Yahoo News Canada4d
I'm a pilot fighting the CA wildfires from a tanker plane. Here's how we pull off maneuvers commercial aircraft wouldn't dare.
Smithley dropped red fire retardant over the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. Mountainous terrain, winds, busy air traffic ... doing — we're the largest tool in the Forest Service's arsenal ...
KOB 46d
Albuquerque-based air tanker helps fight Los Angeles wildfires
Thousands of firefighters and volunteers have been working over the last week to tackle the Los Angeles wildfires. Helping in ...
I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...
Firefighting Pilots Face High-Pressure Job: ‘It Gets a Bit Scary’
The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing blazes face hot, sweaty, turbulent conditions — and the risk that ...
6 Waterbombers Used To Fight The LA Fires
Specialized aircraft deliver strategic water drops and retardant lines to contain flames in California’s challenging ...
Here’s what it’s like to manage Cal Fire’s aircraft during a massive wildfire
Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...
The Straits Times5d
Firefighting pilots face high-pressure job: ‘It gets a bit scary’
known as Cal Fire, says it has the largest fleet of aerial firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. Two planes important to aerial firefighting missions are air tankers ...
NHRA-Affiliated Kalitta Air Has a Connection to Firefighting Effort in Los Angeles
No, Kalitta Air is not directly fighting the LA fires, but Michigan-based operation has a special interest in those that are.
New York Magazine6d
What It’s Like Inside a Waterbomber
Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images Tanker ... top of the ridge, he picks up the clean woodsmoke aroma of a campfire. This fire is burning with the intensity of a furnace, and even in the ...