A
new article for the independent leading Hungarian aviation magazine 'Aranysas'
a
This
year was extreme concerning the fires in the woods in Greece, Spain and
Italy
Read
the story of the men and woman that risk their lives to save others,
houses and nature !
Many
CL-415 Canadair Firefighters are stand-by on the platform of Torrejon in
Spain
S
All
day they are ready to depart
They
also make many training hours
Here
a CL-415 in action
Spending
much water on the flames
A
view at the watertanks
'Bombs
away...'!!
Other
countries also use the CL-415, like France (Securite Civile) and Italy
A
CL-215 in maintainance.Read
about the differences between the 215 and 415 in our story. eNext
the difference between the Greek and the Spanish planes is in fact just
the roundel.
Cockpit,
frontpart and rear-part of the CL-415 seen at Thessaloniki Micra in Greece
Charis
Charousis showed us all details and explained about this CL-415GR plane in
Greece. Waterinlets (L) water is mixed with a special foam (M) and the
special inlet is to be turned out while the plane takes it's water in, the
tanks are filled up in only seconds !
Clear
skies, while a few minutes later they will be flying over flames and
a lot of smoke
Spanish
CL-415 ready, willing and able at Torrejon AFB in Spain . Thank you Charis
Charousis from Thessaloniki Micra in Greece, and Marie
Cruze from Torrejon Spain for your help !
Click the green button for the article in English
Klik de rode knop voor het artikel in het Nederlands