Amazing "Super Scooper" footage!!

[beaky]

Some fine flying here... watch as they finesse the mighty CL-415 at treetop level for a precision water-drop.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e4b_1193018591

[Ashar]

That's very impressive flying

Thanks for sharing

[alrot]

For a minute I though he was going to crash ,boy! that was too close  :o

[beaky]

For a minute I though he was going to crash ,boy! that was too close  :o

Yes, you can really see, watching that clip, how bad the turbulence can be near these huge fires. It's almost as dangerous as low-level bombing in combat... maybe more so.  :o