And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Now that's a really close drop.
It takes real huevos, and a touch of insanity, to fly like that.
It could be that the image was shot with a telephoto lens, which would tend to compress the perception of distance. I doubt that those Forest Service guys would be standing there all nonchalant if the plane was zipping by as close as it looks.
That's not a telephoto lens. The crew really are close to the drop. When I was on the fire line we often dropped with engine crews just off the drop line.
ordnance on target.
ReplyDeleteDarn near everything on target.
DeleteActually it is very safe, coordinated and not as dangerous as people think.
ReplyDeleteWhere were the large air tankers when the boys in Arizona needed them?
It could be that the image was shot with a telephoto lens, which would tend to compress the perception of distance. I doubt that those Forest Service guys would be standing there all nonchalant if the plane was zipping by as close as it looks.
DeleteThat's not a telephoto lens. The crew really are close to the drop. When I was on the fire line we often dropped with engine crews just off the drop line.
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