• Jears@social.jears.at
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    8 months ago

    I had the absolute pleasure to sit in BOTH of these Panthers at Innsbruck airport last year.

    They even startet the engines and drove out of the hangar with us inside and gave us a little water salute. Absolute pleasure, I felt like a little kid!

    I do have a video of the spray, sadly there were many people around and I don’t want to show their faces. Needless to say these things shoot water like a rocket!

    • mod@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Absolute beauts! Would’ve loved to watch the video. Is it hard to mask peoples’ faces?

      • Jears@social.jears.at
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        8 months ago

        I think I got everyone. Refelctions are my enemy now but here you go:

        Startet filming in portrait for some reason, tried my best to make the transition make somwhat smooth.

        Anyway my filing is beyond saving (:

        • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
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          8 months ago

          That’s cool.

          Thanks for spending the time filming and then motion tracking people.

  • tygerprints@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Oh yeah they’ll probably accommodate you if you want to sit in their fire truck. Firemen encourage people to come check out their equpment (!) that didn’t come out quite the way I hoped. You get what I mean - they like to have visitors.

  • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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    8 months ago

    At a USAF civilian auxiliary encampment I got to sit in one of those big yellow airport fire trucks, the kind with the huge water cannon, bright yellow paint, slanted “cockpit” widow, joystick+cameras inside, etc. It was amazing. Then they had my squadron put on PTs, marched us in formation into a gravel drainage trap, and shot the cannon up at like 60° to create a rainstorm above us. Fun times.

  • flyingjake@lemmy.one
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    8 months ago

    For sure! My community is served by a volunteer department and I joined a couple years ago, definitely a rewarding experience. Now not only have I gotten to sit in a truck, but I drive them, have learned all sorts of cool tools like the jaws of life and get to work with a great group of people serving our community.

    You don’t need to be young and fit either (I’m not!), there’s a job for everyone. Anyone who’s interested should definitely check out their local department. Most have active Facebook pages sharing updates and their website should have info on how to learn more about joining.