Video of a MAFFS drop on the Day Fire
The C-130 Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) crews are great about filming what they do. This in-cockpit footage of them dropping on the Day Fire in northern California a few days ago shows the pilots and the ground, while you listen to their radio traffic. If you look carefully at about 1:20, you will see the lead plane producing smoke to mark the target area a few seconds before the drop.
It appears that as promised, Lockeed fixed the automatic "LANDING GEAR, LANDING GEAR" audible warning that in the past plagued them for several minutes during the approach to each drop. I just heard some "ALTITUDE" warnings right as they were dropping this time.
After getting confirmation that it was a good drop, the pilot, who I believe is actually the actor Alec Baldwin 
, smiles, laughs and says, "Good job! Isn't that fun?", and another voice says, "Oh, man, it's awesome!".
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