It was more of a test than a fire control drop...got everybody out of the way, then went in to see the impact...they need to know a bunch of things about the drop pattern, how it affects the landscape and so on.
It was quite a victory to reach the point of an actual water drop...and they did two!
If all goes well, it will be added to the arsenal of fire tools...
I was hoping someone had a pic of the drop, but I suspect it was dropped too high to get a good press shot.
Then they had to wait a little bit for air turbulance to pass a bit before letting the regular guys back in the air, get caught up in its wake turbulance, but as far as the actual dropping the water from the plane (not what the water did) that part seems to have gone well.
I bet the guys who analyze the impact of this type of thing are having fun today looking at the data...
or maybe they just kept the press too far away to get a good pic...
If anybody local saw a TV news story about them loading air tanker retardant, my hubby was the PIO who pointed out what the details they should cover on that story...I am not sure which station carried it though...