This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...
A Quebec water bomber that’s been helping with wildfires in L.A. is now back in service. This, after it was damaged in a ...
Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying ...
A firefighting aircraft responding to ongoing Southern California wildfires was grounded after it was struck and damaged by a ...
One of CAL FIRE’s newest additions, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, is often the first to arrive at the scene of a fire, ...
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters ...
The collision occurred over the Palisades fire as the Canadair CL-415 aircraft was dumping water onto the blaze. The circumstances of the collision have not been made public, but LA County Fire ...
Firefighters in California are battling the fires from the sky using a variety of specialized aircraft that dump water and fire retardant onto the terrain below.
One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t ...
Two Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper turboprop ... The impact left a fist-sized hole in the water, dropping the aircraft’s wing. No injuries have been reported. Cal Fire said it expects the plane ...