I'm a simple man. I see a Water Bomber video, I click on it. Sometimes twice. Then I follow the recommendations for similar videos even though I have already seen them.
Growing up with a forester dad in Gander, I used to love watching the old Catalinas fly - what a beautiful plane. As cub scouts we once had one drop a tankload of water not far from us - I'll never forget the plane cruise overhead as the water misted over us - as a kid it was a dream come true!
Yes I liked them too. I have a video on here from 1995 of a CL-215 and a Catalina water bomber before it was retired. Gander Festival of Flight 1995 I believe
I was privileged to see a couple of these impressive birds at Lewistown, Montana a couple of years ago. I hung around the airport because it looked like they were going to take off. I was watching a young lady working around one of the aircraft, and I thought maybe she was a ramp girl or other support person. Then I saw her climb into the plane and take the left seat ! I laughed at my unintended chauvanism..she was the pilot. !! I got to see her take off. I know you have to be a damn good pilot to fly their missions and I salute that young lady and her fellow pilots !
00:32 Irv, Myron and Claude out fishing and here comes a CL-415. Irv says: "Myron, you best get tuh squeez'in that throttle on the Evinrude an bit harder eh !!"
It's correct to say either in my view... it's a Canadair designed aircraft that Bombardier continued producing after acquiring Canadair so, while Bombardier would now have a legal right to put their name on it, it's not "incorrect" to alternatively say Canadair as that's just a tribute to the type's history. Interesting to note that in its original radial engine configuration (i.e. Canada CL-215), it had four of exactly the same engine (two inline coupled in each nacelle, each pair driving a single prop) that powered the famous Grumman F6F Hellcat during WW2.
@Randy Baumery Again I say, from an engineering standpoint the purpose of the airframe will determine it's look. A hull for water, high wings (but no struts) to utilize all the fuselage and allow visibility, along with high mounted engines for both water clearance and visibility. The PBYs we reccon. and search/rescue and their design reflected that, so form follows function.
One has come to western Oregon to help fight our fires. God Bless you and thank you. Watching that glowing red sky and flames approaching our property was a bit concerning.
You may wish to update the title. The CL215, 415 and now 415 EAF and in a couple years he 515 are now Viking Air Ltd. In its quasi-bankrupctcy, Bombardeir sold all their plane assets (except business jet, not done yet), and the ex Canadair water bombers went to Viking Air. Viking Air also got discontinued de Havilland planes like the Twin Otter (Viking restarted production of those with updated model). Upon getting the CL215/415 from Bombardier, Viking quickly started the 215 tro 415 upgrade programme where a 215 gets turboprop engines (215 was pioston) , updated avionics, and greater water capacity. These are called the 415-EAF. Viking also started a 515 project to update the 415 tro more modern materials/standards etc,. Viking Air is a sister company to deHavilland Canada which got the Dash-8 from Bombardier.
It is called DHC 515 Amphibious firefighter/ Waterbomber now. The project is in full swing now. The first of many DHC 515 is scheduled to be rolled out of De Havilland Aircraft Canada Calgary facility in 2026!
@@Aviation-PlaneSpotter Thanks for the update. The Viking web site didn't ispire confidence the project would take off with plenty of orders, And with all the firest fire disasters around the world, I would have hoped they would would be up there waiving hands with "hey, we have a solution with the CL515, order it now !"
Ever wonder how the missing scuba diver ended up being found on the side of the mountain after the folks returned to their homes near los angeles a few years ago. Now you know.
So far 70 pyromaniacs give it a thumb down. What’s really interesting is that governements can afford 100 million dollar fighter arcraft but a 35 million waterbomber is just too exspensive?
Yes I see what you mean, actually. They sacrificed looks for function on these I think. Great water bomber though. I also have videos of the CL-215 with the radial piston engines, which sounds cooler.
There's around 12,000 #'s difference in just a few seconds! That has to be 2 different types of flying with 1 aircraft! Oh and that little boat,,,,, kinda trolling fast aren't you! Great video.
The guys in the boat were never in any danger, these boys know how to fly, and it can tear up the ground and un root trees while dropping it’s 6 ton of water.
in greece where we have huge wildfires we have some of these but very old *8 CL215 - 4 CL415...major drawback they can't fly under windy conditions at more than 7 bfr cant fly especialy the 215 when the ground/air temp is more than 38 degrees C. Extreme wildfires with heat up to 39 and more than 7bfr winds and giand smoke clouds obscurrring the sky and ground they can't do much...and if the sea has winds to 8 bfr they cant get water easily...prefer the erickson skycrane where it can beat 8bfr but if exceeds to more is more difficult as well. Earlier during 2007, 2008, 2009,2012, 2013 where we had large/catastrophic wildfires the first hours where winds were blowing like hell under heat conditions more than 40 degrees C fire fronts were 25 to more than 40km long ... ground crews had to do the job... just impossible as fire fronts circulate like giant tornadoes. (Zacharo wildfire - Elia perfecture - 2007 - 48 deaths - 450.000 acres ) This is very tough and things are very hard if there are different wildfires across the continent or greek islands. Greece is mountainous and steep mountains with pines makes wildfires run like hell. In 2007 where the wildfires in peloponissos were extreme megafires (more than 1.500.000 acres burned in only 3 firestorm days - 70 people died - 200 villages badly damaged - total loss during that summer 3.000.000 acres 80 deaths - more than 400 villages/communities affected) greek canadairs fire plan collapsed so we had to call for international help for more planes and chopers) Things were more dramatic especially in 2007/2009 as we lost planes and crew members dew to failures under extreme situations where canadairs were the only primary defense against crowning fast moving wildfires. Canadiar greek pilots are the best in europe probably the world and are HEROES
Hey mate, is it OK to feature your clip in a my chanel for educational purposes (so-called temporary copyright.)? You can stop me from using your content at any time and it will be deleted immediately. It will be credited in the description & comments section with your name. Thanks, MM
Shit there was a second there that I thought the People on that boat was fixing to play a flintstone and pick the boat up then a jesus walk across the water.
Some seriously awesome people. Boaters playing chicken with a plane, motorcyclist that saw it coming and took off, general lee, and lastly the person with mega cajones flying that plane. Hahaha. So much to love.
Killa Bee True, I was wondering if it came down more as a heavy mist though, kinda like how angel falls is the tallest waterfall in the world but it's so gentle at the bottom cause the water vaporizes a bit on the way down
If it was dropped low and the water hit you while it was still moving forward then it could kill you and/or break bones. If it was up high then probably be more fun as the water would be falling straight down and would be broken up into droplets instead of a big wall.
Magnificent aircraft***I would love 2 have flown 1 of these-30+ yrs. ago... Also 2 think I may have been another Jackie Cochran-anyone remember her????
I'm a simple man. I see a Water Bomber video, I click on it. Sometimes twice. Then I follow the recommendations for similar videos even though I have already seen them.
Growing up with a forester dad in Gander, I used to love watching the old Catalinas fly - what a beautiful plane. As cub scouts we once had one drop a tankload of water not far from us - I'll never forget the plane cruise overhead as the water misted over us - as a kid it was a dream come true!
Yes I liked them too. I have a video on here from 1995 of a CL-215 and a Catalina water bomber before it was retired. Gander Festival of Flight 1995 I believe
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Sneaks under the wires, scoops and shoots. Awesome - and thank you for not killing this with music!
He was way ahead of those wires...
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Oh I agree to the max
Only music we need is the roar of those beautiful engines!
I was privileged to see a couple of these impressive birds at Lewistown, Montana a couple of years ago. I hung around the airport because it looked like they were going to take off. I was watching a young lady working around one of the aircraft, and I thought maybe she was a ramp girl or other support person. Then I saw her climb into the plane and take the left seat ! I laughed at my unintended chauvanism..she was the pilot. !! I got to see her take off. I know you have to be a damn good pilot to fly their missions and I salute that young lady and her fellow pilots !
Fire tanker airplanes are so bad ass! I love it. The power, the risk, the reward. So cool.
I love the sound of the general lee horn somewhere in the end, haha. And everything about this plane is absolutely beautiful.
00:32 Irv, Myron and Claude out fishing and here comes a CL-415. Irv says: "Myron, you best get tuh squeez'in that throttle on the Evinrude an bit harder eh !!"
It's correct to say either in my view... it's a Canadair designed aircraft that Bombardier continued producing after acquiring Canadair so, while Bombardier would now have a legal right to put their name on it, it's not "incorrect" to alternatively say Canadair as that's just a tribute to the type's history. Interesting to note that in its original radial engine configuration (i.e. Canada CL-215), it had four of exactly the same engine (two inline coupled in each nacelle, each pair driving a single prop) that powered the famous Grumman F6F Hellcat during WW2.
Holy fuck.
Thats why the F6F was so stout.
Now Viking.
If "form follows function", that is one beautiful aircraft .
@Randy Baumery Again I say, from an engineering standpoint the purpose of the airframe will determine it's look. A hull for water, high wings (but no struts) to utilize all the fuselage and allow visibility, along with high mounted engines for both water clearance and visibility. The PBYs we reccon. and search/rescue and their design reflected that, so form follows function.
I swear I never knew that is how they fill up 😂. So cool!
Lol
Amazing. I know nothing about piloting but I bet it’s not an easy feat to fill it while keeping everything else in check
One has come to western Oregon to help fight our fires. God Bless you and thank you. Watching that glowing red sky and flames approaching our property was a bit concerning.
You may wish to update the title. The CL215, 415 and now 415 EAF and in a couple years he 515 are now Viking Air Ltd. In its quasi-bankrupctcy, Bombardeir sold all their plane assets (except business jet, not done yet), and the ex Canadair water bombers went to Viking Air. Viking Air also got discontinued de Havilland planes like the Twin Otter (Viking restarted production of those with updated model).
Upon getting the CL215/415 from Bombardier, Viking quickly started the 215 tro 415 upgrade programme where a 215 gets turboprop engines (215 was pioston) , updated avionics, and greater water capacity. These are called the 415-EAF. Viking also started a 515 project to update the 415 tro more modern materials/standards etc,.
Viking Air is a sister company to deHavilland Canada which got the Dash-8 from Bombardier.
It is called DHC 515 Amphibious firefighter/ Waterbomber now.
The project is in full swing now.
The first of many DHC 515 is scheduled to be rolled out of De Havilland Aircraft Canada Calgary facility in 2026!
@@Aviation-PlaneSpotter Thanks for the update. The Viking web site didn't ispire confidence the project would take off with plenty of orders, And with all the firest fire disasters around the world, I would have hoped they would would be up there waiving hands with "hey, we have a solution with the CL515, order it now !"
This never gets old. Good thing Viking Air is putting them back into production, Bombardier was really stupid for selling them off.
Thoroughly amazing. Seems so dangerous. Thank you pilots & crew.
I see this and I think of the films, Always (1989) and Magnolia (2000). What skill though to maintain control of the aircraft and one's composure.
Love that engine sound when it climbs!
I love the timing of the small engine (maybe a motorcycle) revving up as the plane lifst up from the water.
Bubba Davis outboard boat motor from the boat filming this.
Excellent video. What a beautiful aircraft. Greetings from the UK.
Thanks. Have a great summer
What a great catch and thanks for posting it. Professional pilots for sure wow! Cheers
This reminds me of the show Spin tales!!! Miss that show.
Three guys in an outboard fishing boat almost made this a REALLY interesting video.
Detroit Buckeye like the opening scene from that movie with Richard Dreyfus and John Goodman. Always (I think)
@@sblack48 Correct. "Always", 1989. First thing I thought of when I saw this video.
A very gorgeous aircraft. Would love to experience riding in one of these!
Wow it fills fast. You can tell how heavier it got by the way it moves after too
Real skill, real heroes risking their lives to save our forests.
I like the red and white! It's a symbol of the Canadian Flag!
My friend works on these planes, he loves it.
Probably the best contribution to aeronautics industry Canada has ever made.
Your statement is so True.
I think the DHC-2 Beaver is probably the second because it opens up the back country.
If only they used it today
Excellent work making this video. Nice, very nice
Thanks. In the right place at the right time I guess.
Reminds me of the opening seen from the movie "Always." They even managed to get the boat in the foreground!
She flies a lot slower with 150 gallons of water on board! Majestic
150?
@@raincoast9010 Yeah. Try 1650 gallons capacity for the CL-415. 1300 gallons in the earlier CL-215. 150. lol
@bend3rbot The CL-415 has a water capacity of 1650 gallons.
Do they do this as preventative maintenance anywhere? And I don't mean a fire is raging 2 miles down wind kind of preventative maintenance.
The guy that just finished making his fire for his camp that took 4 hours to make: 🗿
Ever wonder how the missing scuba diver ended up being found on the side of the mountain after the folks returned to their homes near los angeles a few years ago. Now you know.
What an EXCELLENT video! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks. Just does not have the sound of the old CL-215 piston engine radial. But the 415s outperform the 215s so they are better.
So far 70 pyromaniacs give it a thumb down. What’s really interesting is that governements can afford 100 million dollar fighter arcraft but a 35 million waterbomber is just too exspensive?
Yes I see what you mean, actually. They sacrificed looks for function on these I think. Great water bomber though. I also have videos of the CL-215 with the radial piston engines, which sounds cooler.
Canada builds the coolest aircraft!
That's a lot of weight to pick up. Good job.
Water weighs 64 pounds per cubic feet.
I bet the Bomber caught more fish in the few seconds it picked up water then those guys fishing all day
What a cool plane. It looks like it's made of Lego :D
Love their unique paint job!
We call it the "peas and carrots" paint scheme
So they can be painted in a colour other than boring yellow? Interesting..... Somebody please tell the countries of Southern Europe!
Now it's Viking Aircraft!
I read a story once about firefighters in the woods who found a dead scuba diver in a tree.
Not sure if it's urban legend.
must be a legend. I doubt if the diver would be small enough to fit thru the water pick-up nozzles.
Legend. The 2 pick up points on a CL415 are about 6 inches square.
That boat right there was like the begining scene of the movie Always.
And just like that, Bill lost his boating license for driving directly in front of a Sea Plane
Is it just me or does this plane appear to be very quiet!?
I totally agree. I expected some throttle when he took on that water and when he lifted.
There's around 12,000 #'s difference in just a few seconds! That has to be 2 different types of flying with 1 aircraft! Oh and that little boat,,,,, kinda trolling fast aren't you! Great video.
Sounds just like the dash8s most likely the same engine variant!
Canada is awesome, thank you Canadians!
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what a super video thanks for sharing your view
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Don't get me wrong; I think it looks great!
Pilots got "Balls of Steel"...
Not really...I had a hard time staying awake after 50 scoops(we did a hundred a day, one each three minutes in the conditions shown above)
Jeepers who is the brilliant one in the tiny boat?
Yeah we love you guys too. So much so in fact we are all buying houses in Florida and Arizona. Sorry about that little brush-up in 1812, lol.
How does it scoop up the water?
It has retractable probes that extend down from the bottom of the hull. Controlled in the cockpit
I looked for this to try and figure out how they did it, but i did absolutely nothing to help.
This plane is the greatest thing since the SR-71. Bombing forest fires with freshly scooped lake water is fucking awesome.
Fantastic video!!
Superb water collection and drop off
Excellent video work!
The guys in the boat were never in any danger, these boys know how to fly, and it can tear up the ground and un root trees while dropping it’s 6 ton of water.
in greece where we have huge wildfires we have some of these but very old *8 CL215 - 4 CL415...major drawback they can't fly under windy conditions at more than 7 bfr cant fly especialy the 215 when the ground/air temp is more than 38 degrees C. Extreme wildfires with heat up to 39 and more than 7bfr winds and giand smoke clouds obscurrring the sky and ground they can't do much...and if the sea has winds to 8 bfr they cant get water easily...prefer the erickson skycrane where it can beat 8bfr but if exceeds to more is more difficult as well. Earlier during 2007, 2008, 2009,2012, 2013 where we had large/catastrophic wildfires the first hours where winds were blowing like hell under heat conditions more than 40 degrees C fire fronts were 25 to more than 40km long ... ground crews had to do the job... just impossible as fire fronts circulate like giant tornadoes. (Zacharo wildfire - Elia perfecture - 2007 - 48 deaths - 450.000 acres ) This is very tough and things are very hard if there are different wildfires across the continent or greek islands. Greece is mountainous and steep mountains with pines makes wildfires run like hell. In 2007 where the wildfires in peloponissos were extreme megafires (more than 1.500.000 acres burned in only 3 firestorm days - 70 people died - 200 villages badly damaged - total loss during that summer 3.000.000 acres 80 deaths - more than 400 villages/communities affected) greek canadairs fire plan collapsed so we had to call for international help for more planes and chopers) Things were more dramatic especially in 2007/2009 as we lost planes and crew members dew to failures under extreme situations where canadairs were the only primary defense against crowning fast moving wildfires. Canadiar greek pilots are the best in europe probably the world and are HEROES
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Did anybody else hear the Dukes of Hazard horn?
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Von Richtofen would approve of the paint scheme : )
That is a thing of beauty.
Did three minutes circuits with the 215 when the fire was that close...all day long!
Imagine being a fish
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imagine being human and accidentally abducted by an alien fire fighting flying saucer..
Or a scuba diver
1:35 Good to see that nobody made fun of the firefighting plane just because it came early.
How does it collect the water? Suck? I couldn't see any nozzle, just an opening on its underbelly facing the opposite way of the plane's nose.
it has a couple of scops in the back that folds down to collect the water and the speed of the plane forces the water in to the tanks
scoops of a kind open up and the forward force of the aircraft slamming into the water , so to speak, forces water into a tank.
Hey mate, is it OK to feature your clip in a my chanel for educational purposes (so-called temporary copyright.)? You can stop me from using your content at any time and it will be deleted immediately.
It will be credited in the description & comments section with your name. Thanks, MM
Shit there was a second there that I thought the People on that boat was fixing to play a flintstone and pick the boat up then a jesus walk across the water.
Bombardier has a plant here in North Bay.
Yes it is.
Was this plane based on a grumman albatross?
It can take 6140 litres / 1620 US gallons, 1350 imperial gallons
Crazy my power wash rig used to haul 1300gal.
1:32 The General Lee
LISTEN
Yeeehaaaa!!!! Jump that airplane, Bo!
Some seriously awesome people. Boaters playing chicken with a plane, motorcyclist that saw it coming and took off, general lee, and lastly the person with mega cajones flying that plane. Hahaha. So much to love.
I wonder how many fish just thought what in the hell was that!
Fish don't get in - it only scoops the surface of the water. The opening are rather small, size of your hand span, if not then less.
Hi mate! Nice video. Is it ok to feature your clip in a my chanel?
Sure. Seems legit.
DO we in the US use these water bomber planes or just ignore the facy that we need them?
its a canadian plane
Los Angeles County contracts for them after the Canadian fire season has dampened down, and the late fire season in California is going.
Would it be extremely fun or extremely fatal to be water bombed by one of these?
more on the fatal side, think about how hard that hits when they drop that much from that high? :P
Killa Bee True, I was wondering if it came down more as a heavy mist though, kinda like how angel falls is the tallest waterfall in the world but it's so gentle at the bottom cause the water vaporizes a bit on the way down
If it was dropped low and the water hit you while it was still moving forward then it could kill you and/or break bones. If it was up high then probably be more fun as the water would be falling straight down and would be broken up into droplets instead of a big wall.
Yeah for sure, depends on the altitude/speed big time.
Killa Bee And if it's super cold and the water had time to freeze you would...Well you know what would happen.
Great video! All we need to make it perfect is to mute the natural sounds and add some annoying music.
need these in Australia in numbers
love those folks in canada.
best friends the usa ever had.
i love those folks
More great Canadian inventions
CUAL ES CORREO DE LA FABRICA DE ESTOS AVIONES CL 415 BOMBARDIER
A thing of beauty.
This at Paddy's Pond Newfoundland
Man what a great shot! folks in da boat! at least one was wearing a life jacket...i think lol
at 00:30 I am reminded of that lake scene in the move ALWAYS!
I always thought they had to land and refill. This is wild.
Nice Video!
a boat or a plane or both ?
both
Fine. I have seen
australia needs these
Magnificent aircraft***I would love 2 have flown 1 of these-30+ yrs. ago... Also 2 think I may have been another Jackie Cochran-anyone remember her????
Jacqueline Cochran flew a Canadair Sabre not a CL215
A woman can fly the 415...The 215 needed a big woman!(unpowered controls...in a crosswind, a bear to hold.)
Beautiful an amazing machine!
Damn, that was fucking awesome!
Amazing plane :) Great pilots
0:28 holy shit, hit the afterburner!!