Canadair CL-215

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The Canadair CL-215 is a twin-engine amphibious water bomber aircraft designed primarily for aerial firefighting and widely used around the world for combating wildfires.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bombardier CL-415 1
Canadair CL-415 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious aircraft
firefighting aircraft
water bomber
amphibiousCapability yes
canOperateFrom land
water
canScoopWaterInFlight yes
configuration twin-engine
countryOfOrigin Canada
crew 2
engineType piston engine
enteredService 1969
firstFlightDate 1967-10-23
fuselageType flying boat
height 8.98 m
ICAORole firefighting amphibian
introduced 1969
length 19.82 m
manufacturer Canadair
maximumSpeed about 300 km/h
maximumTakeoffWeight 19,731 kg
numberBuilt 125
operator Canadian provinces
Croatian Air Force
Government of Quebec
Hellenic Air Force
Royal Moroccan Air Force
Spanish Air Force
Ministry of the Interior of France
surface form: Sécurité Civile (France)

Turkish Air Force
powerplant 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engines
primaryRole aerial firefighting
primaryUse water bombing
productionEnd 1990
productionStart 1969
propulsion twin radial piston engines
range about 2150 km
scoopRunDistance about 1.6 km
scoopTime about 12 seconds
status in service
out of production
successor Canadair CL-215 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bombardier CL-415
usedFor combating wildfires
usedWorldwide yes
variant CL-215T
waterCapacity 1436 US gallons
5435 litres
wingConfiguration high-wing
wingspan 28.60 m

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Canadair CL-215 successor Canadair CL-215 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bombardier CL-415
Spanish Air Force uses Canadair CL-215
Spanish Air Force uses Canadair CL-215
this entity surface form: Canadair CL-415