New Delhi:
America’s California is burning badly due to fire. 7 days have passed but the fire has not been extinguished. Los Angeles has been most affected (Los Angeles Fire). Till now, more than 12 thousand houses have been turned into ashes, which includes the houses worth billions of many famous personalities including many Hollywood stars. The fire has so far claimed 24 lives and more than 15 people are missing. There has been a loss of 150 billion dollars so far due to fire in America. The question is how will this fire be extinguished? Although the government is making every possible effort to control the fire. Even 950 jail inmates have been deployed in extinguishing the fire. Playing a big role in extinguishing the fire (Super Scooper Plane) Super Scooper Plane…
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Are there Super Coopers planes?
Now Canada’s Super Coopers aircraft have taken the lead to control the American fire. These aircraft are even more efficient than aircraft equipped with air tankers. These have been specially designed to control forest fires. These aircraft can operate both on land and in the sky and spray water very quickly on the fire site.
Know about Super Scoopers Plane
- Super Scoopers are officially called Bombardier CL-415
- These planes have the capacity to collect 1600 gallons of water at a time.
- The speed of Super Coopers is 350 km. Is per hour.
- These aircraft are specially designed to control forest fires.
- Super Scoopers can fill a tanker with water in just a few seconds
- This plane does not need to land in the sea to collect water.
- Super Scoopers can fly over the ocean at a speed of 160 km per hour
How do Super Scoopers planes work?
The special thing about Super Coopers is that these aircraft extinguish fires faster than aircraft equipped with buckets and tankers. These planes can collect more than air tankers i.e. 1600 gallons of water at a time. They do not need to descend to collect water. These aircraft are expert in collecting water from any source on the ground by swimming at a speed of 160 km. They have the capacity to fill the water tank in just 12 seconds.
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Speed of Super Scoopers plane is 350 km. per hour
After filling the tank, this aircraft can fly 350 km. Able to reach the affected area at a speed of one hour. The special thing about these planes is that they have a system that can mix a special foam in water if needed, so that a strong fire can be controlled.