As wildfires raise water bomber demand, experts concerned about aging fleets
Aviation experts say Canada is losing expertise in the manufacturing of water bombers – just as demand for them is increasing.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told a news conference earlier this week that the provinces have enough equipment to fight the fires that areStory continues below advertisementAir quality alerts issued for tens of millions in northeastern U.S. Gradek said he believes the provinces should have bought more tanker planes. “In Canada, we have 55 Canadair planes _ a combination of CL-215s and CL-415s,” he said, adding that “considering the number of fires currently in the country, it’s absolutely insufficient.”“We don’t build these planes in Canada anymore we try to modify, to maintain and update the components of these planes,” he said.
In 2016, Bombardier, which acquired Canadair in the 1980s, sold its water bomber program to British Columbia-based Viking Air.Viking Air, which plans to build a factory in Western Canada, could begin producing new water bombers in 2027, but those planes probably won’t be used to put out forest fires in Canada, Gradek said.Story continues below advertisement
“Europeans want the new generation of the Canadair CL-415 and are ready to make major purchases,” he said, adding that the first generation of the plane was recognized for its performance around the world.
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