comment also told me xD

Lol

I'm right you're wrong What about your mother? Did she recover?

@@soflodoug what?

Douglas R wtf are you smoking?

@@Iamrightyouarewrong Homie, they literally adopted this plane in 96, this plane didn't exist in the 80's let alone the 50's.

@@user-jo2rt4lp1i Oh I thought this plane was the Grumman S-2 tracker.

Beware??? of what?

Dan QuarterMan Thus this being the very reason why my young friend!

@@carlosmaldonado5411 Nice

Rusty Climber Flow with the tides of life or blinded by you’re own “spotlight” you will be! Young strength has no value without experience my young child!

Rusty Climber You need a hug! And much love! And all you’re teeth, so don’t get them kicked out of you’re mouth my slick talking friend!

You are a nazi!

Ahh, I was looking to see if anyone could ID the aircraft. At first I thought OV-10, but remembered those are only used for spotting & control, I think.

pretty sure he does , maybe not as much as he did as a kid.. but a night cap is pretty standard, i'm sure.

I’ll take that bet!

clearly you haven't seen "flight"

Are you kidding?? That may be the only way he can stay so calm doing that. My butt would be locked to the seat of that plane the whole time if I was up there! Lol

Yeah because he might get "Fired" hey

The CL-215 and 415, while great planes, aren't as much use to Cal Fire as others because most of its ops are done in extremely dry regions (nowhere to utilize that flying boat feature. Or that's what a Cal Fire guy told me at least. Plus in my humble opinion, the S2T is wayyyy cooler.

The S2T can out climb and out turn the 215. Fact. Accuracy is key here. S2T any day.

The s2t is much more agile better climb and is smaller (that’s a plus) only needs one crew member aka if it crashes you will only loose one pilot instead of 2 or more crew also cheaper

With big side windows would make an interesting aircraft in the 2020 sim.

Highly likely. A10 maybe

very sure he is 'retired' Air Force...

i before e, except after c. :D

Same here. A B-52 practically jump into the air compared to this plane.

Less drag, heavy cargo.

@@mortenBP I figured it was a heavy load, barely had a positive rate. Savage.