IN Calgary (Canada) operation of the archetypal caller firefighting craft began Canadair CL-515intended for Greece arsenic portion of the renewal of the aviation fleet to combat wood fires.
According to the plan, the state will person a total of 7 such aircraft. The archetypal two are expected to beryllium delivered successful 2028and the remainder will beryllium transferred successful stages until 2031.
New features
The craft are equipped with modern navigation systems and are susceptible of operating successful much hard conditions. They tin take up to 6.137 liters of water successful 12 secondsproviding up to 30,000 liters discharge per hour when extinguishing fires.
These characteristics marque them importantly much effectual successful conditions of aggravated summertime fires, which person go progressively predominant and destructive successful caller years.
Modernization of the aged fleet
In parallel, it is planned to modernize existing Canadair CL-415including updating electronics, introducing a integer cockpit and improving unit beingness support systems.
It is noted that some of the operating craft stay highly aged – some of them were built successful the aboriginal 1970s.
Investments and cooperation
Company De Havilland Aircraft of Canada announced the instauration of a part De Havilland Canada Hellaswhich involves expanding its beingness successful the state and processing semipermanent cooperation.
Editorial comment
Updating firefighting craft is nary longer a substance of modernization, but question of infrastructure survival successful conditions of yearly fires.
There is lone 1 problem: timing. When it comes to technology that is needed “yesterday,” deliveries by 2028–2031 sound not similar a solution, but similar deferred assistance.
Fires bash not set to supply schedules.
And that is why the effectiveness of the full programme will beryllium assessed not by contracts, but by however galore seasons the state will survive earlier they really arrive.
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