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

This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over America's most famous zip codes.

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 ...

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 ...

parking garage on Jan. 9 and sending it toward the raging wildfire in neighboring Pacific Palisades, where it collided with a Canadian government-owned CL-415 super scooper aircraft carrying two ...

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 ...

A Canadair CL-415 aircraft, commonly referred to as a "Super Scooper," was conducting fire suppression operations at the Palisades Fire near Malibu, Calif., on Jan. 9 when an unauthorized drone ...