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Fire helicopters fill up with water at golf course...Valencia California Oct 22/07

Fire helicopters,desperate for water during California wildfires, refilling their water tanks from the lake at the ninth hole of the TPC Valencia Golf Course.

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Added: Oct 22 2007   In: news_politics

By: jdischord  United Kingdom (UK/GB)

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  • BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL !!!

    Posted Nov-26-2007 by "dj_phyrex" (R) United States

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  • Quoted comment by Tree_Hugger: I wonder how many golf balls those copters sucked up along with the water?

    Yeah, i thought that too :D

    Posted Oct-29-2007 by "A-A-M" (R) Finland

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  • Quoted comment by humorbot5: Helicopters are the coolest ******* things created by mankind.

    yea, well i think vinyl siding is the coolest thing created by man kind.

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "ramse006" (R) United States

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  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Snuffy.GIF

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "Millennm" (R) United States

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  • That red copter looks like the Snuffleupagus?

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "Millennm" (R) United States

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  • Its a miracle these companies can keep the Sky Cranes up- last one was built in 1967...parts must be a real beeeatch, or, they had Sikorsky retool, and start knocking them out again. Was interesting to see LA Fire with Blackhawks...thats yaŽll Homeland Security dollars at work...thing is, a Hawk (in my humble 4,000 hr. opinion) haul enough water to make a difference...so why bother?

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "desertsnake1991" (R) United States

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  • Golf joke goes here >...<

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "malikah" (R)

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  • hmm dont wild fires happen once every couple years, if not every year?
    id be more impressed if people built their buildings somewhere they didnt need rescued

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "misanthropic" (R) United States

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  • Quoted comment by Tree_Hugger: I wonder how many golf balls those copters sucked up along with the water?

    I was thinking the same thing...

    As to the others: "Hovering a helicopter is like balancing a unicycle on a basketball" - i think I read this in Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. Shit-hot pilots and machines... hope all can be safe.

    Posted Oct-24-2007 by "crapitain" (R) United States

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  • I remember fueling one of these skycranes... the fuel fitting is about 6 or so feet in the air... truly a huge bird when you stand next to it.

    Posted Oct-23-2007 by "Raptorwelder" (R) United States

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  • Quoted comment by George84: Americas rich are burning...
    Thats so sad..
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    For me to poop on.

    malaka go and hide.. greece is a part of turkey anyways

    Posted Oct-23-2007 by "vibraloop" (R) Sweden

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  • Looks like an elephant penis.

    Posted Oct-23-2007 by "Blueaveo3768" (R) United States

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  • Quoted comment by Zurg72:
    Quoted comment by bigallanmc:
    Quoted comment by spongaweb:
    Quoted comment by Tree_Hugger: I wonder how many golf balls those copters sucked up along with the water?

    Actually the fireman report that they get fish falling out of them and cooked all the time.

    Yummm wildfire fish

    There once was a scuba diver sucked up by a fire plane. He was found in full diving rig in a burned forest. Took em a while to work out what happened.

    That's an urban legend you putz

    Awesome heli pilots

    No, it's true. My Dad found him while out walking the dog...

    Posted Oct-23-2007 by "tb-vfr" (R) United Kingdom (UK/GB)

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  • Quoted comment by BrightSmite: I wish I would've been playing golf on that hole that day!

    Woulda made for a tough chip shot man. All kidding aside, those folks can drive a chopper! Wow!

    Posted Oct-23-2007 by "Pandemonium" (R) United States

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  • Quoted comment by bigallanmc:
    Quoted comment by spongaweb:
    Quoted comment by Tree_Hugger: I wonder how many golf balls those copters sucked up along with the water?

    Actually the fireman report that they get fish falling out of them and cooked all the time.

    Yummm wildfire fish

    There once was a scuba diver sucked up by a fire plane. He was found in full diving rig in a burned forest. Took em a while to work out what happened.

    That's an urban legend you putz

    Awesome heli pilots

    Posted Oct-23-2007 by "Zurg72" (R) United States

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