43 Grupo en TVE - 16.06.2020

Video from the channel Canadair 415 about Canadair CL-415, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:50. Language: Spanish. Video type: News.

A TVE report from June 2020 about the 43rd Air Force Group, dedicated to fighting forest fires, which trains daily to be ready for any emergency.

The crew checks the survival equipment (life raft, emergency beacon, flare gun and strobe light), the tail beacon and the two tanks, which together hold 6,000 litres. On the way to the fire they load water from the nearest reservoir: skimming the surface for 10 to 12 seconds, they fill close to 3,000 litres per tank. Training also includes simulator sessions.

At the height of the summer campaign, 11 aircraft are ready to take off at any moment, which requires constant maintenance.