Trees and Helicopters @L35

Real World Aviation Spotting
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Hello everyone!

For the last few days I have been in Big Bear, a small city east of downtown Los Angeles. If you have flown into LAX from the northeast then there is a very good chance that you flew right over this town! I was able to get some pictures of Big Bear’s City Airport along with a helicopter airlifting trees from the National Forest.

Enjoy the photos

N8286 Front
N8286 Front2320×1547 1.74 MB

N8286 Back
N8286 Back2509×1673 2.05 MB

N8286 fueling up before beginning to airlift trees

L35
L352385×1590 1.86 MB

Hey your not a helicopter

N721HT
N721HT2617×2621 3.45 MB

CH-54B waiting to fight fires

Air Lifter (1)
Air Lifter (1)2437×1625 1.25 MB

Air Lifter (2)
Air Lifter (2)3579×5766 3.44 MB

N8286 in action!

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Nice shots! My favorite is the bright red Helicopter Transport Services copter.

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Thank you!

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Great pictures! love the blackhawk and S64

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Wait I thought it was though

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Thanks!

It might be idk

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Nice shots, you still shooting in auto? 🤔

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I am not

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How you liking it?

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Definitely been seeing better picture quality (except for these but it’s not related to the camera)

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Good to hear. Like anything takes time and practice to get better. Learning the camera and all it’s settings from experimenting is extremely beneficial.

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Definitely the third one 💯because that just is one cool helicopter!!

For obvious reasons this is a joke 😆

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Nice pics! Saw your vid with the lapd helis too. Helicopters are one of the coolest inventions ever imo 😎

I have these from a while ago of a police heli landing at a local park. Pretty cool’

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Big Bear is an awesome spot. Been trying to do a XC there for sometime. Nice pics.

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Flying over the lake would definitely be cool to see before landing / after takeoff

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Helicopters on IF when? 👀 🤪

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Probably not for a long time

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