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Russian Made Be-200 Articles: By Tony Morris By Tony Morris Locals Address Fire Preparedness PanelBy Tony Morris
Super Scoopers are also in service in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Thailand, and Venezuela.
Designed to specifically fight forest fires, the aircraft cost about $23 million each and are manufactured in Quebec, Canada, by Canadair Ltd.
Super Scooper are in regular firefighting service in North Carolina and Minnesota, as well as the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland, and the Yukon.
Super Scooper played a critical role in the fight to sease the wildfires that raged Southern California.
Click on images or link to go to the aerospace north bay web site Super Scooper In Action 30 sec.
Building The Super Scooper 16 sec. Pictures www.airbase.ca
Is this the next generation of air tankers? Click on the image to go to the firehogs website and see more images of this great concept of converting existing planes to helpful tools.
picture www.firehogs.com Click here for report on a A-10 demonstration
The Be-200 is a multi-purpose twin jet amphibious
firefighting aircraft designed by Beriev Aircraft in Russia.
Capable of scooping 3,000 gallons of water from the ocean, lakes, and reservoirs the Be-200 will soon commence the certification process by the FAA. With 40 percent of its avionics and auxiliary power systems made by western companies the Be-200 will be powered by two Rolls Royce BR-715 jet engines. The aircraft has the most modern avionics available with night operations capability. It can be configured for a variety of missions including firefighting, search and resuce, maritime patrol, cargo and passenger transportation,
This summer the Italian government is expected to grant permission for the
Be-200 to fight wildfires on the island of Sardinia. Milovan Bozovic, Sales
Manager for North America of Irkut Aviation, the aircraft's manufacturer said
that demonstration flights in the United States are in the planning
stages. The FAA must grant a temporary Certificate so that the aircraft
can enter the U.S. and fly to designated locations. One of those locations is
certain to be Los Angeles, with water scooping and dropping demonstration,
perhaps off the coast at Malibu.
As California faces serious wildfires this season, and more residents move
into the urban wildland interface, the need for modern firefighting aircraft
is clear. Currently the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
CDF, has the responsibility of providing aerial fire protection to 7 million
residents in an area of 50,000 square miles. The CDF's ageing helicopter fleet
needs to be replaced. The fire agency's ageing Grumman S2-T's could be
supplemented with modern, state of the art aircraft, such as the Be-200.
By Tony Morris Contact: AFPA Topanga Aerial Fire Protection Associates e-mail:
airfireprotect@yahoo.com 24 hour message machine: 310-289-2128 mail:
AFPA, 415 s. Topanga Canyon Blvd. #190, Topanga, CA, 90290
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