hybrid Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Who got this contract? https://globalnews.ca/news/7141471/b-c-wildfire-night-vision-goggles-penticton/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3M Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 2 hours ago, hybrid said: Who got this contract? https://globalnews.ca/news/7141471/b-c-wildfire-night-vision-goggles-penticton/ There was a write up on Vertical with Talon Helicopters getting NVG approved with their AS365. Perhaps them as a trial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, th3M said: There was a write up on Vertical with Talon Helicopters getting NVG approved with their AS365. Perhaps them as a trial? I doubt it, they might have it for SAR though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3M Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 https://www.verticalmag.com/news/talon-helicopters-airbus-as365-dauphin-nighttime-firefighting/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 17 hours ago, th3M said: https://www.verticalmag.com/news/talon-helicopters-airbus-as365-dauphin-nighttime-firefighting/ Got to hand it Talon, I would have thought there would be more experienced wildfire companies out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zazu Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 For example, “what would happen if we put 20,000 liters of water around one burning tree at nighttime… what would we have in the morning? Would it be a mop up for a couple of days, instead of a two-month production?” he said. Kudos to them bringing a newish technology to the forefront. A lot of money trying to develop a niche market. It’s a bit of a gamble going to this extreme, considering that conducting normal IA type VFR bucketing operations at 4 or 5 in the morning is frowned upon by most fire fighting agencies that I know of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Zazu said: conducting normal IA type VFR bucketing operations at 4 or 5 in the morning is frowned upon by most fire fighting agencies that I know of. I don't think it's frowned upon, usually it's due to pilot duty times. I don't think forestry personnel want to hang around 24 hours a day either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robottxt Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 On 7/7/2020 at 3:44 PM, Zazu said: normal IA type VFR bucketing operations at 4 or 5 in the morning is frowned upon by most fire fighting agencies that I know of. " normal IA type VFR bucketing operations at 10 or 12 in the morning is frowned upon by most fire fighting agencies that I know of"--- Fixed it for you 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, robottxt said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 From having flown near fires with NVG's, that would be extremely helpful. you can even see hot spots that you can't see with naked eye close up at night. Tanking at night particularly would be great deal in the prairies for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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