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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bombardier CL-415
this entity surface form:
Canadair CL-415