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Helicopter bucket facts for kids

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US Navy 031029-N-8590B-016 Two UH-3H Sea King helicopters assigned to the Golden Gaters of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eighty Five (HC-85) dip their Bambi bucket into a lake to aid in the firefighting effort
Helicopter bucket under a UH-3 Sea King of the US Navy.

An helicopter bucket (or sometimes Bambi bucket) is a kind of big bag used for water bombing by helicopters. It is removable. It can generally be stored in specially designed boxes.

Images for kids

  • Operações Aéreas, Maranhão (48382147942) (cropped)

    A Brazilian helicopter using a bucket during a training flight

  • AFlex-Monsoon-Bucket

    A-Flex collapsible Monsoon Bucket

  • Michigan National Guard firefighting bucket

    A UH-60 lowers a Bambi bucket into a lake in Michigan.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sistema Bambi bucket para niños

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