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Originally Posted by Fredbargate
(Post 9480584)
2nd time this week
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That's the new Ryanair plane isn't it?
You know, the one that can dump your luggage straight into the airport car park on the final approach so they can avoid paying baggage handling fees! |
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Originally Posted by Domino
(Post 9480599)
is it legal to fly that close to the metal tower ? ?
there are also 14 x CL215's you could get a visit from Does this mean you have bush fires in your area ?? |
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Hi Fred. Watched that one last night at about midnight - looked big.:eek: Do you know where it was? Somewhere on a line between Jimena and La Alcaidesa I would guess.
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Originally Posted by Domino
(Post 9480599)
is it legal to fly that close to the metal tower ? ?
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Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 9480636)
Hi Fred. Watched that one last night at about midnight - looked big.:eek: Do you know where it was? Somewhere on a line between Jimena and La Alcaidesa I would guess.
Sunday they were picking water up off Puente Mayorga as they are doing this morning. Todays fire is on the east side of Queen's Chair the hill occupied by the military between the two roads into La Linea. I have just listened to the GBC lunchtime news, it would appear what you saw last night and I saw this morning are one and the same fire. Residents of Santa Margarita were evacuated and the Higeuron ( East access to La Linea & Gibraltar ) road was closed. |
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Originally Posted by Fred James
(Post 9480607)
That's the new Ryanair plane isn't it?
You know, the one that can dump your luggage straight into the airport car park on the final approach so they can avoid paying baggage handling fees! |
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Originally Posted by Fredbargate
(Post 9480711)
Sorry no idea I did not see that one.
Sunday they were picking water up off Puente Mayorga as they are doing this morning. Todays fire is on the east side of Queen's Chair the hill occupied by the military between the two roads into La Linea. I have just listened to the GBC lunchtime news, it would appear what you saw last night and I saw this morning are one and the same fire. Residents of Santa Margarita were evacuated and the Higeuron ( East access to La Linea & Gibraltar ) road was closed. |
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Sunday's fire was really bad - at least 2 planes and 2 helicopters worked for hours from the afternoon onwards to put out the flames, which were huge. The fire reached the edge of the service road alongside the CN341 near Alcaidesa and San Roque Club. as far as I know nobody was hurt. As said above, more fire last night and this morning.
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Thanks Triana I wondered where Sundays fire was. The planes were flying over us to get water but we could not see the fire. We didn't see any helicopters.
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It must be so scary to have these fires so close to your home!
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Originally Posted by Jur
(Post 9481147)
It must be so scary to have these fires so close to your home!
However I believe I am safe where I am |
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Ah, I thought that was your house in the 1st picture.
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Was it all one fire?
ETA silly me - one was Sunday the other Wednesday. Must have been close together though... |
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Originally Posted by Jur
(Post 9481320)
Ah, I thought that was your house in the 1st picture.
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Originally Posted by Jur
(Post 9481147)
It must be so scary to have these fires so close to your home!
It took a while to put out with two helicoptors and a plane. http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...a/IMGP1316.jpg http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...a/IMGP1323.jpg |
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They were picking up from Alcaidesa and dumping it about a mile the other side of the casino when I drove down the A7 at 2 ish this afternoon couldn't see any smoke though, 2 planes and 3 helicopters
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Originally Posted by Triana
(Post 9481074)
Sunday's fire was really bad - at least 2 planes and 2 helicopters worked for hours from the afternoon onwards to put out the flames, which were huge. The fire reached the edge of the service road alongside the CN341 near Alcaidesa and San Roque Club. as far as I know nobody was hurt. As said above, more fire last night and this morning.
When I've seen it on the telly fighting fires in the USA I struggle to see that it has much effect and looks more of a PR exercise. |
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it works...depends how strong the fire is though and the wind. Helps if there is a firebreak or some way of limiting it spreading, then letting it burn out on it's own away from where it can do damage....got some excellent pictures of them in action from 2005..pics to follow watch this space once I can locate em
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Originally Posted by johnnyone
(Post 9481470)
Out of interest and as you have experienced it first hand how well does dropping water from the 'planes in dousing the fires work or are they reliant on ground support by the fire services?
When I've seen it on the telly fighting fires in the USA I struggle to see that it has much effect and looks more of a PR exercise. Estapona August 2002. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...P8250057-1.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...P8250072-1.jpg |
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They also can drop red coloured fire retardant powder from a much smaller aircraft.
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Behind us there was a pink house when we first moved in, it's white again now. Only recently did we find out it was a miss with the retardant !
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All day long, nine helicopters and five planes dumped water on the fire in a bid to bring it under control.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=22196 I only saw the two planes that were collecting water near me. |
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Originally Posted by Fredbargate
(Post 9482706)
All day long, nine helicopters and five planes dumped water on the fire in a bid to bring it under control.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=22196 I only saw the two planes that were collecting water near me. I must admit I had to look twice at their picture and the third in the series I posted amazingly similar angle .... |
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Here's an interesting angle
Sunday's fire "Everyone knows what's going on here, year after year. They take advantage of the Poniente (Westerly) wind, and when there's a Levante (Easterly), they'll try it on Sierra Carbonera." This time it was on Sierra Carbonera (as predicted by an onlooker at last week's nearby at La Alcaidesa) |
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I must admit I was curious as to why they were picking up water near me when the Mediterranean side was closer thereby less flight time although only fractional. With the westerly wind there should no have been a problem on the Med side.
So maybe the airspace was divided for safety. |
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