Amid the inferno sweeping through Los Angeles, the amphibious CL-415 "Super Scooper" has proven essential in fighting California's wildfires. The aircraft, capable of skimming 1,600 gallons of ...

That means they can dispense vast quantities of water on a continuous loop until they run out of fuel. Here’s what to know. The Super Scooper, with a wingspan of 93 feet and a length of 65 feet ...

A water-dropping Super Scooper aircraft sent from Canada to battle ... that the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station at Port Hueneme will send two of its C-130 transports to the region ...

That’s exactly what happened in Los Angeles on January 9 when a drone collided with a “Super Scooper” firefighting plane, The LA Times reports. This happened as LA fights its worst ...

A water-dropping "super scooper" was grounded Thursday night after it was struck and damaged by a drone. The aircraft landed safely and no crewmembers were injured. It's unclear when the aircraft ...

One of the “Super Scooper” planes aiding in the battle against the Los Angeles wildfires was damaged after colliding with a drone and is now grounded, officials said on Thursday. The collision ...

A "super scooper" that was damaged by a drone last ... lifesaving communications equipment last Thursday. Thanks to prior fuel treatment by the Angeles National Forest and the work of firefighters ...

"fill up tanks in 10 to 12 seconds — 1400 gallons of water — and continuously scoop and drop water on one tank of fuel." It takes a special kind of mindset to pilot a Super Scooper, he said ...

It happened as the plane, the Quebec 1 Super Scooper that flew down from Canada to help, was working to contain the Palisades Fire, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson told Fox News ...

NBC Universal, Inc. One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take ...

That means they can dispense vast quantities of water on a continuous loop until they run out of fuel. • The Super Scooper skims the water’s surface at 100 mph, collecting 1,600 gallons in ...