Another cancelled task today, this time due to fire not weather!
Just as we were about to launch, a huge fire broke out over the back of Crestline. I giant cloud of smoke billowed up as we prepared to launch, and pretty soon there were helicopters flying up the left of us, spotter planes flying up to the right of us!
Some of us decided to fly rather than drive down, and then we shut the whole LZ down as a safety precaution to other pilots.
Just as we were about to launch, a huge fire broke out over the back of Crestline. I giant cloud of smoke billowed up as we prepared to launch, and pretty soon there were helicopters flying up the left of us, spotter planes flying up to the right of us!
Some of us decided to fly rather than drive down, and then we shut the whole LZ down as a safety precaution to other pilots.
The fire broke out just as Russ was putting his socks on
The smoke billowed to about 8000ft and then the helicopters and air tankers started flying up to the left and right of launch... Often below launch height
