For those of you who like flying sequences then have a look at the link below.
A friend of mine sent me this and I thought I would share it with you.
The old company, Bombardier Aerospace, makes these.
They don't "motor around" to fill the tanks---they touch down at approach
speed, open the fill scoops, add lots of power, and the tanks fill in seconds.
There's one scene in the film where you can see the two tank level gauges rapidly go up.
The other thing is watching the
magnitude of the flight control inputs, especially aileron, as they are manoeuvring down low---
sometimes the pilot is literally going stop to stop.
Real flying!
"The 43rd Fire-fighting Squadron (Spanish Air Force) was commissioned in 1971 when the first Canadair CL-215 arrived in Spain. During this four decades and 150.000 flight hours, the Squadron has suffered 9 fatal accidents, with a total of 15 casualties and the loss of 25% of its fleet. War-fighting in peace time... Ten years have passed since that last accident, and we want to honour those young aviators who simply, gave it all."
A friend of mine sent me this and I thought I would share it with you.
The old company, Bombardier Aerospace, makes these.
They don't "motor around" to fill the tanks---they touch down at approach
speed, open the fill scoops, add lots of power, and the tanks fill in seconds.
There's one scene in the film where you can see the two tank level gauges rapidly go up.
The other thing is watching the
magnitude of the flight control inputs, especially aileron, as they are manoeuvring down low---
sometimes the pilot is literally going stop to stop.
Real flying!
"The 43rd Fire-fighting Squadron (Spanish Air Force) was commissioned in 1971 when the first Canadair CL-215 arrived in Spain. During this four decades and 150.000 flight hours, the Squadron has suffered 9 fatal accidents, with a total of 15 casualties and the loss of 25% of its fleet. War-fighting in peace time... Ten years have passed since that last accident, and we want to honour those young aviators who simply, gave it all."
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