The water and chemicals dropped by aircraft aren’t designed to completely ... equipment and cause damage to tools, such as tanks, hydrants and hoses, according to Technology.org.

Carrying massive loads of water or fire retardant, fast-moving specialized aircraft help contain the spread of wildfires.

The Hawk only has a fixed tank, but can drop up to 3,785 litres of water or firefighting foam onto a blaze. For major firefighting responses, CAL Fire uses its tactical planes — the S-2T and C ...

The scooper planes refill by descending to calm waters and skimming the water’s surface to load their tanks. They then release the water to douse a blaze and repeat the process until they need ...

and it's built like a tank. It looks like no other plane in the world. Narrator: The CL-415 Enhanced Aerial Firefighter can scoop and drop 1,400 gallons of water on wildfires in a matter of minutes.

Department of Natural Resources firefighters called in two CL 215 tanker planes to help fight a fire ... The CL 215s scooped up water from Kabetogama and Pelican lakes to dump on the fire, said ...

Tanker aircraft play a vital role in these operations, enabling fighter jets, bombers and surveillance aircraft to operate without fuel limitations. Resultantly, the tanker aircraft market has ...