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First of its Kind in Aerial Wildfire Firefighting

Wildfires in California in 2020 burned a record 4.3 million acres, damaging or destroying 10,500 structures and killing 33 people. This year’s wildfire season is...

Columbia Helicopters and Aurora Flight Sciences aim to develop technology for aerial firefighting flights in degraded visual environments

Aurora, Oregon – May 4th, 2021 – Columbia Helicopters (Columbia) and Aurora Flight Sciences (Aurora), a Boeing Company, this week entered into a memorandum of understanding...

Flagler County Makes a Little History With Its First Aerial-Ignition Prescribed Fire at Princess Place

Flagler County on Friday successfully completed its first prescribed fire utilizing FireFlight equipped with an aerial ignition machine to set fire to 85 acres...

TracMap Debuts the New TML-A GPS Unit

As of April 16th, 2021, TracMap is launching the new TML-A GPS aviation guidance unit delivering efficiency and accuracy for jobs in the aerial application...

Kestrel/Erickson Air Crane’s Finish Service in Australia

The last of Erickson's fleet of S-64's made the short trip from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne's west to the docks in the coastal...

Iosco County “Brittle Fire” not yet contained, effort expected to drag on for days

IOSCO CO., Mich. (WJRT) (4/24/2021)--The wildfire burning since Friday in northern Iosco County had yet to be contained as of 4:00 Saturday afternoon, according...

Coulson Aviation’s Newest Helitanker Takes Flight

Coulson Aviation debuted the newest aircraft in its aerial firefighting arsenal earlier this month over the Alberni Valley. Chinook N43CU, a helitanker, was just converted...

Coldstream Helicopters Expands Firecat Program to the United States with Precision

Mr. Robert Gallagher President and CEO of the Coldstream Group of Companies and Mr David Rath CEO of Precision (Helicopters), LLC and affiliated companies...

Colorado National Guard trains for fire season

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Brigade, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, is hosting an annual wildland fire training conference in...

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