Yorktown - Turkey Mountain 4/15/08

[x648eng119 2]

Got some good shots of WCPD Air 2 Filling Up The Bambi Bucket Prior To Croton Getting Called In To The Scene. Of Course When We Did Get Called To The Scene, I Left The Camera In The Car, So No Scene Shots.

WCPD AIR 2

Also, If Anybody Saw The Copy Of The North County News That Week, Yours Truly Got His 15 Minutes of Fame On The Front Cover...

[Remember585 815]

Amazing, you actually make a call and it is in the paper. I guess rare events tend to be well documented, like a photo in the paper.....

[helicopper 1,050]

Great pictures! Thanks alot for sharing them!

Just a clarification... The Bell 407 is designated Air 2. The Hughes OH-6A (our original helicopter) is designated Air 3. We're probably called more different things by more different people than any unit I know of.

[Guest]

Great pictures! Thanks alot for sharing them!

Just a clarification... The Bell 407 is designated Air 2. The Hughes OH-6A (our original helicopter) is designated Air 3. We're probably called more different things by more different people than any unit I know of.

what is designated as air1?

[Oswegowind 17]

The County Police Spec Ops Kite...

[Guest]

The County Police Spec Ops Kite...

oooooo nice, can we get some pics on emtbravo!!

[helicopper 1,050]

what is designated as air1?

When STAT-Flight was dispatched by 60-Control we elected to avoid confusion by not using Air 1 for radio communications. There were also old ideas about avoiding other radio designations in use by other agencies so we avoided them. Now that they're Life-Net 7-5 or whatever it really is a non-issue but we also use the designation with the FAA so we aren't going to change anytime soon.

As for the special operations kite, I can neither confirm nor deny its existence and photo opportunities are restricted to those with Top Secret clearances or higher!

[khas143 13]

Too bad you didn't get the picture of me flipping you off Art!!

[x648eng119 2]

Sorry Kenny, My Zoom Isn't THAT good, lol

[Guest MRK303]

I was wondering if anyone knows how much water those helicopters can carry to a fire.

[helicopper 1,050]

I was wondering if anyone knows how much water those helicopters can carry to a fire.

The bambi-bucket for a Bell 407 is rated to 180 gallons.

There are smaller and larger buckets and other options for belly mounted tanks too.