Aerial Fire News

Aerial firefighting trainees are taking to the Northstate skies ahead of fire season

REDDING, Calif. — CAL FIRE and Forest Service aerial training are going on this week in the Redding area, both in the classroom and in...

Wildland firefighters using Bitterroot location to train for aerial attack

STEVENSVILLE — The sound of helicopters in the Bitterroot often signals the beginning of another fire season but on Thursday, it marked the location...

California Air National Guard and USDA Forest Service Conduct Annual Aerial Firefighting Training

The California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing and the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing have joined the USDA Forest Service, the...

Spidertracks Insights – Making the Inacessible, Accessible

Spidertracks and their latest Virtual FDR release, ‘Insights’, are enabling proactive safety information and delivering tangible value for fixed and rotary-wing operators around the...

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...

Hutchinson Regional Airport Fly-In visitors take wing at Saturday’s event

Saturday's Hutchinson Regional Airport Fly-In and Open House gave visitors a chance to view airplanes, jets, gliders, gyrocopters and helicopters for free. Children ages 8...

Six months of progress after Bushfire Royal Commission

The Australian Government is methodically implementing the recommendations handed down on 30 October 2020 by the Royal Commission Into National Natural Disasters (Royal Commission). Recommendations...

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...

Super Scooper Lands Wheels up in Canada

A Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada) Super Scooper made a belly landing at Sault airport in Ontario at approximately 12:30 p.m. yesterday according to...

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