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| | CalTrade Report - CANADIAN AIRCRAFT FOUGHT SOCAL FIRES |
 | | The stubby, yellow-bodied CL-215 "Super Scooper" aircraft are leased during the fall fire season to the Los Angeles County Fire Department and are based at Van Nuys Airport in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, just northwest of downtown Los Angeles. |
 | | Super Scooper, Canadair, CalTrade Report, forest fires, Southern California fires - CANADIAN AIRCRAFT FOUGHT SOCAL FIRES - CalTrade ReportAsia Quake Victims LOS ANGELES — 10/28/03 —A pair of Canadian-made “Super Scooper” water-dropping aircraft is playing a critical role in the fight to beat-down the wildfires currently ravaging Southern California. |
 | | The aircraft are unique in their ability to skim over the surface of a lake, river or sheltered bay, at about 80 mph, and "scoop" upwards of 1,200 gallons of water into its drop tanks. |
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