The CL-415, originally manufactured by Canadair and now by Bombardier, is an amphibious aircraft designed specifically for aerial firefighting. It gets its nickname, "super scooper," from its ...

Amid recent wildfires across Western North Carolina, it has been hard to miss the Canadair CL-215T, an amphibious, yellow and red firefighting airplane otherwise known as a "Super Scooper." ...

Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

Two super scooper planes were sitting on the tarmac in Burns Flat to be ready at a moment's notice. The planes get their nickname from the ability to "scoop" up thousands of gallons of water ...

BAERW), one of the nation’s largest aerial firefighting companies, today confirmed the mobilization of Bridger’s CL-415EAF “Super Scooper” aircraft to California to assist in firefighting ...

Twice in the last month, the Super Scoopers dumped water on multiple wildfires across the region. “[If] we have a water source nearby, we’re good at putting a lot of water on a fire in a very ...