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N172AC —
This unusual bird came to town in 2011, so I shot it with my Nikon D700.
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It's a Sikorsky S-64F Skycrane, good photo of it too.
A very versatile aircraft, can be fitted out for heavy duty lifting, also as in this case for aerial water suction into their onboard tank/s via the white suction hose which would hang down a few more meters during flight, so the Heli just hovers over the lake dipping the suction hose to such in the huge quantity of water in a few seconds, fly a sortie to the location of say a forest fire & return & do repetitive drops thus dowsing the fire. The other option is a hanging water bucket below which it dunks & fils up at lakes or rivers & air drops it over the fire zone. The whole idea being to save time for landing & take off.
I got a couple of showers from this one in N Texas that year. They are impressive to watch.
Nice photo of a familiar Erikson Air Crane rotary bird we have come over to us in Australia every summer for bush fire fighting use. They do a fantastic job, and are all uniquely named too. :)
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Fecha | Aeronave | Origen | Destino | Salida | Llegada | Duración |
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31-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Bodrum | Cerca de Bodrum | First seen 05:19PM +03 | Last seen 05:42PM +03 | 0:23 |
30-07-2025 | S64 | Uşak (USQ / LTBO) | Cerca de Bodrum | 08:19AM +03 | Last seen 09:19AM +03 | 0:59 |
30-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Bursa | Uşak (USQ / LTBO) | First seen 06:47AM +03 | 07:37AM +03 | 0:50 |
29-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Bursa | Cerca de Bursa | First seen 12:02PM +03 | Last seen 12:12PM +03 | 0:09 |
28-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Bursa | Cerca de Bursa | First seen 07:27PM +03 | Last seen 07:40PM +03 | 0:12 |
28-07-2025 | S64 | Anadolu (AOE / LTBY) | Cerca de Anadolu, Eskisehir | 05:31PM +03 | Last seen 05:37PM +03 | 0:05 |
28-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Anadolu, Eskisehir | Cerca de Anadolu, Eskisehir | First seen 04:40PM +03 | Last seen 04:44PM +03 | 0:03 |
28-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Ankara | Cerca de Ankara | First seen 04:02PM +03 | Last seen 04:04PM +03 | 0:01 |
27-07-2025 | S64 | Zonguldak (ONQ / LTAS) | Cerca de Zonguldak | 01:49PM +03 | Last seen 01:59PM +03 | 0:10 |
27-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Zonguldak | Zonguldak (ONQ / LTAS) | First seen 12:19PM +03 | 12:41PM +03 | 0:21 |
27-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Antalya | Cerca de Altintas, Kutahya | First seen 09:05AM +03 | Last seen 10:19AM +03 | 1:13 |
26-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Gazipasa | Cerca de Antalya | First seen 06:55PM +03 | Last seen 07:29PM +03 | 0:34 |
26-07-2025 | S64 | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | Cerca de Gazipasa | 05:34PM +03 | Last seen 06:40PM +03 | 1:06 |
26-07-2025 | S64 | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | Cerca de Gazipasa | 02:48PM +03 | Last seen 04:37PM +03 | 1:49 |
26-07-2025 | S64 | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | 11:26AM +03 | 01:27PM +03 (?) | 2:01 |
26-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Gazipasa | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | First seen 08:59AM +03 | Last seen 10:21AM +03 | 1:21 |
26-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Antalya | Cerca de Gazipasa | First seen 08:24AM +03 | Last seen 08:50AM +03 | 0:26 |
25-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Gazipasa | Cerca de Antalya | First seen 07:41PM +03 | Last seen 08:05PM +03 | 0:23 |
25-07-2025 | S64 | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | Gazipaşa (GZP / LTFG) | 04:55PM +03 | 06:51PM +03 (?) | 1:56 |
25-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Antalya | Cerca de Gazipasa | First seen 01:15PM +03 | Last seen 02:57PM +03 | 1:42 |
25-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Isparta | Cerca de Antalya | First seen 11:22AM +03 | Last seen 12:12PM +03 | 0:50 |
23-07-2025 | S64 | Anadolu (AOE / LTBY) | Cerca de Anadolu, Eskisehir | 08:08AM +03 | Last seen 08:14AM +03 | 0:06 |
22-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Anadolu, Eskisehir | Anadolu (AOE / LTBY) | First seen 08:16PM +03 | Last seen 08:23PM +03 | 0:06 |
22-07-2025 | S64 | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | Cerca de Uşak | 01:43PM +03 | Last seen 02:24PM +03 | 0:41 |
22-07-2025 | S64 | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | 01:30PM +03 | resultado desconocido (?) | n/a |
22-07-2025 | S64 | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | 07:49AM +03 | 07:51AM +03 | 0:01 |
21-07-2025 | S64 | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | 03:25PM +03 | 03:25PM +03 (?) | 0:00 |
21-07-2025 | S64 | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | 01:30PM +03 | 01:30PM +03 | 0:00 |
21-07-2025 | S64 | Cerca de Aydın, Turkey | İzmir Adnan Menderes Int'l (ADB / LTBJ) | 12:14PM +03 | 12:58PM +03 | 0:43 |
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