The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank by skimming along a ...

This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...

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

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

Despite the aircraft's impressive capabilities, California has not purchased any, rather choosing to lease them for 90-day ...

Canadian CL-415 Super Scooper, one of the world's most effective firefighting aircraft, is quite different from the ...

As wildfires leave a trail of destruction in southern California, claiming lives and gutting cherished homes, amphibious ...

Super Scoopers are equipped with a system that can mix water with foam concentrate to enhance firefighting effectiveness.

Super Scoopers can carry far heavier loads than helicopters equipped with buckets, and — unlike air tankers, which have also been deployed in the L.A. fires — they can replenish their water ...

We had a drone come sailing past our left wing on Saturday; the Super Scooper air tanker from Montreal got a hole punched into its wing because a drone ran into it. The drones have to stop because ...