Canadian-made water bomber back in production to fight wildfires #WaterBombers #Canada is rushing to build more capacity to fight wildfires, and De Havilland factories in Calgary are pushing to get new DHC-515 Firefighters back in the air www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
We should be very proud of these planes that will fight wildfires. The pilots are next level skilled, as are the helicopter pilots.
They are very skilled, as I've seen the planes in use up close filling up with lake water and taking off again. It takes a lot of skill and guts to basically crash land in water and get airborne again! (with a lot more weight, too!)
Yes! Weβve watched too as theyβve bucketed from both Okanagan and Skaha lakes! And not just 1 plane- we counted 5 as they were fighting fires south of us a few years ago. Sooo grateful.
In my 20s, I got to work with the CFS for a year, saw those planes up close, working with spotter planes too. The spotter planes are much smaller, have flashing lights and sirens, and the 2 work hand in hand...but you don't hear about the spotters as much.
Canada βmust have robust climate disaster plans, creation or strengthening of Environmental Depts β to combat such disasters. In return these plans, depts create more jobs & keeps people, our environment safe & healthy.
Add the Canadian Forces symbolism and count these as Defense expenditures. Then built double the amount. Crew them with Armed Forces personnel to serve the entire country as needed. Additionally, surplus capacity can be an extension of Canadian diplomacy in the global fight against climate change.
Pssssit...It's a bad headline. De Havilland stopped the production of the CL-415. The CL-515 is the new version, it's not getting back in the air. It's an improved version of an efficient tool to fight wildfires.π
This should have been supported by provincial govts years ago. Despite the forest fire issues in BC, the BC Liberal govt refused to support the Coulson Company, with their massive water bombers & thus two have been sold to the U.S.. Sometimes politicians are so bloody stupid & lack vision! π‘
They live from election to election, which currently prevents long-term vision. It's not true for all of them, but it is for too many.
Good point. Iβd love to see some politicians with real vision & the confidence to make the decisions that are for the betterment of all citizens.
There must be a great demand for quality planes like these ππ
yes we have a backlog right now, planes are booked to be built right up until 2040
Originally CL-215 and CL-415 built by Canadair in St-Laurent (MontrΓ©al) QuΓ©bec
YES!! Letβs build on Canadaβs strengths - and be the leader & gold standard in fire management & mitigation.
Keep em in Canada. Or loan them to Mexico. Period.
but I"m sure that Dumbily Smith will say that the Feds aren't doing enough for her province...LOL
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Climate change is real, wildfires will become even more common and planes like this will become even more essential....
Nice.
Backed by ultra wealthy but at least ultra wealthy π¨π¦
If Iβm not mistaken they were bought out by a US company?
Correction. Happy to say I was wrong about the US buyout.
That is good news
no, it's 100% Canadian, what happened was the company who owned them as a subsidiary, sold off the water bomber portion to another Canadian company
Actually, I was mixed up with the BC company who invented the whole water bombing idea in the first place. I believe they were bought out. I should investigate, but ... can't remember the name?
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How much into prevention? Fucking stupid
Also,this helps the Canadian economy by creating jobs!
Itβs also how we dump so much fentanyl into America. Air drop.
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