In addition to the two Canadian-made CL-415 planes belonging to the Quebec government, helicopters belonging to B.C.-based Coulson Aviation have been “on the front line” of the fight.
Coulson said in a social media post that its crews are “braving high winds and challenging conditions” in the fight against the largest fire, and CEO Wayne Coulson said the winds disrupted aircraft operations on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“The wind showed up extremely quickly, which is unusual,” Coulson said. “The fire started right away, so we couldn’t fly for the first three hours of the wind event. We had to wait until the wind subsided under 30 miles an hour before we could get the aircraft launched onto the fire.”
Watch the so-called ‘Super Scooper’ in action yesterday as it battled the Pacific Palisades blaze.