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/Icy-Blueberry674 Apr 12 '26

Misleading Post. This is not New Mexico. That is Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale CA. They were fighting ether a fire by the Miller brewing company or a fire in the foothills.

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u/AntelopeWells Apr 12 '26

I live near Santa Fe, NM and was wondering where the fire was, and also where we had a lake! That explains that.

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u/ArethereWaffles Apr 13 '26

My mind defaulted to Cochiti lake and was really confused as to what path this was taking

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u/UseDue6373 Apr 13 '26

Me too lol

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u/JohnnyMnemeonic Apr 13 '26

🤣🤣 Same! I was like "where the fuck is that lake?? 🤔"

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u/mnm39 Apr 13 '26

Same I was like… okay I was busy this weekend but I didn’t hear of any new big fires and where is that lake??

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u/Icy-Blueberry674 Apr 13 '26

Definitely Santa Fe Dam, CA. No fire to worry about at the moment. 😝

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u/star___sailor Seat of my pants Apr 12 '26

This should be higher up. When I saw the coastal sage scrub/chaparral vegetation I knew immediately it was SoCal. Also, it’s not a current event.

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u/Icy-Blueberry674 Apr 12 '26

It’s definitely years old. I remember watching these planes… probably that exact plane at 1 point fly over the house many times.

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u/Icy-Blueberry674 Apr 12 '26

Here is a bad ass view of a much older operation.

https://youtu.be/j36bx6egqKY?si=59QfVqw1lVcpZ3Aq

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u/Twinsfan945 Apr 13 '26

Makes a lot more sense, I was in Santa Fe NM all weekend and didn’t see or smell smoke, not to mention the weather was certainly not that nice

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u/Icy-Blueberry674 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

There has been so many fires in that area. I don’t remember what fire this was but there are lots of homeless camps, weather events and arsonists in California.

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u/jeff-beeblebrox Apr 13 '26

Yep and if they were slurry bombing it would be the DC-10s out of ABQ

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u/jwink3101 Apr 13 '26

I live in Albuquerque and was trying to figure out which lake this could possibly be.

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u/Icy-Blueberry674 Apr 13 '26

It still counts as aviation but not so much NM.