Among the most effective aerial tools firefighters use to combat forest fires is the air tanker, or water bomber. These purpose-built, fixed-wing, amphibious aircraft are designed to skim along the ...

One of the “Superscooper” planes hit a barge with its left hand wing while scooping water in the harbor to support firefighting activities in a forest fire in Collias, near Nimes. The Canadairs belong ...

Canadair CL-415 planes, the workhorse of international aerial efforts to fight blazes, are making a comeback, like the one seen here over a 2025 wildfire in Albania ...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has launched its DHC-515 water bombers, which begin production this year. The DHC-515 Firefighter will build on the history of the iconic Canadair CL-215 and CL-415 ...

A Canadair CL-415 firefighting plane crashed earlier this week in Mount Calcinera, near Linguaglossa, Sicily, in Italy. It all happened during a vegetation fire extinguishing operation. Two pilots ...

On Wednesday afternoon first officer Henry Williams and his captain had a birds-eye view of the Crosho Fire as they dove through the rising clouds of smoke in a Canadair CL-415 aircraft with hopes of ...

A couple of Canadair CL-415 water-bombing aircraft were among the many machines fighting LA’s city-swallowing wildfires last month. The “super scooper” amphibious plane, which drinks from lakes and ...

A pilot shortage has meant one of Ontario’s nine Canadair CL-415 water bombers has been grounded. (Jeff Walters/CBC - image credit) Several aircraft used to fight forest fires in Ontario are sitting ...

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 ...

Here Is Something You Don’t See Everyday. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM) operates two Canadair CL-415MPs accepted by the APMM in 2009. Coded M71-01 and M71-02, both aircraft are ...

Bombardier has decided to shut down the completion facility for CL-415 water-bombers while the programme remains paused pending further orders. Since 1998, Bombardier has built the CL-415 at a plant ...