Drone pilot faces criminal and financial repercussions for grounding a Canadian aircraft sent to help fight wildfires in ...

Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying conditions.

The Super Scoopers currently in use are on loan from Quebec, which has provided aircraft on a seasonal basis for over three decades. Built by Canadair and later Bombardier, the CL-415 Super ...

Two Canadian 'Super Scoopers' have made flights and dozens of repeated ... This plane is officially known as the Bombardier CL-415. As per Indian Express, they are built for the purpose of fighting ...

They then release the water to douse a blaze and repeat the process until they need to refuel. Bombardier CL-415, two Canadian super scoopers, were called in, on loan, to tackle the Palisades fire, ...

Photo: Bombardier Aerospace By spreading thousands ... With the Series 5 CL-215 as its rough template, the much-improved CL-415 "Super Scooper" made its maiden flight on December 6th, 1993.

The company has been making the current Super Scooper model since 2015, when former manufacturer Bombardier sold the ... and the CL-415, produced from the ’90s through 2015 — are still in ...