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.
That drop was scarily close to that ground crew. You do NOT want to be in the path of one of those tanker drops. (Unless you have a desire to die and be buried dyed bright red/pink.) ��
I had a very similar view of a B-17 'Borate Bomber' in 1972 at the Cherry Lake Fire, just west of Yosemite National Park. We were cutting line on top of a ridge as the B-17 was flying at our eye level making drops on the ridge below us. The sight and sound of that plane flying 300 yards away is something I'll never forget.
Small world, Elmo. A few years after that Cherry Lake Fire, I worked one summer living at the lake with some buds, one of whom had a contract with the Forest Service clearing brush around the trees they planted after the fire. Talk about physical, dirty work - but great stuff for young, fit guys. Plus, it was a paycheck.
I've always heard planting trees was the hardest job to be found. I also heard what started that fire was a small chunk of brake lining that had broken off a log truck and went into the dry grass on the side of the road. That was a big fire in it's day, at just over 17,000 acres. Puny by today's standards.
MD11, not 747, the Global supertanker is based here and is a scream to watch them practice.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's a DC-10 owned by 10 Tanker.
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@Elmo - good call sir!
DeleteThat drop was scarily close to that ground crew. You do NOT want to be in the path of one of those tanker drops. (Unless you have a desire to die and be buried dyed bright red/pink.) ��
ReplyDeleteI had a very similar view of a B-17 'Borate Bomber' in 1972 at the Cherry Lake Fire, just west of Yosemite National Park. We were cutting line on top of a ridge as the B-17 was flying at our eye level making drops on the ridge below us. The sight and sound of that plane flying 300 yards away is something I'll never forget.
ReplyDeleteSmall world, Elmo. A few years after that Cherry Lake Fire, I worked one summer living at the lake with some buds, one of whom had a contract with the Forest Service clearing brush around the trees they planted after the fire. Talk about physical, dirty work - but great stuff for young, fit guys. Plus, it was a paycheck.
DeleteI've always heard planting trees was the hardest job to be found.
DeleteI also heard what started that fire was a small chunk of brake lining that had broken off a log truck and went into the dry grass on the side of the road.
That was a big fire in it's day, at just over 17,000 acres. Puny by today's standards.
End of the day, not to diminush any anecdotes, pilot was made of brass...
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