Drone operator charged for hitting 'super scooper' plane during Palisades Fire: DOJ
The defendant has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said.
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Man agrees to plead guilty in drone collision with Super Scooper over Palisades Fire
A Culver City man was arrested in a drone collision with a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire in Los ...
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Super Scooper: The Remarkable Firefighting Flying Boat Over the Skies of Los Angeles
It comes from a lineage of Canadian water bombers that stretches more than half a century. The Super Scooper's convergence with a raging wildfire broadcast around the world is rooted in clever ...
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Aerial firefighting CEO says he loses sleep over people flying their drones near his planes
Related stories The Super Scoopers are a spectacular sight, with a similar flying style to combat aircraft. The planes are meant to skim the water at speed, Davis said, "fill up tanks in 10 to 12 ...
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Super Scooper planes assisting Calif. firefighting make pit stop in St. Louis
LOUIS – Two Super Scoopers took a pit stop at Spirit of St ... firefighting aircraft that skim the surface of open bodies of water at 100 mph, collecting 1,600 gallons in under 12 seconds.
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Super Scooper planes that fight wildfires are ‘rugged, reliable' — and rare
Super Scoopers get their name from their ability to pick up 6,000 liters from bodies of water and drop them in just 12 seconds on wildfires burning nearby, he said. It’s a specialized task that ...