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??

  • klankin@piefed.caEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t know much about these planes, but I imagine it’d be a task to get them across the ocean twice a year.

    That plus maintaining it would be hell between jurisdictions.