Extreme Weather What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the L.A. wildfires? The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank ...

A Super Scooper aircraft drops water over the Martindale fire on September 28, 2020. Super Scoopers are proving vital to fighting the fires in Los Angeles. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images ...

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane. Then, 1,412 gallons of water are “scooped ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

The aircraft literally scoops water up as it flies low over the surface, and Topaz is the closest suitable lake. In the ...

Zedeck has been fighting fires for nine years, using a Canadair CL-415 “Super Scooper” to collect and release to 1,621 gallons on fires across the U.S.

The Super Scooper skims the water’s surface at 100 mph, collecting 1,600 gallons in under 12 seconds. The pilot drops the ...

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane. Then, 1,412 gallons of water are “scooped ...

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane. Then, 1,412 gallons of water are “scooped ...

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane. Then, 1,412 gallons of water are “scooped ...

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane.

Farrell told News 13 that the Super Scooper needs a water source at least one mile long. They fly in with two valves open on the bottom of the plane. Then, 1,412 gallons of water are “scooped ...