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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Guest Photographer - DBP

















This amazing shot was taken at the Canadian International Airshow in Toronto a number of years ago by a friend of mine. I recently re-discovered it in my files. It shows a Canadair CL-215 water bomber dispensing a load of fire supressant on a hay-filled barge deliberately torched for the air show.

posted by f-stop steve @ 8:54 a.m.  

9 Comments:

  • At 1:43 p.m., Blogger Shalee said…

    It looks like a plane with a full pink skirt on it.

    This picture reminds me of the movie "Always". If you haven't seen it, rent it and watch it with Sweetie because it is a romantic comedy with Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter and John Goodman. Plus it deals with fire and water bombers, too. (See, a little something for everybody.)

     

  • At 1:45 p.m., Blogger Antique Mommy said…

    Wow. I'll bet that was awesome to watch.

     

  • At 1:52 p.m., Blogger Antique Mommy said…

    (Raising my hand from the back of the class) Okay, I have questions. What is the orange stuff inside the pink smoke that looks like fire? How do they know where to drop this stuff because, it looks like the burning boat is not where the "stuff" is and is it okay if this gets in the water. And what if it gets on those people? That's it. For now.

     

  • At 2:20 p.m., Blogger f-stop steve said…

    First things first - Yes I did see the movie always (it was based on the ealrier movie "A Guy Named Joe". Great movie.
    Secondly - the entire air show is awesome to watch. Regrettably, there have been a number of fatalities at the show over the past decades and it has lost some lustre as a result.
    Third - the fire supressant is red (so they can see where they dropped it on land) and I think it's just the light shining through. They drop the stuff early so that it drifts onto the target. It is water-soluble and doesn't harm the water or the people - who were well out of the way.
    Hope that clears things up.

     

  • At 2:25 p.m., Blogger f-stop steve said…

    Spelling corrections:
    "always" should read "Always";
    "ealrier" should read "earlier".
    Since AM said it was a class, I had to spell correctly.
    Thanx.

     

  • At 10:13 p.m., Blogger Antique Mommy said…

    Thank you Professor F-Stop. Will the part about the movie be on the quiz?

     

  • At 10:21 p.m., Blogger f-stop steve said…

    There will be a 25 multiple-choice quiz and a short essay at the end of the session. The quiz will be based on aerodynamics/principles of flight and guessing the substance(s) used on movie theatre popcorn.

     

  • At 12:49 p.m., Blogger Antique Mommy said…

    I really wanted to stop but "guessing the substances used on movie theater popcorn" - that is funny! Will club soda remove coffee from a computer keyboard?

     

  • At 4:16 p.m., Blogger Shalee said…

    I've seen the movie enough times. I may ace it! Sorry AM, I may just throw the curve...

    Plus I used to work in a theatre, so I know what they put on the popcorn!!

     

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