43 Grupo - Entrevista para TVG

Video from the channel Canadair 415 about Canadair CL-415, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:21. Language: Spanish. Video type: News.

A report by Galician television TVG from the Lavacolla air base, in Santiago, where seaplane crews prepare for the summer firefighting campaign with training flights and water pick-ups and drops at various points across Galicia.

The pilots explain that they approach the water at around 130 km/h, lower the probes and in 10 to 12 seconds load almost 6,000 kilos of water, which they release at around 200 km/h. From the call-out to take-off, around 15 minutes pass.

The drop is the most complex manoeuvre: it depends on the terrain, the wind, the size of the fire and the smoke, and requires coordinating with the air coordinator and the fire director on the ground.