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Tasmania’s aerial firefighting capabilities have been boosted ahead of the looming bushfire season, with 15 helicopters and aeroplanes secured. Nine specialised aircraft have already arrived...

The Deadly Job of Fighting Wildfires From the Air
Aerial Fire News October 14, 2024 In daring flyovers just above the tree line, flying firefighters are battling blazes that have burned 7.8 million acres nationally this season—more than triple last year’s acreage.

How to Become an Aerial Firefighter | AerialFire Magazine
There are specific requirements for becoming an aerial firefighter, including minimum flight hours and specific aircraft experience. Review this list of pilot qualifications and start to work toward the minimums you may not yet have achieved.

Conair Delivers 20th Dash 8-400 Firefighting Plane
Conair also owns and operates their own diverse fleet of aerial firefighting aircraft, the largest fixed-wing fleet in the world, including CL415 water scoopers, Fire Boss water scoopers, Dash 8-400AT airtankers, RJ85 airtankers, and AT802 airtankers, plus command and control bird dog lead planes.

Sky Cranes in Action, from California to Athens
All about firefighting operations of Sikorsky S-64E/F and CH-54A/B Skycranes By Babak Taghvaee The largest helicopter ever operated by the United States Army Aviation and Army National Guard is CH-54 Tarhe, the military model of Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter.

2024 - A Year in Review | AerialFire Magazine
In response to the devastating Silverado, Blue Ridge, and Bond Fires of 2020, which collectively scorched over 27,000 acres in Orange County, the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) initiated a comprehensive modernization of its aerial firefighting capabilities.

Aero-Flite: 60 years of Doing the Right Thing
A history in aerial firefighting isn’t told through timelines of dates, drops, tanker types, and tail numbers. It’s told through its people - the dedicated teams who have invested their lives in protecting communities from wildfire, often at great personal sacrifice. For over 60 years, Aero-Flit ...

Aero-Flite Opens New Hangar as Aerial Firefighting Company Grows
This week an RJ85 was called out to respond to the Franklin Fire in Malibu, California.” Aero-Flite operates the largest privately owned fleet of large airtankers and scoopers in the country. “This isn’t the end of our growth,” Niemann concludes.

Coulson Aviation Extends Aerial Firefighting Support to South America ...
The addition of Coulson’s 737 FireLiner, a converted passenger aircraft specifically designed for aerial firefighting, will bolster CONAF’s aerial firefighting fleet, offering enhanced coverage and rapid response times to suppress fires across challenging terrains.

Game Composites to Build GB2, a Next Generation Single Engine Air ...
Game Composites, makers of the GB1 aerobatic aircraft, have indicated the intent to produce the GB2 Stormbird, an all-composite, two-seat, low-wing aircraft designed explicitly for aerial firefighting. The GB2 will be capable of carrying up to 1,200 gallons of fire retardant at speeds exceeding ...