Skilled helicopter pilot frees snagged water bucket 
Update :
Quote from eye witness :
"Thank goodness for all the amazingly brave and skilled emergency services workers who have helped keep us safe from the bushfire at Molesworth. Helicopters have been collecting water from our dam to bomb the fire just over the ridge to the west of us. The winds have been changing direction suddenly. The bucket of this chopper became caught in the canopy of a gum tree. Knowing there had been a helicopter crash 2 days prior whilst firefighting just up the hill we watched in with great concern. Amazingly the pilot was able to disentangle without mishap and resume his task. I am in awe!"
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Added: Feb-15-2013 Occurred On: Feb-15-2013
By: Jersey_Devil
In: Other
Tags: Skilled, helicopter, pilot, frees, snagged, water, bucket
Location: Molesworth, Tasmania, Australia (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 37012 | Comments: 187 | Votes: 10 | Favorites: 4 | Shared: 2 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
By: Jersey_Devil
In: Other
Tags: Skilled, helicopter, pilot, frees, snagged, water, bucket
Location: Molesworth, Tasmania, Australia (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 37012 | Comments: 187 | Votes: 10 | Favorites: 4 | Shared: 2 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
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I can't help it think if he were a skilled pilot he wouldn't have gotten the damn thing stuck in the first place.
Posted Feb-15-2013 ByiNOTHINGyou (70.40) 
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@iNOTHINGyou maybe he was texting
Posted Feb-15-2013 BySabotage (81.80) 
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@iNOTHINGyou Maybe a sudden change in wind direction or strength ?
Posted Feb-15-2013 ByJersey_Devil (3755.60) 
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@iNOTHINGyou
Agreed. What a dipstick.
Posted Feb-15-2013 Byfarcanal (36.76) 
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@iNOTHINGyou aw you beat me to it
Posted Feb-16-2013 Bymattrd (226.12) mattrd View Channel Send Message
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@iNOTHINGyou i WAS ABOUT TO TYPE THE SAME COMMENT! But you win :(
Posted Feb-16-2013 BySo_CrAzy_wtF (7.60) So_CrAzy_wtF View Channel Send Message
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@backstab lol posted after you but before i read the comments and you said the same thing.
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByNuckelhed (312.30) 
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@backstab repost
Posted Feb-16-2013 Bymattrd (226.12) mattrd View Channel Send Message
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This bitch is going straight to the top of my 'annoying cunt' list.
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByWeemanLee (29.20) 
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@WeemanLee top of the list for sure.. i wouldnt bone her with your pencil schlong even if she was the last one left on the island. prefer to have a flog... tassie accents are nasty
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byfunksoulblues (117.40) 
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She sounds like a fuggin top sheila mate. Go Shazza!
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByHideous (113.28) 
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If he were that skilled he wouldn't have got the bucket snagged in the first place.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byav8rdav (103.12) 
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@av8rdav repost
Posted Feb-16-2013 Bymattrd (226.12) mattrd View Channel Send Message
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These guys are insanely talented pilots, the posters here who say he shouldn't have snagged the bucket in the first place have never flown in a situation like this. Most of these guys are ex-military and they love what they do.
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByI wont grow up (246.70) 
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@I wont grow up
A talented pilot would have avoided this.
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByMrNice (407.60) 
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@MrNice Screw ups and problems are inevitable when piloting anything.
What makes you talented is knowing how to handle those problems.
Posted Feb-19-2013 ByRod Stewart (2.30) Rod Stewart View Channel Send Message
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Commentary by Julia Gillard - aaaaagh!
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byhughvane (20.10) 
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God that twangy Australian accent is annoying. The kiwi accent is much more pleasant to the ear.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byrugbybloke25 (313.92) 
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@rugbybloke25 Nice of you to say so, but some of the female voices on NZ commercial and state radio would shatter glass at 60 paces! Some sound like finger nails scraped down a chalk board.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byhughvane (20.10) 
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@rugbybloke25 That's not an Aussie accent that's the Tasmanian accent.. Its like trying to say all you yanks sound the same
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byjusfuknwidya (25.52) 
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@jusfuknwidya
My bad. I've heard Aussie chicks sound just as twangy though. You know it's true ;)
Posted Feb-17-2013 Byrugbybloke25 (313.92) 
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THE Pilot should have gotten on the PA at that point:
"IT PUTS THE LOTION IN THE BASKET!"
Posted Feb-16-2013 Bypoundingsand (68.96) poundingsand View Channel Send Message
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@poundingsand
LOL!!!
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByRamarxis (194.34) 
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@poundingsand .. Good one, made my morning..
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byjusfuknwidya (25.52) 
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Crikey. That sheilas accent is even horrible to me. And I speak it.
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByTheHandyman_Qld (373.12) 
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@TheHandyman_Qld My missus lol'd at your comment :P
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByI_Kill_Criminals (31.40) I_Kill_Criminals View Channel Send Message
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@TheHandyman_Qld Thats because its Tasmania
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byshizzlemynizzle (2089.90) 
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@TheHandyman_Qld
Cringe worthy, but that's Tassie for ya.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Bylooksee (48.22) 
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If he was so skilled he wouldn't have gotten it stuck in the first place. He is lucky not to have wrecked it.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Bythe wedge (338.20) 
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Inattentive pilot got the bucket stuck. Have to be at your best all of the time while piloting - especially a helicopter.
Posted Feb-15-2013 Bypecotrain (85.08) pecotrain View Channel Send Message
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OK. There seem to be a lot of people giving this pilot crap about the bucket caught in the first place. And yeah, I agree, it was a mistake.
But come on, he was in a high pressure situation and made a mistake ! Shit happens. Point is, he kept his head and worked the situation. From what I read about the story, just two days prior to this incident another chopper went down ! Maybe friends of his.
So maybe give him a break about getting stuck, and give him credit for doing a great job of More..
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByJersey_Devil (3755.60) 
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@Jersey_Devil That is not a high pressure situation... Thats called "fun" disguised as volunteer emergency services work. You're just happy somebody will pay for a UH-1H and let you fly it. I'd take that job in a heartbeat if I knew there wasn't already a line.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byjeru (280.30) 
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@jeru Would it be 'fun' if it was YOUR family and friends property and lives you where trying to save ?
Come on man, bush fires are NOT fun places to be. Especially when your friends and colleagues have died doing it !
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByJersey_Devil (3755.60) 
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@Jersey_Devil Yeah... being IN a bush fire is not a fun place to be. Seated at the controls to a magical flying machine OVER a bush fire... is another story. And its a *bush* fire, not a city fire.
Posted Feb-16-2013 Byjeru (280.30) 
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@jeru You've completely missed the point of what I said.
I'll try again. Imagine it was your family, your home, your property and your lively hood. How much fun would be if they where relying on you to save it ?
The comment about it being a bush fire and not a city fire means what exactly ?
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByJersey_Devil (3755.60) 
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Those buckets look just big enough to put out a lit match stick!
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByOut of Order (33.74) 
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that guy is good. but omg.... that thick Tasmanian accent. i want want to stab my ears. s9opa;ihekgng9yoihqeh fricken ghastly
Posted Feb-16-2013 ByArroz (37.20) 
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Skilled??
He put a Bambi Bucket into a tree..
Knob
Posted Feb-15-2013 ByMantimber (7.10) 
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