On fire
We have mountain fires in Cape Town every summer. Usually they happen when it is hot and windy, and mostly they are started by cigarette butts being thrown out of car windows.
This year is no exception. On Saturday the mountain just above Boyes Drive was on fire, and the fire-crews were using two helicopters to dump water onto the fire. Because it was so close to my house and I live right next to the vlei, I watched the choppers collecting the water out of the lake before dumping it onto the fire.
It was pretty amazing watching the choppers, incredible skill in dropping down to grab the water, and then dumping it right on the hot-spots. This is in the cross-winds and flying through all the smoke. These are amazing pilots.
Thankfully, they managed to put this one out quite quickly, and there didn’t seem to be any major damage. We have had some pretty major fires in the past.
Here are the rest of the pics.
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Leave a commentDay 56: Huey Helicopter
Day 56: Huey Helicopter, originally uploaded by Craig Strachan.
This is an old Huey helicopter , used mainly in the Vietnam war. This
particular one is now used for tourist chopper flights over Cape Town. I
caught it in action flying over my house.
You can book a flight here if you are interested.
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