Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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The AT-802 head-on with the fire truck in the background is a winner!
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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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Totally agree with Chris and DJ!
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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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Yes, yes, great series! My fav is probably the CL-415 nearly head-on, dropping.

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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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Oof! Man, how close were you?!
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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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Thanks for the replies!
It was about 200m. You could drive all the way.
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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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great shots of the firefighters!
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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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vmd wrote:great shots of the firefighters!
Awesome!!!! :respect:

Damn, we left the Split area (Trogir) on the 22nd! :evil:

Were these pictures of the scooping CL415 taken from Ciovo? Where was the fire?

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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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The fire was about 1 mile north of the airfield. When taking the shot of the Mi8 in front of the smoke, I was still at the airfield. When I saw the fire I drove up there. Later I drove to the beach in Trogir, straight south of the airfield. From there I took the water shot and the one with the church tower.
I wasn't staying in the Trogir area actually, I was closer to Zadar. I just had the feeling that spotting at Split would give something special and having arrived there this unique oppertunity proved my spotting instict right! :P

Thanks for the kind responses everyone!

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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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Some people told me about your pictures today at Kecskemet airshow. Very cool!!
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Re: Split, Croatia . 23-07-2013 . Fire fighting action

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That is indeed very cool!

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