Bombardier has decided to shut down the completion facility for CL-415 water-bombers while the programme remains paused pending further orders. Since 1998, Bombardier has built the CL-415 at a plant ...

Ten years after buying the rights to the DHC-6 Twin Otter, Viking Air has acquired another venerable aircraft programme from Bombardier – the CL-415 water bomber. The Vancouver Island-based company’s ...

The video further highlights how hazardous firefighting missions can be. Last year, a fire broke out in the open near a railway in Draga (Rijeka), Croatia, and the wind spread it on steep rocky ...

Watch This Pretty Unusual Footage. The video below was filmed at Cagnes-sur-Mer, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It shows three Canadair CL-415 water bomber aircraft ...

SANTIAGO, Chile—Canada’s Viking Air is preparing to launch a modernized version of the CL-415 amphibious firefighting aircraft. The company took on the type certificates for both the CL-215 and CL-415 ...

Fire crews are days into a challenging battle against a firestorm in Los Angeles, and one of the critical tools in the fight has been the effort from above. Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the ...

LONDON—Canada’s Viking Air has formally launched its CL-415 Enhanced Aerial Firefighter (CL-415EAF) conversion program. The company took on the type certificates for both the CL-215 and CL-415 family ...

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 ...