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Canadair CL-215 · Manitoba Wildfire Service / Babcock / Air Spray
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Identity
- Mission
- Amphibious bombers
- Registration
- C-GMAK
- Mode-S address
- C06463
- ICAO type
- CL2P
- Model
- Canadair CL-215
- Manufacturer
- Canadair
- Serial number
- 1107
- Operator
- Manitoba Wildfire Service / Babcock / Air Spray
- Country of registration
- Canada
About the Canadair CL-215
Amphibious water bomber
It refills while skimming a suitable lake, river, or sea surface, then makes short water-drop rotations when a safe water source is close to the fire. It attacks flames directly with water or foam rather than laying long retardant lines.
What this type can do
The piston-powered CL-215 was designed around water bombing. It scoops roughly 5,400 litres from a suitable water surface and returns for repeated direct drops; its advantage is sustained water delivery near a safe scoop site.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The Canadair CL-215 Scooper is the first model in a series of amphibious flying boats designed and built by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair, and later produced by Bombardier. It is one of only a handful of large amphibious aircraft to have been produced in large numbers during the post-war era, and the first to be developed from the outset as a water bomber.
ICAO type · CL2PFlight history
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