WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Helitack 347 and 348 have returned to Victoria.

Burnover wrote:Helitack 347 and 348 have returned to Victoria.

was that C-GBSF (Black and White) and C-GJQE (Yellow). they didnt stay long.

they were bought over for that umm so called cyclone and the winds that it was going to bring. Good idea by the team to bring them over for just in case, but perhaps the 2 cv580's would have been quicker to send over than the s61's. It certainly cost FESA a lot of dollars.

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All of the Aerial fire fighting arsenal in Australia is Part Federal and part local government/state government and it's all a combination of cost etc. So Wannabee, you are correct in a way.

Helitack 347 and 348 are being sent from Victoria to WA again.

C-GBSF S61 landed at 09:47 local from the east

just seen helitaks type 1 and some big orrange one over mindarie heading south !!

kyeboi wrote:just seen helitaks type 1 and some big orrange one over mindarie heading south !!

Was it one of these? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erickson_Air-Crane

They are the bomb, the ducks *, the royal whatever...they are freaking awesome and I still drool everytime I see one fly over. Got to see them working in Sydney, absolutely awesome

im not sure if it was a sky craine it looked like the type 1 but wat orange ... i thought it was carson but the pipe at the bottom was hell long !!

dlcat1 wrote:

kyeboi wrote:just seen helitaks type 1 and some big orrange one over mindarie heading south !!

Was it one of these? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erickson_Air-Crane

They are the bomb, the ducks *, the royal whatever...they are freaking awesome and I still drool everytime I see one fly over. Got to see them working in Sydney, absolutely awesome

i say that was 347. as yeah heard them on the radio a few times.
ha ha yeah right a skycrane in wa. yeah that will be the day. but yeah be good to have one. 9000L water drops.lol

lol i didnt think that we had a sky craine !!!! but i still havent seen that helitak before !!

kyeboi

kyeboi wrote:im not sure if it was a sky craine it looked like the type 1 but wat orange ... i thought it was carson but the pipe at the bottom was hell long !!

Would that pipe have been the rope attached to the bucket? ROFL

rambler318 wrote:

kyeboi wrote:im not sure if it was a sky craine it looked like the type 1 but wat orange ... i thought it was carson but the pipe at the bottom was hell long !!

Would that pipe have been the rope attached to the bucket? ROFL

Do any of the type 1s have a bucket?

Helitac 348 C-GJQE S61-N c/n 61703 of Coulson Helicopters does not have a water tank, so I dare say that it has a Bambi Bucket. I have no idea where the helicopter is based, however I would sure like to know where. This is the ALL YELLOW helicopter

Helitac 347 C-GBSF S61-N c/n 61222 of Coulson Helicopters has a 4000ltr water tank underneath based at Perth airport, this is Blue rear fuselage, red strip and white forward fuselage.

Helitac 681 C-FQNG S61-N c/n 61032 of VIH Helicopters has a 4000ltr water tank, based at Perth airport, and has a green rear fuselage, yellow stripe and white forward fuselage. based at Perth airport
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6794134

Helitac 682 C-FTIG S61-N c/n 61491 of VIH Helicopters (cougar) has a 4000ltr water tank based at Busselton airport. Has a dark blue rear fuselage with light blue stripes and white fuselage.
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7037229