The CL-415 Super Scooper takes center stage at the Canada International Airshow, demonstrating the same aerial firefighting ...

[plane engine whirring] Narrator: These pilots are flying what's called a Super Scooper. At around $30 million ... Narrator: The CL-415 Enhanced Aerial Firefighter can scoop and drop 1,400 ...

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 ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — 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 ...

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane. Then, 1,412 gallons of water are “scooped ...