User talk:Bidgee/Archive 50

the super tanker

marie bashir is due tonight!... JarrahTree 11:44, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Bomber 210 (B210) is in Busselton, WA and has already done its first drop a short time ago, Cessna Citation V, which is Fire Scanner 201 (FS201) should arrive shortly. Bidgee (talk) 11:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

are you aware of or have used bushfire.io yet? or know it well? JarrahTree 11:58, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

in the know, every movement it makes. bushfire.io is only useful if an aircraft is broadcasting ADS-B and there is a receiver nearby if flying at low altitude, SEATs (Single Engine Air Tanker) mostly don't, as well as some of the helicopters (Firebird and Helitak). Bidgee (talk) 12:04, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Sheesh the fire ground was busy this afternoon - I love the acronym meat for some of the helitacs... JarrahTree 12:07, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Imagine the comms would've been quite busy, hopefully enough freq to use (last season wasn't fun, too many big fires and not enough freq or range)! Well Victorians would yell at me and say it is "Helitack", but us New South Welshmen see little point of the "k". ;) Hopefully the TC diverts south with rain and not wind! Bidgee (talk) 12:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

The bushire.io catch of the wind suggests north east winds for most of the day today - but, the https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-238.80,-34.04,1096/loc=117.416,-31.109 earth nullschool app suggests a real mess - and it looks like the end of the world by the end of the week http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml

interesting the io item gives popup id's for the choppers - quite detailed... JarrahTree 12:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

They use Windy for the winds. Bidgee (talk) 12:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

looks like it utilises nullschool :) JarrahTree 12:38, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

BTW - any thoughts on any form of listing the planes/choppers utilised at big fires - ?? JarrahTree 10:08, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Would be tricky, not all aircraft are easily trackable publicly. Also a second Boeing 737-300 (N137CG/B137) is on route to WA, should be around hour away from Busselton. Bidgee (talk) 11:56, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Some of the aircraft active today (below), there were more. Bidgee (talk) 12:37, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Callsign	Aircraft	Rego	Type
B132	Lockheed C-130H Hercules	N132CG	Large Air Tanker (LAT) / Bomber (B)
B210	Boeing 737-300	N138CG	Large Air Tanker (LAT) / Bomber (B)
B602	Air Tractor AT-802A	VH-FGO	Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) / Bomber (B)
B606	Air Tractor AT-802A	VH-FCO	Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) / Bomber (B)
B610	Air Tractor AT-802	VH-JID	Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) / Bomber (B)
BD123	Cessna CitationJet CJ1	VH-RMB	Birddog (BD)
FB661	Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin 2	N82MD	Firebird (FB)
FB662	Aérospatiale SA 365N1 Dauphin 2	N97MD	Firebird (FB)
FB663	Eurocopter AS355F-1 Twin Squirrel	VH-YUQ	Firebird (FB)
FS125	Beech B200T Super King Air	VH-LAB	Fire Scan (FS) / Line Scan
FS201	Cessna Citation Encore	N561CG	Fire Scan (FS) / Line Scan
HT671	Bell 214B	P2-MSA	Helitack (HT)
HT672	Bell 214B-1 BigLifter	N234PH	Helitack (HT)
HT673	Bell 214B	N254SM	Helitack (HT)
HT674	Bell 214B	N49732	Helitack (HT)
HT733	Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane	N154AC	Helitack (HT)

wow that is some airpower there - you ok for the table in the article ? JarrahTree 12:49, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Up to you. Publicly available information, just tricky to add citation (sources) to them. Bidgee (talk) 12:54, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

io has some of them in the pop ups - but not the whole lot - oh well will try...thanks JarrahTree 12:57, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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It would be lovely to catch up. Carrolquadrio (talk) 01:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks for your message, Bidgee! Hope you're doing ok. The first weeks are stressful still but we'll do better soon. Do message next time you're in town for a meetup or anything. We miss your expertise! Fransplace (talk) 09:32, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

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