43 Grupo - Reportaje para TVG 2017
Video from the channel Canadair 415 about Canadair CL-415, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:10. Language: Spanish. Video type: News.
Report by Galician television TVG, filmed in July 2017 at Lavacolla aerodrome, on the two amphibious aircraft of the Ministry of the Environment stationed there and flown by Air Force personnel.
The pilots explain the water pick-up: after checking that the area of a river, a reservoir or the sea is clear, the aircraft descends, spends between 12 and 15 seconds over the water and fills its tanks with 6,000 litres through small scoops. Another switch opens the doors to release it.
The drop requires coordination with the other aerial resources and with the ground: it can be a direct attack on the flames or an indirect one to slow their advance, and it depends on the pilot's skill, since no instrument marks the moment to release the water.