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Piloting Super Scoopers: What It Takes to Pilot Firefighting Aircraft
Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying ...
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Super Scooper: The Remarkable Firefighting Flying Boat Over the Skies of Los Angeles
This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...
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Photos Reveal Damage To CL-415 From Drone Strike
The Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper that was grounded by a drone strike while battling the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles has ...
What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the L.A. wildfires?
The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank by skimming along a ...
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Aerial firefighting CEO says he loses sleep over people flying their drones near his planes
As the fires raged last week, a consumer drone collided with Quebec-1, one of only two Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper aircraft fighting the Palisades fire. The planes didn't belong to Bridger Aerospace ...
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Battle Underway in California to Keep Drones Out of Blaze-Affected Zones
One of CAL FIRE’s newest additions, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, is often the first to arrive at the scene of a fire, ...
California wildfires: Quebec's 'Super Scooper' planes, pilots draw praise as Canada steps up despite Trump's threats
These Canadian CL-415 aircrafts, also known as amphibious water bombers, have been on the front lines fighting the wildfires ...
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Super Scooper planes that fight wildfires are ‘rugged, reliable' — and rare
The company is now working on producing its first order of 22 new Super Scoopers, or the De Havilland Canadair ... the CL-215, produced in the 1970s and ’80s, and the CL-415, produced from ...