>>1686532Also occurs to me that you may want to check out r/wildfire. I know, >reddit, but it's legitimately the best online source I've found for info about fire jobs.
>>1686594A C-130 super scooper would be neat, but you can only throw so many fixed-wing resources at a new start before you start running into airspace congestion issues.
If we're dreaming, I'd like to see the Feds sign off on hover-stepping and fast-roping, and more use of big helicopters as combined bucket platforms and troop shuttles. Imagine the horsepower you could put on an initial attack with a Chinook. 20+ guys and a 1500 gallon bucket. Boise Helitack is working on this, though only with a Blackhawk, and that's probably gonna be the platform that gets adopted for the kind of work I'm asking for.
