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

The Canadian-made amphibious water bombers can quickly scoop up large amounts of water and drop them directly above the flames. Super Scoopers can carry far heavier loads than helicopters equipped ...

Through an integrated rotating scooper apparatus in the case of Canadair's design, flying boat water bombers can scoop and drop thousands of gallons of water with only a limited fuel load being ...

The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.

Specifically designed for dousing forest fires, the CL-415 aircraft can scoop water, mix it with foam if needed and then spray it on the blaze. NEW: FBI has launched an investigation to find the ...

A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to flying a drone that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft, ...

Meanwhile, a drone smashed into one of the Canadian Super Scoopers, too. The impact left a fist-sized hole in the water, dropping the aircraft’s wing. No injuries have been reported. Cal Fire ...

The water and chemicals dropped by aircraft aren’t designed to completely ... Cal Fire doesn’t own any Super Scoopers. Instead, it has been leasing two of the aircraft from the Quebec ...