The “water bomber” aircraft was fighting a fire in the mountains near Catania. A Canadair CL-415 aircraft with registration I-DPCN and radio callsign “Canadair 28”, crashed early in the afternoon on ...

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 ...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada on 30 May completed first flight of a CL-415 water bomber upgraded with Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics. The company is working to achieve certification of ...

From California’s burning hillsides to Canada’s crystal lakes, the CL-415 “Super Scooper” continues its heroic mission. At the Canadian International Airshow, this amphibious aircraft demonstrated its ...

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 ...

The bulk of the active water bomber fleet is in Europe, with the second-largest portion in North America. TRU Simulation + Training's first CL-415 water bomber simulator resides at Ansett Aviation ...

Parts of Southern California are on fire yet again and there is no Bombardier CL-415 water bomber in sight. A few years ago, you reported on a demonstration of the CL-415 to relevant firefighters in ...

A high school programme gave Allison Bennett her first experience of flying an aircraft, setting a course for the Ontario pilot to become the first woman to captain a CL-415 water bomber. Allison ...

Tru Simulation + Training, a Textron subsidiary, has delivered a full flight simulator (FFS) for the Bombardier CL-415 “water bomber” amphibious aircraft to Ansett Aviation’s training center in Milan.

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 ...