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By 1984 Conair had the world's largest private fleet of Air Tankers including 50 fixed wing aircraft and 15 helicopters and by the early 1990s has grown to over 90 aircraft. Conair Aviation Ltd. later became Conair Group Inc., and they continue to be based out of Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Conair bought a large number of Trackers formerly operated by the Canadian Navy and a small number of ex-United States Navy aircraft as well. [2] The Trackers are modified for aerial firefighting as Firecats by raising the cabin floor by 20 cm (8 in) and fitting a 3,296-litre (870 U.S. gal) retardant tank where the torpedo bay is normally located.
An F-4K Phantom of the Royal Navy on a catapult aboard an aircraft carrier deploys full afterburner prior to launch. Due to their high fuel consumption, afterburners are only used for short-duration, high-thrust requirements. These include heavy-weight or short-runway take-offs, assisting catapult launches from aircraft carriers, and during air ...
AT-802U prototype at Paris Air Show. In response to the United States Air Force's LAAR program and the growing requirement for light counter-insurgency aircraft, [5] Air Tractor developed an armed model, the AT-802U, in 2008, with engine and cockpit armor, a bulletproof windscreen, self-sealing fuel tanks, and structural reinforcements for the carriage of 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) of payload.
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A Widerøe De Havilland 100 series at Sandane Airport An Air Greenland De Havilland 200 series at Nuuk Airport An Air New Zealand De Havilland 300 series at Wellington Airport A WestJet Encore De Havilland 400 series at Calgary International Airport An E-9A Widget (developed from the 100 series) of the United States Air Force over Tyndall Air Force Base The underside of a Q400-MR (a Q400 ...
CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. [1] This airport is also a base for aerial firefighting aircraft. A tanker base was constructed by Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (ASRD [6]) and Conair [7] operates a fleet of aircraft out of this base during the wildfire season.