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@@nickneisler1062 same

@@TheZxman that really stuck out to me too.

@@goobernoodles I've never flown these planes, but the roll rate must be low enough where that full deflection isn't going to get him in trouble. He's also slowed down with flaps out, so his ailerons will be less touchy. But yeah, that part and while scooping surprised me with how much control movement there was.

@@SimonButler Yeah, gotcha. As far as getting in trouble, I was referring to getting into a situation where the bank angle is too high. If the roll rate is that low, seems like you could lose lift on the side with your wing down and have a bad day. Especially when flying that low around terrain.

@@goobernoodles You're dead on with that. When you bank you lose some of your vertical component of lift, and usually you'd pull back on the stick to use the elevator to bring the nose up to compensate. But in the video he's banking hard and pushing forward on the stick, pushing the nose down. That's because he's also just released the water, and the sudden 6000lb weight change is trying to make the nose come up really hard. There's a lot going on, even as a pilot it's hard to understand everything they're doing to fly these dangerous missions.

@@leftcoastcorrie there's so many cool airports to visit down here, whenever you want, come on down! I'll let you know if I fly into Victoria airport (which I plan to).

There's just so many cool places in Washington to visit, as long as you know somebody there. I'm hoping to visit Blakely next summer.

@@petgranny194 yeah, it sounds like it's a pretty wild ride until you get used to it.

@@billlawson1606 I love the wing shape, it looks so good turning that base leg.

@@luetner that actually sounds scary! There's no runway lights, is there?

@@leftcoastcorrie Thanks for the nice comment! Oddly Kenmore only has wheeled caravans. They also service the San Juans, but each island has it's own airport. A lot of interesting airplanes frequent Boeing field, I should spot down there more often.

@@dcsworldgreece7929 You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@@SimonButler thank you for your services sir !

@@dcsworldgreece7929 this is my friend doing the flying, he just shares the footage he takes with me, and I put the videos together. I'll pass your message along.

@@SimonButler tell him my respects !! ...the videos are still amazing !

@@erosnemesis Thanks!

@@Aviation488 there are people that live there that definitely do that! Like Tom that I mention in the description, he has his own channel!

​@@SimonButler thanks

@@Aviation488we all spot airplanes every day, it’s one of the best things about living here!! 👍

​@@GingerThePlane Nice

@@markholm7050 they've retracted the scoops and they're trying to roll the right float off the water to decrease their drag by 50% and get off the water easier.

@@travisbaker782 I believe those are both Dauntless Air aircraft. I saw them working in Washington as well!

@@SamJoiner-o4q I'll pass that along to my friends who do the work, they just share the footage with me. A lot of people come from military aviation, a bunch come from crop dusting. My friend just started flying for the Forest Service doing whatever job he could, and worked his way into firefighting, by first flying Smokejumpers, then moving to the Fireboss.

@@neomatrix3612 the fire lookout towers are actually VORs.

@@SimonButler Are they really? Wow.

@@neomatrix3612 no, sorry, I was just joking!

@@SimonButler haha you got me.

@@leftcoastcorrie I'm extremely fortunate that this footage is shared with me. Just being able to watch it myself is very cool and an honor.

@@DerWahre1 My friend prefers not to have people hear him. He says the comms are actually pretty boring and not super technical, and they say pretty stupid stuff sometimes. When I've listened in to the Air Attack channel, it's usually the element lead saying "checking in at *landmark* inbound to drop, Air Attack approves, then they report off drop and say they're going to dip, Air Attack approves. And it's that for hours. Then eventually the element lead will say they need fuel and Air Attack will acknowledge and ask if they're coming back or not.

@@ChoclateMinecraft usually people come from military aviation or crop dusting.

@@KeyFut I believe that the pilot was using a GoPro Max.

@@MyJoyInTheAir you're welcome, and thank you!

@@itsmeagain7825 they're pretty intimidating.

@@tommylynch7887 my friend flies it, not me. He actually started with the forest service doing other flying jobs, he eventually got on flying Smokejumpers, then moved to the Fireboss from that. A lot of the firefighting pilots come from AG work and the military.

@@tommylynch7887 the important skills are the low level experience. Many pilots start off flying Air Attack, flying the aerial coordinator over the fire, then transition into the lower flying aircraft from there.

@@JavierChiappa yes, it's on the front, usually operated with the index finger.

@@Gorillaman-jh1 I'm glad you watched long enough to see it!

@@JohnVHRC that one belonged to Bill Anders?

@@SimonButler Yes, I remember seeing him fly it.

@@KellanXB I agree!

@@Kamanya He's rolling the aircraft to the left to lift the right float off the water first. After picking up water they're pretty heavy, and the surface tension of the water they're skimming on tries to stick the plane to the surface. If you can roll one float up, it halves the surface tension and makes it easier to get off the water.

Is there not the danger of digging in the left wing then?

@@Kamanya there is, you need to make sure you bank just enough to separate the right float, then hold it until the other one leaves the water, then fly like normal off the water. You definitely have you be careful.

@@Josh-xr1xu The left hand is the throttle, propeller control and fuel condition lever. The flap controls are also over there.