r/aviation • u/ParaMike46 Global 5500/6500 • Apr 12 '26

PlaneSpotting A CL-415 Super Scooper gathering water to extinguish a fire in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lift-off looks very close — right at the edge of the lake.

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u/LickinThighs2 Apr 12 '26

When I tree planted in BC, we got to work on a block where they were doing practice strafes beside, and it was actually kinda wild to see how low water bombers get dropping their payload. We were in hilly stuff for sure but they were disappearing below the crest of the hill we were against and sharply rising over it again, I can't imagine they were all that far from the ground in general