Russian firefighting plane flying close to boat - GIF

**Altair** · Dec 16, 2021, 10:27 AM

Russian Beriev Be-200 Altair multirole amphibious aircraft flying close to boat.

Previously:

Fire bomber dumping retardant close to hillside - GIF
CL-415 Superscooper water bomber low-altitude firefighting - GIF and videos
C-17 flying low over city -GIF
Firefighting aircraft flying dangerously close to the ground - GIF
F-16 flyby over a dusty road - GIF

**old kodger** · Dec 17, 2021, 02:20 AM

bloody irresponsible pilot.

**yvonf** · Dec 17, 2021, 02:41 AM

... Or "bloody irresponsible skipper" ....

When there is fire battle, filling water zone are precisely defined are all ship are forbidden - especially yachting !!!

**Hoosiersmoker** · Dec 17, 2021, 05:38 AM

I bet they picked up 5 or 10 knots though!

**old kodger** · Dec 17, 2021, 01:51 PM

Clearly, some (a lot of) information is missing from this discussion. Was there a fire? Was the zone notified. Was the yacht already in the "zone" before the fire? yachts don't move very fast, therefore the skipper may have been unavoidably in that area. It would appear as though the pilot deliberately "buzzed" the yacht, probably because he WAS in that area, from the picture there seemed to be enough room for the plane to move off at least another 100 feet or so. So I say again bloody irresponsible pilot, just venting his irritation at having the yacht "in his patch".