Stumbled across this video, and thought it would be of interest...
 

I randomly found this video on t'internet, and thought it would be of interest to PP visitors to what the neighbours get up to in the military base...

43 Grupo 2012 on Vimeo

What a great find Kev, thanks for posting it :D.

Utterly brilliant... wonderful clear views of plane(s), sea, countryside, PP and some other places I didn't recognise.
Watch the video... an excellent way to spend four and a half minutes of your time!

WOW! Thanks Kev! The music was amazing with it too! A little concerned about the final shot though! ;) Great video!

Brilliant find Kev :) Just watched it again and it was just as thrilling. They really do come in that low over the apartment blocks...usually mine early in the morning!!! It's a good wake up call :eek:

Wow! Fabulous. Thanks so much for posting this. :D:D:D

A fantastic find, Kev. Such a fascinating insight. What amazes me is the enormous strain that must be put on the poor plane, particularly when it takes on more water - they look as if they're made of balsa wood! And as for the close up of the pilots - they looked as if they were using their joysticks as if they were taking part in some World Rally Championship!

Great bit of video. Just a shame mine kept freezing all the time for some reason?

I agree, great video. :cool:

I had the same problem until I turned the HD off by clicking on the HD icon on the bottom right of the video window.

It must be down to broadband speed and the power of your computer?:confused:

Now its time for "place spotting"!!:cool:

Can we have the "seconds into the film" and the location?:p

I think I spotted, but did not record the time, Illa D'Or, Airbase, Either Gorge Blau or was it Cuba, Roof of Don Pedro in CSV.

However, I may be wrong :eek: so lets have some contributions please.

The Grupo43 Video is very interesting and if watched closely shows at least 8 separate aircraft in action. Most of them are the Canadair CL-215’s that we have seen in Puerto Pollensa over the years but three of them - numbers 31, 32 and 33 - are the later Bombardier CL-415 model.
The original Canadair 215’s were built between 1969 and 1990 - 125 aircraft were constructed.
The newer Bombardier 415’s were first delivered in 1994 and about 80 aircraft have been made so far. All the planes were built in Quebec, Canada and some work is done in Ontario.
The Spanish air force has twenty CL-215’s (of which Groupo43 has 14) and three CL-415’s all of which are with Groupo43. The earlier planes are nicknamed ‘Scoopers’ and the later model is nicknamed the ‘Superscooper’.
The CL-215 can scoop up 5346 litres of water (1176 gallons) cruise at 291 km/hour (181 mph) and has a range of 2260 km (1405 miles).
The CL-415 can scoop up 6137 litres of water (1350 gallons) cruise at 331 km/hour (207 mph) and has a range of 2428 km (1518 miles).
** The CL-415 costs $26million each.

E.G. - I think ‘place spotting’ may be difficult as it could be that some of the video is taken over mainland Spain; though some of it is certainly in Mallorca with several shots of P.P.

Now for something completely different! Well, it made me laugh:
43 Grupo - YouTube

Lol, fantastic Jonsey, I suppose doing a job like that you need to keep your sense of humor, brilliant!! :)

So..... a load of loony's in Grupo43!!!!! Amazing!
Who wants to fly a flashy jet when you can have so much fun (whilst also being very serious fighting fires) in a Canadair CL-215.
Have a look at the other videos related to the one 'Jonsey' gave the link to.
The one titled "Salida y regresso muy especiales" shows a Canadair landing in the bay at PP after a day's firefighting near Barcelona. Try it full screen. All the way from touching down on the sea up to stopping on the concrete apron at 'The Base'.

flying boat porn....fantastic !!!

What a find...........I think they are all great. Landing in PP
The ones coordinated with songs are great. (WARNING: some of the songs may offend!!:eek:)

Enjoy:D

Another couple of good ones...

A pilots eye view...

43 Grupo 2011 - YouTube

and
Incendios Forestales - 43 Grupo (Canadair) - YouTube - (soundtrack is Rage against the Machine, Killing in the name of (language may offend).

Great way to wake up in the morning! Again, loving the music! Another one to learn for the Kareoke at Nossies Debz!! ;)

What an excellent video many thanks for letting us all see it.
It shows well the quality and expertise of the service which is vital.

Mike

This promotional video link was posted on FB :- Video Promocional de Pollença on Vimeo :).

Great scenery and backdrops, but "OH TO BE 30YEARS YOUNGER!!!!!!":(

Re-visiting an old thread, but just found this any only wish ryannair could land as smoothly as the one just before 11 mins...

43 Grupo - Entrevista para Amaranta - YouTube

Again re-visiting this old thread, but found this video, and although emotional it is a tribute to the grupo 43 members in Spain that have lost their lives helping to fight so many fires over the years and helped to save so many lives.

In Memoriam on Vimeo

The right up for this is...

The 43rd Fire-fighting Squadron (Spanish Air Force) was commissioned in 1971 when the first Canadair CL-215 arrived in Spain. During this four decades and 150.000 flight hours, the Squadron has suffered 9 fatal accidents, with a total of 15 casualties and the loss of 25% of its fleet. War-fighting in peace time... Ten years have passed since that last accident, and we want to honor those young aviators who simply, gave it all.

Thanks Kev, very thought provoking video, these people are so brave to do what they do. They certainly proved their worth earlier this year when Mallorca had the worst forest fire on record.

Some great videos here showing the stunning scenery and dramatic weather over Mallorca Mallorca: Dynamic Nature I (HD) on Vimeo

Absolutely amazing. You can recognise some of the mountains around PP and Formentor.

Must have taken hours of video to capture this.

Thanks Marcos Molina and of course SWS :D :cool:

Brilliant SWS a great find, thank you :D.

De nada mis amigos

superb......

Just thinking about our next visit to PP and found this on you tube...

43 Grupo 1971 - YouTube

A history of videos of grupo 43 since 1971 with the 1991 contribution being exclusively from PP!

Are you tired of the Christmas shopping or the British weather, wishing you were here in PP.........well lose yourself for a while in this video which has been posted on You tube ;):D.

PUERTO POLLENSA MAJORCA - YouTube

....and here is another one :D :-

http://youtu.be/ppEcG_Frp1s

Wow!!! look at this stunning aerial video of CSV http://youtu.be/sITAfz0fSK0:D

Wow indeed Sparky! Great, thanks

Here is a slightly different view of the subject. Similar markings to the PP planes.

http://youtu.be/F5WuC--5I5Q



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What an absolutely stunning video and set to one of my favourite songs too. Love to watch those planes do their stuff around the bay.

Great video, thanks

There has now been a new video uploaded for last years campaign...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0lS3ujAwbE