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 ...

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 ...

Two super scooper planes were sitting on the tarmac in Burns Flat to be ready at a moment’s notice. The planes get their nickname from the ability to “scoop” up thousands of ...

It looks like no other plane in the world. Narrator: The CL-415 Enhanced Aerial Firefighter can scoop and drop 1,400 gallons of water on wildfires in a matter of minutes. Compare that to this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Water bomber planes skim the surface of a body of water, scoop water into a tank and then drop it on a fire. British Columbia sent a team of senior technical staff to help with incident command ...

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 ...