How The $30 Million 'Super Scooper' Plane Was Built To Fight Wildfires

[@radguurl]

These are currently being used to fight the wildfires in Los Angeles right now and are scooping water from the pacific ocean. Thanks Canadair! ❤❤❤

[@jsaintclaire]

So so grateful!

[@Desi365]

until some local idiot flies his drone into them, damages a wing and the whole fleet of 2 is grounded as a result. Team fire wins.

[@Averageskill]

@Desi365 ______ Drones became popular (viral) very quickly..... Tiny, Drone seeking, guided missiles might be the next "big thing"....all it needs to do is deploy a net at the drone....and then a little parachute to safely return to Earth.

[@LarsLarsen77]

@Desi365 They have no idea if it was a drone or not, they just found a hole in the wing. I bet it was a bird and they just jumped on the opportunity to propagandize people.

[@OnwardAndAwkward]

@@LarsLarsen77 it hit the nose and the drone was recovered

[@fritz1990]

As a firefighter, we love these. We call them dippsy ducks, or just ducks. When firefighters here in Alaska get in a tight spot, the sound of this thing coming is like an angel saying, "(here to help)".

[@Redman147]

Thank you for doing the job you do. You guys save lives, wildlife, and are overall badass people.

[@SarcastSempervirens]

like your version of the A-10

[@amh9494]

They should have speakers playing when the winged hussars arrived and other stirring cavalry arriving songs 😂

[@kingedward7934]

Wish we had a couple hundred of these. But, this is a perfect example of stealing tax dollars... Like the the remote controlled camera fitted helicopters they 8se to see fires from above and that for some reason cost $80,000...maybe if they didn't call it a drone it would be cheaper...

[@Yamagatabr]

❤️ Thank you for your service, I wish the best of lucks, always!

[@ajmcmillan9826]

These guys are a blessing! They flew over my house and saved our property! Thank you all so much for what you do!! Continue fighting the good fight!!

[@seetheforest]

I'm glad to hear they saved someone. I haven't seen anything in the air besides a single helicopter. We should have a dozen of these planes not one.

[@MichaelStahlschmidt]

Absolute hero's, risking their lives to save others. Thank you all.

[@rubydawn1]

First one was built in Montreal Quebec Canada in in the 1960s Watching from Montreal so proud and p.s those Quebec boys will kick ass with that fire.

[@HawkFest]

Montréal, best city in N.A.: _La joie de vivre_ is our moto

[@lawryclayton8400]

And now they come to Calgary for maintenance and such. :)

[@HawkFest]

@@lawryclayton8400 Closer to the edge.. ;-)

[@rubydawn1]

@@lawryclayton8400 we all need each other if only we could live like that a team working for the good of nature and the world.

[@johnc669]

​@@lawryclayton8400Yes, Canadair Montreal. Longview/ DeHavilland is now in Calgary and the Viking Aviation facility building these is in North Saanich. Great Canadian story.

[@shrimpramenwithcornedbeef]

Thanks friends from Canada! ❤

[@perrycomeau2627]

be careful.

[@summer105383]

Thank you for saving lives!! From the boots on the ground to the pilots in the sky! You are true Canadian Heroes.

[@Galliventure]

And here I am because of the Los Angeles fire. To all content creators out there, keep making those videos. You never know when they will cure somebody's thirst for knowledge.

[@passez50]

I am 70 years old and for me a CL-215, 415 or 515 will always remain a Canadair. A little chauvinism and pride in a great Canadair achievement.

[@perstephanies]

Why chauvinism?

[@rubydawn1]

yes looked it up on wiki Canada has 64 of them U.S.A has 10

[@rubydawn1]

@@perstephanies seeing that it was made in the 60s lol it was most like men that working it was 1966 WOW and how things have changed bet there are many woman involved now.

[@michellest.germain-ph7ow]

My father worked on that plane in the Canadair factory in st. Laurent. Be proud, it’s a great design.

[@rubydawn1]

@ they were first built in 1966 times were different Oh how times have chanced

[@sponge850bobette7]

My Dad was chief designer for the Waterbomber . It was brought to market in 1969 as the CL-2-15 (Canadair Limited). A stamp was issued by Canada post. I sheets of them. My father passed in 2017 at the age of 97.

[@youssefboutahar7296]

Big respect to your father

[@ChickenPetter]

​@misuom84they need to stop setting fires in greece

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Donc t'es Québécois 👀?

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@ChickenPetterTell that to Mother Nature.

[@J.AndresBarberyCueto]

His work saves lives today. God Bless him.

[@alexandredomingues3600]

“30 million dollars is very expensive for any aircraft” Military jets: Hold my beer

[@w.maximilliandejohnsonbour725]

It is a nice looking plane. But for 30 million dollars that's a little pricey for a plane that can only do one thing. For that amount of money a Erickson Air Crane® Helicopter ( S-64 ) would be a better investment as to the many things the helicopter can do. True the maintenance cost would be more for the S-64 , but the S-64 can do so many things when it comes to generating revenue.

[@cowwhisperer8927]

What would be the price of property saved in a wildfire ?

[@fly89]

@@w.maximilliandejohnsonbour725 how much water that eriksson can take at ne time? and how quick will the heli need to fill up the water?

[@w.maximilliandejohnsonbour725]

@@fly89 The S-64 E and F can carry 2,650 gallons (about 10,000 liters) of water or retardant in a tank installed precisely in line with the rotor. The helitankers can hold a maximum 2,650 gallons of water and drop more than 25,000 gallons every hour. Also the helitankers or skycranes can get water from any location like a swimming pool , lake , river , streams etc. Any where there is water for a quick turn around trip.

[@w.maximilliandejohnsonbour725]

@@cowwhisperer8927 Quicker turn around to extinguish a fire would prevent less loss of property and most important which you forgot to mention is the loss of life which should be paramount in any equation. Property can be replaced. A life that is loss to fire cannot be replaced.

[@liamfinch4129]

I watched Canadaires operating in France - they are unbelievably manouverable. Hugely impressive aircraft

[@elazarpimentel5340]

These guys have to know about flying on air, flying on water, targeting and firefighting. Hats off.

[@ShadowLTM]

Here after LA fire, Thank you Quebec 💖

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Also, thank you, Toronto ( the Capitol of Canada)

[@cabaneencac5168]

Cela nous fait plaisirs.

[@davemacmurchie6982]

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 Actually, Ottawa is the capital, but you're welcome.

[@Prairiebreeze_62]

They are also built in Alberta & British Columbia

[@coletteveilleux2180]

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 The capital of Canada is Ottawa.

[@bikesbees9392]

I worked at Canadair when we put the tourboprop engines on. It became a more modern machine. The sales were mediocre, the Europeans kept the production going and no sales to USA. Happy to see that you changed your mind!

[@alaingabriel1710]

The sales to the USA were zero because there was a big political lobby re-grouping USA plane converters who turned old USA warplanes into land-based and totally inefficent water bombers.

[@GaisSacredCreations]

So true, one of my good friends worked for Bombardier Aerospace, he's retired now, but he was a systems engineer for Bombardier and he said the same thing..the Europeans have the largest fleet outside of Canada of CL-415s and they could see in advance the problem with fires in Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Croatia worsening in the years to come which is why they bought so many planes and even now have several on order for the future.

[@LiamG903]

I remember when I fought fires in northern Ontario, we wore orange nkmex gear. A pilot told us when you call us in stay clear. If you start to run I think the fire is spreading and I'll aim for you. Seeing this thing up close and in the field was impressive and these pilots along with the chopper pilots we had were simply amazing.

[@squeeze1321]

What's it like getting hit with dropping water?

[@LiamG903]

@@squeeze1321 only happened onece and it had foam it on so it wasn't a great time lol.

[@jameson1239]

@@squeeze1321 that much water is very heavy so probably not great

[@LiamG903]

@@koisolare we def fight fired differently here, there's so many water sources that water is neevr really a concern. Small fired we alway try an put them out, lots are started by trains and people. We either use high rail or logging roads to get in, but also use choppers a lot since so much remote area. Rarely do we use hand tools for fire breaks it always water. This year was brutal and fires were out of control you just do you best and they often burn themselves out. We had a fast thaw and the ground was still frozen then no rain in the spring was perfect storm. Out west where you are it's a whole different style for sure

[@boydolomite1692]

fish that gets sprayed over the air: my time has come.

[@mwngtombing4970]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@auhsojacosta1672]

BREAKING NEWS: fish slaps local police chief

[@PHCuber]

@Marquerite Olay woah, nice bots!

[@Founderschannel123]

Lmao

[@Founderschannel123]

Hey at least you can have some cooked fish if the fire havent go away yet

[@JazminKing-g9v]

These air crews deserve some respect, holy crap that’s a dangerous job. These air crews deserve some respect, holy crap that’s a dangerous job.

[@dougkresl7538]

Balls of steel, and flight skills to match.

[@J_DeLeon69]

Built Canadian proud never been more happy to see Canadian engineering respected

[@scottulrich2725]

It's designed and made in Montana.

[@yjwrangler7819]

@@scottulrich2725 No..................it's not.

[@mic7504]

@@scottulrich2725 I believe the first three updated CL415EAF's (retrofitted and restored CL 215, CL 215T's) were bought by Bridger Aerospace Group of Bozeman, Montana. But the work to restore and retrofit these planes is being done by Viking Air's partner Cascade Aerospace in Abbotsford British Columbia. Viking Air of Victoria BC bought the Type rights to build new CL 215 - CL 415's from Bombardier Quebec. Viking has announced it also plans to start building a new "improved " CL- 415 called the CL-515. Much like it did with the relaunch of the Twin Otter, Viking will update the avionic and engine all while cutting mass and improving durability. But a retrofitted CL215's is reported to cost $30 million or almost exactly 25% less than a new CL- 515.

[@crackmonkeynet]

@@scottulrich2725 Weak sauce troll

[@learoncin3677]

@@scottulrich2725 lol you have one of these in America we over have 80 of them in Canada it's our plane get over it dude it will always will be just like it has been for the last 30 some odd years

[@JClass777]

One of the BEST Canadian planes ever made 🇨🇦🫡 OH CANADA. Should be brought back into mass production. There should be entire air wing divisions of these amazing 🇨🇦 planes around the globe.

[@jimmygreen281]

The European Union has an order for 60 Super Scoopers, not sure if they are getting the new 515 that are coming out in 2027. The fleet will fly around Europe putting out fires as needed across the continent. Smart move by the EU.

[@kevanbrown8272]

Elon Musk could buy a few CL 415's and help out people in need with his big bucks.

[@vivalibre66]

​@@jimmygreen281 The EU is copying the Spanish UME unidad militar de emergencias and is creating a specialised unit of experts to tackle whatever disaster nature throws at us.

[@jonmce1]

An interesting thing about this a/c is the bow is armoured. If picking up loads in forested lakes there are often old stumps and logs just below the surface. They would punch through normAL a/c with no problem. That is why the bow is made of heavier aluminum.

[@gormauslander]

I didn't even think about that

[@thelittlebigoneru]

I've experienced such hits when travelling on the large hydrofoil vessel @ 70 km/h. It's horrible.

[@TheSiriusEnigma]

Aluminium is a soft metal, like brass. Aluminium armour makes no sense.

[@mikeflorey8401]

@@TheSiriusEnigma I used to work for a company where we made armour plating for the f35 all from aluminium it's all to do with how its treated in the ageing process the more we'd age it the tougher it was

[@thelittlebigoneru]

@@TheSiriusEnigma of course, aircrafts are made of aluminium alloys, not pure aluminum. Their properties differs widely. This 'armor' is against half-submerged wooden debris, not against ammunition.

[@Zappe435]

There are only 8 Super Scooper planes in the country, and all of them are in New Mexico right now helping us fight back the massive fires we're experiencing right now. Thank you so much to the brave pilots of these planes! 💖

[@DoisKoh]

The real people you should be thanking are the brave politicians risking their lives to lobby for better fire fighting efforts.

[@mist2620]

@@DoisKoh Oh yeah, the politicians, totally....

[@Moethelock]

This one was made in French Canada . QUEBEC!

[@caelin695]

@@DoisKoh You are hilarious.. Truly hilarious

[@apgmk1970]

Only 8 for all of the USA? Isn't that too few? I mean, Spain has 18 of them, and they could use more...

[@richmondallenquiambao796]

Thank you very much for your help Canadair for putting out the fire in L.A. ....God bless the crew and the designer and builder of the plane .

[@stancunningham3711]

I worked on this program for over 25 years while at Canadair/Bombardier. Great times; never had the success it deserved.

[@Imopanemo]

Well, I don't agree. We use them in Croatia and we all actually call them Canadairs. We all know how many lives and property they saved, and we are very proud of them and pilots flying them. We know that they will go where humans cannot go, and only bura (special wind in Croatia) and nightfall stops them. We've also sent our Canadairs to help put out big fires in other countries as Israel, Greece or Portugal. You should be proud of them, because we really love them - one of the few things that aren't a waste of taxpayers money!

[@fingers140]

@ Stan, My dad was a designer on the CL 215 and the mod on the 415 with the turboprop engines. His name is Ted Forster who is now 95 years old, maybe you knew him. He retired from Canadair in 1992.

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

I lived about a mile from Canadair when I was a kid in the 60s. We had the coolest aircraft flying over our house. LOL. Millar Street, near Poirier and Decarie.

[@syllom]

You are so wrong, the entire Mediterranean salutes you! Just because it is not used in US does not mean it was not succeful. Their engines for us sounds like music. Cheers from Greece

[@kittinplus4]

its relative low order number is because... the damn things just fly forever! Even ancient 215s kept flying long hours in tough missions, long times with few issues. I remember reading somewhere that their toughness kept them from replacement until a total refit was due (from 215 to 415) for a given country.

[@RuthZeeck]

Two of these beauties overnighted at the airport where I work for a commercial airline. Everyone was spending break time out photographing them. Glad I found this video - will share with all my equally fascinated coworkers!

[@lisamariereilly9080]

Incredible piece of aerial engineering. Prayers for our American neighbours.

[@robertlafnear7034]

Beautiful is the word of the day for these planes... and we LOVE that paint job !

[@thomasanderson3047]

Imagine feeling the difference of draft piloting that thing from when it drops tons and tons of weight in a matter of seconds

[@davecrupel2817]

Must feel like a rocket pulling you in your seat, when all that lift suddenly has no weight to counterbalance, and that plane rips right upwards!

[@cheegum6296]

Reading the comments about people loving the sound of this bird arriving! I can imagine the relief :)

[@WillS-pl8wg]

Thank you 🇨🇦.Much love from🇺🇸

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Another marvellous Canadian invention!

[@BigUziVert2190]

Very proud of this awesome piece of Canadian engineering

[@patrickdaly5988]

The west coast needs a fleet of these things. They’re far more essential than a wing of F35s.

[@RyVDL]

Speaking of a waste of taxes, the recall will cost Californians hundreds of millions and less than 1% of our population approved this. You people despise democracy so much that you won’t honor the results of any election unless you win.

[@gerard4441]

@@RyVDL democrats did the same when trump won. theyre all just a bunch of tools.

[@lucasokeefe7935]

Yes, because widespread disbelief is the same as trying to overthrow the government.

[@briangarrow448]

I’d say we are at the point where these planes have a global market.

[@kellywellington7122]

Can you imagine if each west coast state had a fleet of four of these (two in CA)? Then, with a multi-state compact, a force of 12 to 18 of these craft could be brought to bear on outbreaks. Mix and match with both larger and smaller craft already attempting to serve, it would be a huge benefit. Biggest problem: What to do with them in the 'off-season'. Lease out?

[@roscoechance5155]

These air crews deserve some respect, holy crap that’s a dangerous job

[@Knightfall23]

Dangerous but so excilirating

[@scottyflintstone]

Good money, high adventure

[@nadiarivera8253]

i was thinking the same! such a dangerous job

[@Jonathon1031]

Thank God there are people out there that have the balls to do these things

[@clonejones7955]

Canadian.Even us women have huge balls.

[@seanow8180]

It’s worth it considering how much fire destroys.

[@timhallas4275]

This $30 million plane could save $300 million of assets on the ground in one season.

[@strength4147]

I dont understand this. Meanwhile greece, turkey and italy is burning to the ground, why they dont buy some of these wth

[@Bishox]

@@strength4147 france italy and croatia are helping with these exact aircrafts to fight the fires- idk why greece and turkey dont have them though

[@GardenGuy1942]

@@strength4147 because those communist countries deserve it

[@idgafanyway8809]

Algerie also is 🥵 also burning (north Africa)

[@EdwiN254]

Converting all the imperial in this video to normal units of measure: How much water it can carry: 1400 gallons = 5300 liters How much water early models could carry (150-200 gallons): 150 gallons = 570 liters 200 gallons = 760 liters How much it weighs: 30.000 pounds = 13.6 tons Height: 30 ft=9.1m Wingspan: 93ft= 28.3m Rudder: 80sq ft=7.5sq meters It needs to slow down to 103mph=165kmh After it fills up it is 11.000 pounds heavier=5 tons Where different planes make the drop from: 800 feet= 240m 300 feet= 90m 100 feet= 30m It can deliver 150.000 gallons of water in one service day = 570.000 liters

[@tristeestlasolitude]

Now the video makes more sense. Thanks bro

[@aminurrahmanmajumder4643]

Thanks

[@zutru]

Thanks :)

[@EarlHare]

Hero.

[@mariodaniel1111]

You sir, are a true legend

[@ralphblatterspiel8611]

Had several of these planes fighting fires up here in western Montana a couple weeks ago. Life and property savers at any cost.

[@sumi8625]

Thank you Canada from So Cal ❤

[@taporiinus]

Thank you Canadaair for building such an important plane to save earth.

[@jackgreenstalk777]

Thanks to all the pilots, engjneers and boots on the ground fighting fires where ever they may be 🙏

[@yuGtahT]

2:38 when your animator has no idea how a plane works, so they just wiggle it

[@PaleRejent]

I think thats just them saving money on animation

[@romanballista]

@@PaleRejent but still, he has no idea

[@gormauslander]

This is the kind of animation that's so confusing it can make aeronautical engineers wonder how it works

[@redbean9410]

the animation is so bad it wouldve been better if they just didn't include it

[@MrMattie725]

They could have used the first animation for all three movements. I you want, you can see every rotation in that one animation :D

[@carminemendicino1578]

While I was working at Bombardier (previously called Canadair) the plane was referred to as the Canadair CL415 Water-bomber .

[@egooidios5061]

We still call them Canadair in Greece

[@heateslier]

who the Fck is Bombardier, we call them god damn planes Canadair anyway, @your Ego oDildo, we still call them Canadair in Turkia, also?! 😁

[@iliveinyourwalls5193]

Why the hell is it called bombardier? That's the name of planes that drop bombs in french. We call them Canadair.

[@carminemendicino1578]

@@iliveinyourwalls5193 it’s the name of the family which owns Canadair. Joseph-Armand Bombardier

[@iliveinyourwalls5193]

@@carminemendicino1578 damn I didn't know that. In any case I don't think it was a good idea to change. Canadair was a brand known all over the world.

[@_lime.]

Basically the A-10 of the firefighting world. When you hear it's engines roaring in the distance, you know help is on the way.

[@zach11241]

Scooper Vs Warthog: CAS Flying low and slow to theatres this June.

[@mentalizatelo]

A-10? Junkers, baby.

[@pdxyyz4327]

You don't really hear turbo props until they are right there.

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

Zsu-23-4 AAA would like to have a word... The A-10 warthog is literally only decent at its job in an air superiority environment. Any fighters, and or AA will shred A-10's.

[@Pathofplenty]

When you hear the whistle of the A-10 gun you know your f’d

[@chaileeportraits]

The wright brothers are one of the people who would be happy when they see this masterpiece

[@thelagginggamer1309]

Everything would go dark for them when they see fighters, bombers, etc

[@etunimi1208]

Wouldn’t they be two people happy to see that...

[@chaileeportraits]

@@etunimi1208 correct thank you for the correction

[@LC-bv1gk]

nohh they'll find it expensive too.

[@operatorjewski9450]

@@thelagginggamer1309 blame people who made guns in the first place.

[@AnteZivkovic]

I see these flying over and putting out forest fires every summertime in Croatia. It's a majestic sight seeing them doing low flyovers. The legendary Kanader, as they're known here.

[@mic7504]

Kanader refers to the CL in the CL 215-415 which means it was designed by Canadair. Canadair was an amazing aircraft design and manufacturing company based in the province of Quebec, Canada. Canadair's most famous designs included the 215-415's, the CL-600's Challenger Jet which would grow into the very successful CRJ line of regional jets and the remarkable CL-84. It's nice to know the CL 415's are helping so much all around the world.

[@jean-rochdion4898]

doberdan....kakoste?? miss one of my favorite city ever ... Split!! from Montréal.

[@1988josip]

@@mic7504 we have order also 2 new 515 CL, but who knows when will they arrive in Croatia. But yellow birds does beautifull job,we also help to nations around us when big fires are included, slovenia bosnia,greece,turkey, even israel

[@sheeve2003]

The super scooper is only made from Canada an amount of 36.9 million dollars.. this invention is proudly Canadian made.. The Croatian Air Force uses Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper aircraft to fight forest fires: ..

[@deebaptista9907]

Wow! That is really cool. Thank you Canada ❤

[@texaspanhandleparanormal]

These have helped the Texas Panhandle so much during this record breaking wildfire.

[@rokosvircic9270]

Here in Croatia we use these often on large wildfire, I think they're made by Canadian company Canadair , which is pretty much how we call them. There are several variants of them. And they are a life savers, it's hard fighting fires without them.

[@urboyjames5853]

As a quebec citizen i am proud you like our little linvention

[@gvragv9317]

@@urboyjames5853 Its not little, your planes have saved my country greece. Look what is happening every summer in greece. Unfortunately, warmongers dont want to invest, to those aircrafts to improve the production line, but they are pushed us to buy f35 and more war planes.Of course there is climate change, but its also an excuse by corrupted politicians.(My father used to be a seaman, he used to tell me that canadian people are the most gentle people in the world and the sceneries of your country are astonishing)

[@fifi23o5]

@@gvragv9317 There is another side effect of warmongers, not just your's, but their bosses', the ones just south from where Canadiars are made. Russian planes and helicopters are not fighting fires in Greece any more. BTW, I flew in one of the old CL-215 Greece bought from Yugoslavia when I was, well, much younger. Unfortunately it crashed a few years ago. The guys who fly these planes are some of the most bad-ass people out there. Skills, determination, risk, dedication. Hats off!

[@jameson1239]

Canadair was the old company that produced the original CL-215 that company no longer exists Viking air bought the patent and is producing new ones

[@sheeve2003]

The super scooper is only made from Canada an amount of 36.9 million dollars.. this invention is proudly Canadian made.. The Croatian Air Force uses Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper aircraft to fight forest fires: ..

[@Imnotplayinganymore]

That is one purpose-built wing. The lift of that thing must be amazing. I'm surprised they didn't mention the aircraft's behavior after dropping the load. That must be quite an "uplifting" experience.

[@somedude3887]

Imagine being the guy who was first given the task to engineer a whole plane that picks up water then releases it all in one flight

[@TheSiriusEnigma]

Canadians were the only pilots crazy enough to fly the CF-215.

[@berryboi5447]

Yup. Maple leaf forever.

[@Donut824]

@@berryboi5447 l e a f s

[@richardholub4524]

9

[@HuckThis1971]

It was Canadair engineers and most of them were military engineers. This plane was made alongside with the cf-5's in Montréal. 😉

[@mercoid]

Wow. What an amazing purpose built aircraft. I never knew there was so much to these planes. Very impressive. And doing an incredibly important job.

[@largestella7996]

I got to see one of these in action in Croatia recently, and it was amazing. There was a fire high up in the Velebit mountains that you could see but could not easily access by land, so one of these things came from nowhere and started dumping water onto this fire. It must have been dumping and picking up every 3 minutes, since the mountains are literally on the coast. Truly an awesome thing to watch, sending love to the talented Croatian Airforce pilots! ❤

[@JimMork]

Saw videos of this. The maneuvers! Now if prevention was even possible, but no way.

[@sheeve2003]

The super scooper is only made from Canada an amount of 36.9 million dollars.. this invention is proudly Canadian made.. The Croatian Air Force uses Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper aircraft to fight forest fires: ..

[@largestella7996]

@sheeve2003 I'm aware, the Canadians definitely created the perfect aircraft for this job! I was just saying that it's great to see them in use all over the world under different operators 🙂

[@nikt4431]

Here in Greece we have lots of them and both planes and pilots have been real troopers can't describe the gratitude and what a life saviors they have been

[@OmmerSyssel]

Share a video with the rest of us? Would be great watching something functional for common good in the Mediterranean area.. 😁

[@easysteezy58]

There are zero of these in greece lol..

[@markgeorge2200]

@@easysteezy58 the guy commenting probably means like other firefighting planes, not this one in particular

[@benkofinas2025]

PM Mitsotakis weiss ganz genau, dass seine Wasserbomber (2 Stück) total veraltet sind (30 Jahre). 1 ist auch promt abgestürzt!!!

[@sheeve2003]

The super scooper is only made from Canada an amount of 36.9 million dollars.. this invention is proudly Canadian made..

[@antonykuo3809]

Firefighters: "30 million is very expensive for any aircraft." Me: WTF is USAF Doing

[@ziatvall686]

This plane made in Canada not fkg usa

[@616_nxthan7]

@@ziatvall686 he is taking about the us air force and how there planes are so expensive🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@john-zf1yb]

Ya and look at that cockpit does not look like 30 million. No synthetic visions or anything.

[@girlssome3832]

the military has been spraying the hell out of us since BHO. Wake up. It is all legal. This shit is buried in all of these huge spending bills, etc.

[@altrag]

@@girlssome3832 Nobody said its illegal. Just that it seems to be unnecessarily expensive. And its still only partly true. Military aircraft are simply a lot more complex which always drives up costs for both development and production. Of course even with that you can't fully explain the money sink that the F35 ended up being. That was one of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" projects that should have been replaced a long, long time ago. Its great that they can use a single plane for all military operations but given that the "same" plane has to be basically completely reconfigured for every purpose (army, navy, etc) that ended up providing a lot less benefit than they'd originally hoped for, but still drove up the per-unit production cost significantly (I think I saw $100m per plane? More than double the F16s currently in service). Its hard to say exactly when the F35 should have had the plug pulled. It fell well into the sunk cost fallacy and that's always a tricky one to analyze much deeper than "yup that turned out to be a bad choice", even with the benefit of hindsight. But regardless of when anyone thinks it _should_ have been cancelled, it never was. So there's now a few hundred in service and several hundred more scheduled for production. And I mean over the expected life of a military jet, a few hundred million isn't _that_ big a dip into even the US military budget never mind the larger US economy. Its perhaps somewhat wasteful but its not nearly as big of a deal as political pundits (on either side of the debate) would have you believe.

[@lesterross1]

I used to live in British Columbia in the 60's, and the grandfather to this plane that they mention, was always on Sprout Lake. Got to see it do practice runs quite often when we camped at the lake. Pretty impressive.

[@canyonoverland5003]

Ah, the Hawaii Mars and the Philippine Mars water bombers. I visited here last year, but it was closed to visitors. I walked in anyway and asked a mechanic if I could take a few pictures. He said I needed authorization and directed me to Port Alberni airport to Coulson's headquarters. So I went there and talked to the CEO and was granted access. I went back to "tanker base" as they call it and took my pictures with a staffer who met me at the gate. Those planes are huge!

[@Indoman_71]

My buddy had a cabin on Sproat Lake in my teens and we went canoeing across the lake when one of the bombers decided to take off on that very lake. It felt like we were right in its path when it lifted off right in front of us it seemed. It took awhile before that big bird could climb up to an altitude that would allow it to pass over the surrounding mountains.

[@kevvymetal666]

They actually didn't mention the Martin Mars in this video. Politics shut them down in 2016.

[@brianb-p6586]

@@kevvymetal666 Reality retired the old non-amphibious and too-big Martin Mars in 2006. Coulson bought them, presumably hoping to find a use for them, but finally gave up in 2016. Just this year (2024) museums have been found for both, and Hawaii II Mars is now at the BC Aviation Museum, with Philippine Mars destined for Pima.

[@brianb-p6586]

The converted Martin Mars based at Sproat Lake came a few years before the Canadair, but are not related... and they're much larger.

[@bloodnreaper5519]

They should of called it the “Super soaker”.

[@ast3rickk31]

Bruh, fr

[@thereckon3592]

*should've.

[@harry-lg3xl]

why not the “Scooper Soaker”

[@meepman2164]

@@thereckon3592 shut up

[@thereckon3592]

@@meepman2164 Can't stand "should of" anymore. I've had it.

[@rabaham]

The aircrafts are a must to fight forests fires and worth every penny

[@frankyflowers]

this one isn't. its only 1400 gallons

[@verbotn]

​@@frankyflowers 1400 gallons up to 10 drops an hour, versus a huge tanker that has to land to pump its tanks full again which can only fly perhaps a drop per hour or even longer. Add in that they often fly in groups to mount sustained attacks and it gives the fire a sustained beating, rather than a big punch occasionally. Also think of how a fire will continue and grow in the time between passes, they can grow enough in an hour that you'd not even know there was a drop 60 minutes ago. Sustained attack with short intervals between drops is the way to go. If the big birds were effective, then why are all 3 of the tanker-converted 747's grounded and inactive? The answer is they're not efficient, can't land at small airstrips, need huge temporary tanks or large water mains to refill and their cycle times take forever, plus the maintenance costs on them are astronomical. Sure, the 747s hold 19,600 gallons, but what about bad drops? They have to fly way higher that the CL-415's so their accuracy sucks and the dispersion is massive, and if they miss entirely its still another hour or whatever for them to land, tank up, take off and fly back to the fire. These CL-415's are the A-10 Warthog of water bombers, they're dump-trucks that can fly low & slow and nothing else does their job quite as well.

[@doubtingthomas6146]

Dear Canada, We’ll take 30, please. Love, Australia.

[@Doug_BC]

If your fire season is in the middle of our winter, perhaps we can share a fleet of these things. I don't thing we use ours at all during Canadian winters. And our friends "down under" make better and more reliable allies and friends than the American Trumpet. Cheers from Vancouver, BC.

[@jo0123]

We need more of this, crazy how much lives and money could be saved if these deadly fires are contained early.

[@foskco87]

This. Early attack is everything. It is the difference between a small brush fire and an entire town being wiped off the map. I grew up on Sproat Lake where the Mars Waterbombers were based. The focus was always on immediate all out attack on any new fire. As soon as a fire was spotted the Mars would be on it immediately and we almost never had fires get out of control. Since those days the BC government has abandoned all logic and ended the contract with the Mars without any equivalent replacement, and has taken on a "wait and see" approach of monitoring fires and having ground crews gradually move in to manage them and it has been a complete failure. Small, completely extinguishable fires have spread and decimated entire areas and communities. In 2015 I literally watched a forest fire spread over an entire mountain on Sproat Lake while the Hawaii Mars sat across the lake on land and did nothing, all because of politics.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@@foskco87 Politics are deadly, and the USA is entering a truly deadly period.

[@symmetry08]

Look like, now, we need these ten times more than ever . . . if not more.

[@XR190190]

Yeah. One of my friend is a firefighter and he has been against flames in France, Italy, Spain etc. This year he has been sent to fight the fires in Greece and Algeria, he told me how scared he was. He has never seen such fires.

[@morganmarriott3359]

@@XR190190 ppppppp0

[@josephapawelczyk]

@@XR190190 us in the western united states are absolutely burnt out from dealing with it for years. Best of luck to our colleagues across the world in there new normal.

[@ionpopescu3167]

@@josephapawelczyk It will get worse in the future. I feel bad for anyone born in 60 years from now.

[@sheeve2003]

The super scooper is only made from Canada an amount of 36.9 million dollars.. this invention is proudly Canadian made..

[@DianeOliphant]

These Super Scoopers are the BEST!! So too, are the PILOTS, that fly them!!❤ fr: 🇨🇦

[@chrisstrand500]

Just watched them in action last week. Impressive assets.

[@Wait4me2]

Wildfires in the West have gotten progressively more difficult to stop due to prolonged drought and that is unlikely to change anytime soon. We need as many different kinds of resources as possible to knock down these fires before they reach populated areas. This tanker is an awesome resource, glad to learn more about something I often see in the sky. Love the paint job, looks extra smart.

[@hughr7508]

We have a home on Flathead lake Montana. The scoopers are scooping water every 3 minutes and 53 seconds. These planes are awesome. Thank you pilots for a great job.

[@cheyennereynoso4116]

It’s based on 1930’s design; I don’t know why he said it looks like no other aircraft.

[@NickKinich]

Yeah wtf looks like tons of older canadian fire fighting planes.

[@scottm9538]

The guy sounds kind of arrogant too.

[@dhanajon5528]

@@omarandres5129 scam artist lmao

[@simonl7784]

@@Andy-bt9pn as mentioned at 1:30, the CL415 is based on the CL215 so naturally, they look alike; but apart from that there are no other aircraft in the world that look like the 415

[@VoidHalo]

To your average joe it may look similar to other aircraft. But to the well trained eye, there are discernable differences. It's like how to a normal person, a 737 looks the same as a 777 or an A320 or a 767, but to someone who knows planes, they can tell them apart based on small differences. Or how some cars might all look the same to someone who knows nothing about cars, but somebody who knows them better can tell them apart based on differences in them. But I'm just generalizing. I don't know for certain if this particular plane really does look just like other fire fighting planes, or if it's completely unique. I'm just saying, the differences between planes can be subtle if you don't know what to look for. Just like any other vehicle.

[@apergiel]

September 2018 I was in Orebic Croatia, smelled smoke, neighbors said "our hero's, the Canadians are coming" pointing skyward. Wah? At rooftops level flew those curious orange and red planes dropping water at the towns perimeter, then scooping up the ocean, repeating all afternoon. An amazing, unforgettable show of skill and daring. Yes, the town was saved.

[@someotherdude]

The russians have jets that do this.

[@citizenscience659]

@@someotherdude Ya mean the one's that drop nerve-agent...?

[@dmitriyskvortsov9650]

@@citizenscience659 I guess he meant to say that Russian firefighter planes used 21 century technology ;) search for BE 200, you will get an idea

[@citizenscience659]

@@dmitriyskvortsov9650 Oh, yes of course Dmitriy.....so like a little 747 Super Tanker (but amphibious)....

[@dmitriyskvortsov9650]

@@citizenscience659 yeah a heard about great amphibious capabilities of this aircraft, unfortunately it can perfom it once in lifetime

[@JohnBarrios-x7l]

That is one Awesome plane. It's very worth the price tag!!!!!!!!

[@Hbomb-nm2fv]

I love the cl 215 and 415 I have seen them flyover my house every year during fire season it’s always a treat to here the old Pratt and Whitney’s thundering over head and to see that Viking a Canadian company is working to give new life to the type makes me happy

[@dennisstoesz]

Very costly to maintain.. weak hull.

[@davemacmurchie6982]

@@dennisstoesz " weak hull." Not all that weak - I've seen a video of a 215 landing (Turkey, I think) wheels up on asphalt. Did some damage but not the catastrophe you might expect.

[@ktw2394]

Just saw these in action in Alaska..Amazing plane!

[@Chris_at_Home]

They have been scooping in a lake near here yesterday afternoon and this morning. Two white ones and a yellow one just made another approach to the lake.

[@sheeve2003]

Proudly Canadian made.. this plane is 36.9 million..happy to see Canadian engineers being recognized around the globe..

[@marciabueno5093]

The balls to “land on water” good lord. Hero’s!

[@TravisRichey]

Wonderful to see these inaction here in Los Angeles this week. Without them, the devastation would be much worse ~Trav

[@patrickkovacev7649]

We love them in Croatia , I think we have 6 of these planes CL-415 Fire boss

[@mr.castle]

We definitely need this kind engineering marvels.. Hopefully we can produce more and be more prepared for the events.

[@ravindranathhospital1362]

Think a better and best solution would be to stop climate change and use goats.

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@ravindranathhospital1362 cool idea! Million of hysterical Greta's would love to care for your stubborn Goat's in the romantic wildernesses! The rest of us would be delighted by the peace.. Win win situation 👍

[@OmmerSyssel]

Greta and her fanatic followers are said to be desperate developing and handling this systemic racist technology! Our World is almost saved 🧸🤗

[@Hawk7886]

@@OmmerSyssel damn dude, this is just sad. I hope you get deprogrammed some day, you probably have family that misses you.

[@gwot]

unless you're taking about an aircraft itself being a marvel, I wouldn't call this a marvel, its just a specialized propeller plane

[@getreadytotube]

What a wonderful invention! I hope it can fight the fires currently in Los Angeles right now. God Bless! 🙏

[@sheeve2003]

Proudly Canadian made.. this plane is 36.9 million..happy to see Canadian engineers being recognized around the globe..

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Fantastic example of engineering! So impressive, both specifications of the plane and amazing qualifications of the pilots .

[@rikilshah]

Naming this monstrosity "Super scooper" is criminal. Name it "Fire Killer 2000 ultra Pro"

[@legogonkdroid3792]

No super soaker 69420

[@99hockeynhl]

@@legogonkdroid3792 Canadians prefer more modest names.

[@legogonkdroid3792]

@@99hockeynhl well super soaker 200

[@jason3291]

Haha

[@abdullahaltahsin8563]

iFire killer 2000 Ultra Pro Max, the most powerful aircraft Apple has ever created.

[@peenguin1397]

I just feel honored to work on the CL415 and AT802 while being just a 20 year old boy! Love this airplane

[@johnc669]

As a young export credit banker in the early 1980's I had the pleasure of visiting the Canadair assembly facility in Montreal. The CL215 is deceptively big!

[@philippemartin6427]

I live near a big base that has a lot of these planes here in Quebec and I’ve been in one of them on the ground. They are really impressive from outside because they almost look like a boat!

[@michaelhorn4540]

These pilots must be incredible pilots!! I have driven a fuel truck and you have to be very careful because of the huge amount of fuel splashing around and changing the weight load, I can't even imagine an airplane trying to fly and having to deal with this.

[@georgevavoulis4758]

In Greece ,which has one of the largest fleet of these aircraft , many of the pilots are in their 50s

[@tippyc2]

Engineer here: it has more to do with how full the tank is than how big the tank is. If you cram the tank 100% full like these planes are doing, there's no possibility for sloshing, and it's pretty safe. Dump the whole load, and once again, no sloshing. A fuel truck that only managed to deliver half a load is a worst case scenario. Not only do you have a liquid sloshing around, that liquid is _highly_ flammable

[@MaineOffGrid.]

The tanker truck for the FD I was on holds 2000 gallons of water. When that thing was only half full it was difficult to drive, even with the baffles in the tank. After a fire we always tried to refill before going back to the station so we wouldn’t have to deal with the water sloshing in the tank.

[@TrappedinSLC]

@@MaineOffGrid. Free surface effect is a doozy.

[@RCCopterLove]

This machine is now needed more than ever in Los Angeles! Great that it was costructed in such a extreme way! The capabilities of this aircraft are simply amazing!! A great thank you to the constructers!!

[@sheeve2003]

36.9 million dollars and made in Canada..

[@RCCopterLove]

@@sheeve2003Wow, it's worth the price!!

[@carsonsandau2301]

I live in Boise, ID and I have seen so many of these taking off from our airport recently! This video was great timing!

[@willonthewing2860]

Thanks! We need more of these in LA!

[@sheeve2003]

Proudly Canadian made.. this plane is 36.9 million..happy to see Canadian engineers being recognized around the globe..

[@X3MAntics]

Cali needs about, 20 of these.

[@a8495turtle]

Saw a few of these scooping while sitting in a pool in Sicily a while back. Absolutely incredible aircraft to watch.

[@TheTh903]

"It's built like a tank and looks like no other aircraft in the world" *laughs in PBY Catalina*

[@absolutfreeman1033]

Lol correct

[@anilprajapati3713]

Yeah, very significant like cryptocurrency 💯

[@Smithy250]

Laughs in A10 warthog

[@ericz6]

The engines are more like the Be-6 but yea, and at 1:03 they show a PBY super Catalina but it wasn't even used as a fire fighting thing (it couldn't hold water and had no Bombays, bombs were mounted on wing spars and it was used for surveillance during WWII because of it's long-range capabilities)

[@carlthor91]

@@HighlandLaddie I've only seen the Canso variant, with twin wing struts, not singles, like a PBY. In the summer, the province bases two CL-415's at our airport, they get quite a bit of use.

[@tahsintuhin]

❤❤❤❤good work super scooper

[@seesidesummerhouse6112]

Amazing technology, and these pilots are badass.

[@RicoBanani]

we have Canadairs in Croatia and we do use them a lot.. such a fascinating airplane. proud of our firefighters!

[@passion8leader]

Awesome! Why California doesn't own 20 of these, I don't know.

[@swee7jimmy]

i think we all know...

[@Doug_BC]

I have read, but cannot confirm, that the newer model is essentially on back order right now, and that the next 20 to be built are filling a previous order for the EU. I don't think Canada can even buy them until the order from the EU has been built.

[@alaingabriel1710]

The sales to the USA have been zero for many decades because there was a big political lobby re-grouping USA plane converters who turned old USA warplanes into land-based and totally inefficent water bombers.

[@davidodemchuk]

5:37 me too

[@unrulyphxntom4397]

🤣

[@last5902]

😂😂😂😂 i laugh so freaking hard😂

[@carloscosta1612]

😂😂😂😂

[@emptiness3390]

😂

[@wadebrown4619]

hahahaha

[@toms5703]

I watched these planes on the Columbia River scoop up the water. There were about 50 boats and a few of us on land watching. Amazing to see.

[@Tom65478]

These aircraft saved my country alot of times.

[@mikes1292]

30 million isn't too bad . Thats just a Few houses in California

[@captainevenslower4400]

0:35 it might just be because he builds a literal flying fire truck, but the aura of this guy simply radiates "cool"

[@AnikRichard]

Except that american guy hasn't build that plane, he bought it and operates it. Those planes are engineered and built in Canada (from the first version to the most recent).

[@GeorgeKuan-o8m]

Who’s here after seeing / experiencing LA fires? Respect to the engineering marvels and the people how operate and maintain these

[@Gok.]

In the meantime, the Turkish Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry denied using these planes in wildfires of the local aviation institution "THK" which successfully intervene in wildfires in the last 30 years. They claimed these planes are outdated and old and these are 100liter below the standards. On July 28, wildfires appeared in multiple regions and cities in Turkey and it appeared that the Turkish Government didn't buy a single fire-fighting plane. They only hire a few Air Tankers and 20x Helicopters. This firefighting fleet cannot catch up with the multiple fires and they cannot intervene quickly. Unfortunately, hectares of forest and thousands of wildlife are burned.

[@nabuda7365]

Böyle bir yorumu arıyordum

[@cartouchator]

Canadair firefighter planes have been used in Corsica since the 80's. I remember watching them scoop the water from the bay of Ajaccio from my grandmother's appartement terrace as a kid.