Great video Brent. I love the scene where the 3 planes in front are diving into the water and you are behind them. Something about everyone doing it together looks awesome!
Man, I love the Air Tractor. One of the few aircraft these days that aren't afraid of taking a beating. You can tell in this video the pilot was being gentle but the plane wanted *more*
Certs and ratings are the easy part - variety of experience is most difficult to get. Here's an interview with our chief pilot where he talks about qualifications and experience required to get a FireBoss seat. ua-cam.com/video/doKfdJo8c4g/v-deo.html
It's a FireBoss, an Air Tractor 802 on special WipAire floats with a Hydromax gate. I've spent my career flying specialty aviation gigs around the world, but this is what I always wanted to do.
There’s good info at our website Dauntlessair.com - also here's an interview with our chief pilot where he talks about qualifications : ua-cam.com/video/kSAi4Rn7HEs/v-deo.htmlsi=gFrLV3-9YPrtYWbG
@@brentvoris4399 This is a dream job for me in the long future, because I'm 17 and I have 35 more hours till I get my license. I plan on becoming a pipeline pilot for a bit, then this afterwards. How likely is it that I can do this? Should I give up?
We still have the smoker and use it frequently. It increases our visibility when the Air Attack is trying to spot us coming into the fire traffic area, and as an “I see you” when working in close proximity with other scoopers or helos. It’s also great for communicating our scoop lane intentions to watercraft among other things. We don’t necessarily carry flaps all the way to the fire - If they’re really short turns between the fire and the scoop they may never come fully up, but if it’s a matter of miles we’ll be flaps up as soon as we stop climbing.
We have contracts all over the US. Our Washington contracts have had FireBosses based in Omak, Deer Park, Richland, Yakima, Moses Lake, and The Dalles. I’ve mostly flown out of Moses Lake when I’ve been on contract in Washington.
@@TumbleTrashOfficial Any potential monetization or ad revenue is lost because of the copyrighted song. If the channel get's more subscribers may want to use UA-cam library or other royalty free source rather than popular music; or drop the music like others have said.
Man, those Air Tractors sure wear a lot of hats. What a versatile aircraft. (And the soundtrack is a nice walk down memory lane.)
Most badass job in civil aviation!
🎉🎉🎉🎉 200% agree
Bravo, Fireboss Mike.. Omak Attacker!
Wow! Air Tractors used as water bombers .. how awesome is that! And Steppenwolf as the audio .. I was mesmerized!
Great video Brent. I love the scene where the 3 planes in front are diving into the water and you are behind them. Something about everyone doing it together looks awesome!
Man, I love the Air Tractor. One of the few aircraft these days that aren't afraid of taking a beating. You can tell in this video the pilot was being gentle but the plane wanted *more*
Literaturelly most badass job in civil aviation lol man
Thanks for Magic Carpet Ride😊
Это лучшая работа в мире.
That vibe! Damn!
My dream job, brother. Getting my instructor cert rn, hope to be there soon
Imagine a fleet of a thousand of these. Dispatch a wing of a hundred to go tackle a fire. The dynamic suppression would be incredible
Nice wire deflection wire, smart idea, IMO.
Currently at the K-State aviation school and its been my dream to retire in alaska, so this could be retirement job haha, looks so badass.
Super video !!!
Thanks for you awesomeness ❤
Hope these guys or gals are paid well for this what seems to be a very very dangerous job
I’d do it for free.
One just went down a month ago pilot did not survive. Poorly designed water tanks seem to plague these planes ☹️
Лучшая работа в мире! Сколько денег получает пилот в месяц?
That was epic
All I'm going to say is: "DD"
I'm going to leave it right here.
4 player coop mission completed
that looks like a blast.
Very cool! Can you short-list career steps/ratings required to be able to do this job? I assume: PPL, SEP, HPA, SEA and...?
Certs and ratings are the easy part - variety of experience is most difficult to get. Here's an interview with our chief pilot where he talks about qualifications and experience required to get a FireBoss seat. ua-cam.com/video/doKfdJo8c4g/v-deo.html
Damn that was awesome
cool formation flying
Music: Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf.
I love it! How much water do you pick up?
We can carry 800 gallons in the hopper, but how much we take depends on lake elevation, temps, winds, obstacles, etc.
Hell of a way to make a living !
🤙🏼🤙🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
I want to fly the boss!
Pretty cool videos!
Very cool.
What planes are those? And how did you get into doing this line of work?
It's a FireBoss, an Air Tractor 802 on special WipAire floats with a Hydromax gate. I've spent my career flying specialty aviation gigs around the world, but this is what I always wanted to do.
IL-2 Sturmovik :)))
I'm getting my pilots license and soon want to do exactly this! can you tell me everything I need to do to get this same job?
There’s good info at our website Dauntlessair.com - also here's an interview with our chief pilot where he talks about qualifications : ua-cam.com/video/kSAi4Rn7HEs/v-deo.htmlsi=gFrLV3-9YPrtYWbG
@@brentvoris4399 thank you!
@@brentvoris4399 This is a dream job for me in the long future, because I'm 17 and I have 35 more hours till I get my license. I plan on becoming a pipeline pilot for a bit, then this afterwards. How likely is it that I can do this? Should I give up?
We are always looking for qualified pilots. You’ll get into a FireBoss if that’s your goal. Giving up is the only way to fail.
@@brentvoris4399 Awe, thank you! that's very reassuring
1,500 H.P.!
1600 HP!!!! (And more in the yellow arc)
Can't you get bigger planes that would carry more water, like a PBY or the new Japanese flying boats the US2?
Everything is a trade off. We deliver water to the fire much more economically than any other platform.
Did they just do the one pass?
We can split loads if needed, but usually the water source is close enough that spending the extra time is inefficient
Do you still use your smoker? Man carrying flaps all the way out must be painful, floats must do some dammage to performance.
We still have the smoker and use it frequently. It increases our visibility when the Air Attack is trying to spot us coming into the fire traffic area, and as an “I see you” when working in close proximity with other scoopers or helos. It’s also great for communicating our scoop lane intentions to watercraft among other things. We don’t necessarily carry flaps all the way to the fire - If they’re really short turns between the fire and the scoop they may never come fully up, but if it’s a matter of miles we’ll be flaps up as soon as we stop climbing.
Where are you, Moses Lake? They have a bunch of 737 MAX planes.
We work out of Moses lake sometimes. Usually mid August until the end of September
@@brentvoris4399 Where are you based?
I've seen a couple Super Scoopers flying around Moses Lake.
We have contracts all over the US. Our Washington contracts have had FireBosses based in Omak, Deer Park, Richland, Yakima, Moses Lake, and The Dalles. I’ve mostly flown out of Moses Lake when I’ve been on contract in Washington.
Thought it was gonna be "School - Nirvana", but then it turned into "Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf".
Imagine a fleet of a thousand of these
I'd rather hear the plane than that music. DNR.
Yeah - you’re not the only one who thinks that 😆 I like it the way it is though
What? The music is jammin.
@@TumbleTrashOfficial Any potential monetization or ad revenue is lost because of the copyrighted song. If the channel get's more subscribers may want to use UA-cam library or other royalty free source rather than popular music; or drop the music like others have said.