The Super Scooper skims the water’s surface at 100 mph, collecting 1,600 gallons in under 12 seconds. The pilot drops the ...

Super Scoopers are proving vital to fighting the fires in Los Angeles. ... and seven Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft, each capable of delivering 4,000 gallons of retardant, ...

CL-415 Super Scooper The high-profile – and most eye-catching – firefighting aircraft is the Canadian CL-415 Super Scooper , a $30 million amphibious plane.

The Super Scoopers are capable of scooping up 1,600 gallons of water in 10 to ... The department has relied heavily on DC-10 and C-130 aircraft for dropping fire retardant during the January ...

A Super Scooper plane drops water on the Palisades Fire Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) POWER GRID FAULTS SURGED RIGHT ...

Four Super Scoopers are also filling the belly of the aircraft from Lake Tahoe and dousing the flames. Many of the planes refuel and reload fire retardant at the Stead Airport, at the Air Attack Base.

A super scooper water-dropping firefighting aircraft refills with water from the Pacific Ocean at Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

The unauthorized drone damaged the aircraft, known as a "super scooper," as it was working to suppress the massive Palisades Fire that has so far engulfed more than 23,000 acres of land in western ...

Super Scooper can pull 1,400 gallons in 10 seconds Crews were able to use these planes to grab water from a nearby reservoir, making a trip in about 6 minutes. A full refill of 1,400 gallons of ...

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.