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Fire fighting helicopter at work

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jellybush
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firefirefightinghelicopter

Description

The helicopters (two of them) would circle back and forth to the sea to fill that huge orange bucket with water and dump it on the flames. At least two pilots died in two crashes during March/April 2015 in the Western Cape of South Africa doing this kind of work.
Image size
2048x1536px 909.56 KB
Make
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Model
C760UZ
Shutter Speed
10/5000 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
63 mm
ISO Speed
64
Date Taken
Nov 30, 1999, 12:00:00 AM
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MagnoliaGrandiflora
Excellent pic! Send them to bigger Western cape newspapers?
I didn't know about the deaths - jeepers, I didn't think it was that hazardous!