Comments on: Canadair Ducks At The Palmer Airport

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:24:45 +0000

Hi David, Thanks for reading my blog all the way over there in Spain. I’ll try to get some photos of those planes before they leave for the summer. I’ts been rainy for the last few days and I think the forest fire season is over…so they will probably take off.

By: David Portillo

David Portillo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:50:03 +0000

I have seen this kind of planes here in Spain. The spanish air force uses them for fire fighting.
Any other cool planes put them I´d like to see them.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:34:39 +0000

Hey, I heard about these just the other day! An elderly couple I’m helping out talked about their son up in Glenallen who lives on a lake. He had told them he saw canadian planes fly right over his home and scoop up water from the lake for fire fighting. Cool!

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:16:16 +0000

Thanks Eddie, I knew they were there for fire suppression but didn’t know which agency supported them. Thanks for chiming in with the answer.

By: Eddie K.

Eddie K. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:47:42 +0000

All the planes and choppers are out there for Division of Forestry Wildland Firefighting. They bring them in whenever they need to stage or head out on a big fire.