De Havilland calls for national water bomber fleet as it scrambles to meet demand
toronto.citynews.ca
MONTREAL — On July 13, a pair of Canadair water bombers touched down on the Seine River, skimming along its surface to refill their water tanks as they battled a wildfire south of Paris.

Link is to article about Canada’s great need for firefighting aircraft.

Call me crazy… but 99% of the time wouldn’t a shared firefighting aircraft fleet shared between Australia and Canada or perhaps a European nation only be needed in one or the other place at any one given time of year??

  • supersquirrel@lemmy.caOP
    1·
    22 hours ago

    Than why is it cheaper and more advisable to buy an airplane built on the other side of the world (legal complications aside for a moment) than build one yourself?

    • dusk@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      If in Canada, I doubt that is the case.

      In Australia… we are on the other side of the planet to the majority.