@jerome To start, the sheer size. It can cover 4 acres of land in one drop. The 415 is an excellent plane, it drops 6000L. The Mars can drop 27,000L and also mix it with either foam or gel in flight for added efficiency and effectiveness. When you're looking for a plane that could actually […]

@chris Even the CL-415 is quite old and our governments let it languished without ordering any renewal fleet/upgrades. We used to be leaders (at least in Quebec) on air firefighting capabilities. But lost so many pilots/staff because government didn't want to invest. Finally the CL-515 is […]