A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying in restricted airspace over the devastating blaze on Thursday, the ...

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying in restricted airspace over the devastating blaze on Thursday, the ...

The Super Scooper skims the water’s surface at 100 mph, collecting 1,600 gallons in under 12 seconds. The pilot drops the load directly above the wildfire, then circles back to repeat the process.

The Super Scooper skims the water’s surface at 100 mph, collecting 1,600 gallons in under 12 seconds. The pilot drops the load directly above the wildfire, then circles back to repeat the process.

Super Scoopers get their name from their ability to pick up 6,000 liters from bodies of water and drop them in just 12 seconds on wildfires burning nearby, he said.

A Super Scooper aircraft drops water over the Martindale fire on September 28, 2020. Super Scoopers are proving vital to fighting the fires in Los Angeles. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images ...

Despite this considerable setback, the work done by Super Scooper aircraft above the skies around Hollywood has showcased one of the most impressive aircraft flying today.It's one of the very few ...

Two super scooper planes were sitting on the tarmac in Burns Flat to be ready at a moment's notice. The planes get their nickname from the ability to "scoop" up thousands of gallons of water, then ...

The Super Scoopers did not deploy to the recent Swannanoa fire, but they had a U.S. Forest Service-contracted Chinook and a North Carolina Forest Service-contracted Huey.

The Super Scoopers did not deploy to the recent Swannanoa fire, but they had a U.S. Forest Service-contracted Chinook and a North Carolina Forest Service-contracted Huey.