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

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, ...

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 Canadair CL-415, known as the "Super Scooper," is one of the most powerful tools in aerial firefighting. Designed to skim ...

Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the world’s most effective firefighting aircraft — capable of skimming the surface of open bodies of water. The Canadian-made amphibious water bombers ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Southern California's wildfires have put the spotlight on aerial firefighting tools with the CL-415 aircraft, also known as the 'Super Scooper,' taking center stage after an ...

(CNN) — A Canadian “Super Scooper ... designed CL-415 firefighting planes are used to scoop up more than 1,500 gallons of ocean water to drop on active fires. The plane in question, Quebec ...

Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the world’s most effective firefighting aircraft — capable of skimming the surface of open bodies of water. The Canadian-made amphibious water bombers ...

(CNN) — Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday ...

Two CL-415 planes are sent annually to California from the Canadian province of Quebec, under a 31-year-old agreement between their respective governments, CNN newsgathering partner CBC reported.