De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Announces the Launch of the De Havilland DHC-515 Firefighter Program fire protection (formerly known as CL-515).
Always in this blog we have talked about the importance it is for the países of our regionón to count on specialized aircraft and mission exclusives fire protection and one of the best on the market is the CL-515 that is now changing its name.
“Afterés of an extensive reviewón commercial and tétechnique, We are pleased to announce that we have launched the De Havilland DHC-515 Firefighter program., what to implyá the negotiationón contracts with our European customers and increased productionón”, Brian Chafe said, Executive Director. de Havilland Canadaá.
The DHC-515 Firefighter will be basedá in the history of the icóunique Canadair CL-215 and CL-415 aircraft, that have been a fundamental part of the fleetséextinction areasónumber of fires Europe y Américh North for más de 50 años. It isán making important improvements that increaseán the functionality and efficiency of this legendary and rugged aircraftóno. of extinctionónumber of fires.
European clients have signed letters of intentón to buy the first 22 planes awaiting the positive outcome of government-to-government negotiations throughés of the recruitment agencyón of the Government of Canadaá, the Corporación Canadian Commercial (CCC). De Havilland Canada expects first deliveries of the DHC-515 in mid-déeach.
De Havilland Canada acquiredó the Canadair CL program in 2016 and has been contemplating a return to productionón since 2019. The new DHC-515 Firefighter matches the other aircraft in the de Havilland fleet in téterms of life úto, robustness and engineering qualityíto canadian aerospace. The final assembly of the aircraft will haveá place in calgary, Alberta, where you currently areá working on CL-215 and CL-415 aircraft. Prevé what to beá need to hire meás de 500 people in the prówe go toños to carry out with ésuccess this program.
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- Lo úlast in the líline of Canadair amphibious aircraft that have continually set the standardáworld standard in extinctionónumber of fireséthe accused during más of half a century.
- Perfectly equipped to attack the current forest fires that are más errátitic and frequent due to climate changeático.
- Offers múmultiple caíthe, a ráask for successionón, what does a suppression meanónumber of fires más rárequest and allow the aircraft and crew toón of flights better follow the behavior of current forest fires.
- Deliver the greatest amount of water to the fire zone per dayía (almost 700.000 L), más twice as much as its competitor más they seek.
- Recharge your tanks at 12 seconds, from nearby fresh or salt water sources, including ríos, small lakesñs and séyears, while land-based aircraft must return to the airport afterés of each release.
- It has a high lift wingón and turboh enginesélice with instant pusháneo, each of which allows an operationón más safe on mountain terrainñbears and the ability to fall near fire with precisionón superior.
- Actúa in strong winds tímegafire spikes, capable of recharging in rough waters with waves of up to two meters caused by those winds.
- Turboh enginesélice produce up to 50% less CO2 emissions and burn between a 25% and a 40% less fuel than jet enginesón.
- Equipped with navigation instrumentsón of úlast generationón to improve safety and improve situational awarenessón.
- The único avión firefighters aéreo fully supported by OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and comes with full lifecycle support add-on services.
¿They think this birdón dutyíto reach Latin Americaérich to fight fires?
