🔥 DC-10 Fire Bomber in Action: Incredible Retardant Drop Saves the Day! #Aviation #FireFighting

#shorts #forestfire

[kastin]

DC-10s are extremely territorial. Here you see one chasing off a smaller plane and marking its territory.

[mrmiscast]

No big deal... He's just 200 feet above ground, low and slow, fully loaded, massive weight and balance change, in a crosswind.. BIG BRASS BALLS... Love these pilots ..

[davidca]

DC-10's are perfect for that job, they are hot rods with the 3 engines they have great acceleration. I bet that pilot loves his job being allowed to fly that thing like that.

[Tylaris]

I love that you captured the lead plane dropping smoke for the DC-10. Great teamwork between the King Air (probably), and the DC-10.

[BooSpencer]

Flying it like he stole it. He must have been a fighter pilot or crop duster in the past. The music was perfect as well.

[zmanmeyer]

A DC-10 making a low elevation drop has gotta be one of the most awesome things ever captured on video!

[gftgvr]

Hats off to the pilots who have this incredible skill..

[charityrocks]

I’m a veteran firefighter and the small plane was called a bird dog! ❤ the best pilots in the world work for forestry.

[jeffmiller]

As former military I learned how much more intense seeing things happen in person can be versus a video. Sounds obvious but you dont truly appreciate things until you see them in real time. This was an impressive video, I can only imagine how amazing this must've been in person to see. Glad we got some well skilled crazy pilots out there 😎

[brooktu]

MY compliments to the videographer for making a very rare but perfectly stable video of the action. Top notch. 🥇

[markmiller]

He’s flying that like it’s a fighter jet👍👍👍👍

[stevest]

THAT is the most fun a DC10 pilot ever had.

[tylerdemmerle]

Some of the most skilled pilots / aviation experts the ability to control while all that weight is being distributed is phenomenal

[comet]

I wonder if these pilots ever look up videos people made about them. I'm sure the comments would make their day.

[hotrdncwby]

The heaviest thing on that plane were the pilots balls!

[leroysiedenburg]

These pilots are some of the BEST ON EARTH!! They risk thier lives to help stop these fires!!!

[prin]

The way those planes came over that ridge was crazy! Incredible skill. Cant stop watching this video!

[pitsprenger]

This pilots are real heroes. I see firefighter planes in action on the canary islands. 24hours, a lot of days. How they take the water in the see and later out over the burning mountain woods. Incredible. They don't stop fighting. Thanks and respect to everyone of them.

[danielhillwick]

That's my Nephew flying the small twin engine Cessna chase plane in front of the tanker. I'm super proud of that young man! He has the coolest job ever.

[danwhitley]

The song and big ball piloting make this video hardcore. Gets the blood pumping!