Credit goes to GreekAirborne on MP.net



My fav CL-415s








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Good luck to the firefighters of all sorts.

I had the chance to participate in two instances while serving,
doing surveillance in one and ground clearing and fighting in the other.
It corresponds very much to the work soldiers are trained for
with mobility, resilience and of course courage high on the needed list.

The CANADAIR CL-415, I recognized easily as we use those in France
& off course here in Québec( I saw four tails biking near the airport
with my son yesterday, although older 215 ones ).



But not having cleared my first coffee, I thought for one moment that
that PZL Dromader was something else and that Greece had secured
the lone representant of the AT-401B, LOL. I almost suggested selling
it as a collectible to help curb the debt.

I'll finish waking up then; good day all, Tay.



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Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Good luck and wish them success. Forest belongs to all humanity and they are common good.

The PZL aircraft is a sad , sad story for the Greek Air Force.

People are correct to wonder how the Greek aAir Force got this lousy aircraft, since we already had the efficient and reliable Canadair.

The story is very interesting, and I will narrate it when I can. The PZL was forcefully fed into a reluctant Greek Air Force in 1983, by the most corrupted Prime Minister the country ever had. Of course the Air Force never wanted it and hated it.


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"The Turkish Cypriots looted, robbed and ravaged Greek Cypriot properties. They must start producing instead of being mere consumers. The Turkish Cypriots wanted to live without working!"

Major-General Bedrettin Demirel (1917-1988)
Commander of the Turkish Invasion Forces in 1974

@GavurYunan

I don't like the aircrafts either, but the last years I have informed little more. The PZL M18 Dromaders are very good in fast response or when the fire just started. The small aircraft can also operating in gorges with best results, 215-415 Canaders are to big for that kind of water drops.







April/21/2012
Turkey is not like China. Turkey is, just like Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal.
www.hurriyetdailynews.com

Does Turkey have PZL M18 Dromaders? Because I just saw the same plane yesterday while they were flying on istanbul, I saw 4 planes and they were really noisy...

@Crete Revenge

Flying the Dromader it total stupid for a country like Greece. THey have to land to a runway to get water while the sea or lakes might be few km away from fire. They should have been retired years ago and replaced with Air Tractor AT-802 which has the same abilities but instead untill 2009 stupid goverment was dreaming of Be-200.

@ wertGR

Here a nice video about what I have explained above from "Areti kai tolmi"








April/21/2012
Turkey is not like China. Turkey is, just like Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal.
www.hurriyetdailynews.com

It is logical that their pilots love them, however planes that can land on the water could me much more efficient. They can be there first, but will take them 30 mins to come back...