[Red Badger]

AVIATION PING!.....................

[thinden]

wow

pretty effective

where did they dip up the water? the pacific ocean?

[stevio]

That was a team of artists.

[DCBryan1]

Nice! 89,000 drops to go!

[frogjerk]

Great Job!

[Fiji Hill]

In the Whittier Hills fire of October, 1967, which came close to our home, a WWII—era B-17 and two TBM torpedo bombers were used to drop fire retardant. That blaze consumed 3,000 acres, but no homes.

[logi_cal869]

Yes, but was the pilot ‘dei-certified’??? /s

(given the outcome, assuredly not)

[BobL]

I guess they still have some non-DEI pilots out there.

[Candor7]

Too Little Too Late.

[albie]

Wow! No DEI BS there. You gotta know what you’re doing. Very impressive aim

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile, is this for real?!?

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1877364457111769196

This FD is using a lady’s handbag to put water on a fire?!

[Lazamataz]

That was awful. It was done by a white heterosexual male, so it was racist.

[Gaffer]

Imagine if the LA river had a variable height dam installed at the end of it. Save drain water for stuff like this. Helicopters could drop down and scoop up a bag almost anywhere.

[Bon of Babble]

Where did the water come from?

$10/liter bottles from Erewhon?

[rottndog]

At night, in high winds and hilly terrain...very impressive.

[Zathras]

Pete from “Always” would have approved!