The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank by skimming along a ...

This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...

Amid the inferno sweeping through Los Angeles, the amphibious CL-415 "Super Scooper" has proven essential in fighting California's wildfires. The aircraft, capable of skimming 1,600 gallons of ...

A water-dropping "super scooper" was grounded Thursday night after it was struck and damaged by a drone. The aircraft landed safely and no crewmembers were injured. It's unclear when the aircraft ...

The unauthorized drone damaged the aircraft, known as a "super scooper," as it was working to suppress the massive Palisades Fire that has so far engulfed more than 23,000 acres of land in western ...

NBC Universal, Inc. 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 ...

"fill up tanks in 10 to 12 seconds — 1400 gallons of water — and continuously scoop and drop water on one tank of fuel." It takes a special kind of mindset to pilot a Super Scooper, he said ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – The FBI is searching for the operator whose hobby drone hit a “Super Scooper” airplane battling the Palisades Fire last week, damaging and taking a vital piece of firefighting ...

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 ...