Colorado’s largest lake has that in spades. The west end of Blue Mesa along U.S. 50 has been closed to watercraft for the duration of the Scoopers’ work, giving the planes plenty of room to do their ...

The United States Forest Service has posted a video of the Super Scooper plane, which arrived from Canada over the weekend, ...

LOS ANGELES - An aircraft fighting to put out the Palisades Fire over Los Angeles was grounded after hitting a drone in midair on Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

One of the “Super Scooper” planes aiding in the battle against the Los Angeles wildfires was damaged after colliding with a drone and is now grounded, officials said on Thursday. The collision ...

Only about 160 fire-dousing Super Scooper aircraft, which are built in Canada using a 55-year-old design, are in operation worldwide as demand for them grows.

We covered this story a bit when it happened (second item), which resulted in the drone striking and damaging the leading edge of a Canadian “Super Scooper” plane that was trying to fight the ...

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 ...

A Super Scooper state-of-the-art firefighting aircraft remained grounded Saturday with no specific timetable for its return to service.

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," or CL 415 plane, is highly effective at extinguishing fires because of the amount of water it can carry and drop in minutes.

Super Scooper planes that fight wildfires are ‘rugged, reliable' — and rare Only about 160 of the fire-dousing aircraft, which are built in Canada using a 55-year-old design, are in operation ...