A drone collided with one of the only Super Scooper planes fighting the LA wildfires, grounding a key resource

A drone hit the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper plane fighting the LA fires. Cal Fire only has one other Quebec 1 ...
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Incapacitated pilot causes emergency aircraft landing Thursday

At around 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening, a small aircraft was forced to land prematurely after the pilot was incapacitated ...
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Agency shake-up for Southern California firefighting aircraft program

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and ...
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Super Scooper planes that fight wildfires are ‘rugged, reliable' — and rare

One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take the aircraft’s place. The Los ...
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Military Planes Being Used to Fight Fires

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New firefighting planes arrive to boost Tasmania’s bushfire fighting power

The arrival of six fire bombing planes has bolstered Tasmania’s firefighting capabilities, with the extra aircraft ready for ...
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Officials Seek Military Planes Set for Retirement to Fight Fires

New efforts were underway Tuesday to prepare San Diego County for the next big wildfire. Tuesday morning, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to move forward with a formal ...