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What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the L.A. wildfires?
Through a probe, the aircraft scoops the water into a tank, filling it to its 1,600-gallon capacity within 12 seconds. It can also be filled by fire hoses at an airfield before takeoff ...
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Piloting Super Scoopers: What It Takes to Pilot Firefighting Aircraft
Super Scoopers can drop water repeatedly until they need refueling. Flying a Super Scooper comes with inherent challenges. Reduced visibility from thick smoke and turbulence created by the fire's ...
LA County Fire Chief: Super Scoopers, choppers work – but were grounded during fierce wildfire winds
During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during ...
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Crashes and Disasters
The familiar, water-dropping aircraft are leased by the fire department from Quebec each year to help fend off wildfires. “We have no plans to change our leasing of the Super Scoopers ...
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AI cameras are watching the California hills to detect the spread of wildfires
ranging from single-engine air tankers that can deliver up to 800 gallons of fire retardant, to larger air tankers that carry up to 4,000 gallons and water scoopers that collect water from nearby ...
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LA County Fire Chief: Super Scoopers, choppers work – but were grounded during fierce wildfire winds
The familiar, water-dropping aircraft are leased by the fire department from Quebec each year to help fend off wildfires. “We have no plans to change our leasing of the Super Scoopers ...