The Canadair CL-415, known as the "Super Scooper," is one of the most powerful tools in aerial firefighting. Designed to skim across lakes and scoop thousands of liters of water in seconds, this ...

After losing sight, the DJI Mini 3 Pro hit the Government of Quebec’s Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper, causing at least $65,169.55 and an approximately 3-inch-by-6-inch hole in the left wing of damages ...

Peter Tripp Akemann of Culver City, California, faces up to one year in federal prison for the accident.

New solutions to address rogue drones . Starr shared with Simple Flying that D-Fend Solutions believes drone jamming is a ...

A Canadair CL-415 aircraft, commonly referred to as a "Super Scooper," was conducting fire suppression operations at the Palisades Fire near Malibu, Calif., on Jan. 9 when an unauthorized drone ...

A recent drone collision with a Super Scooper aircraft highlights the need for the drone industry to enhance safety measures.

which grounded the Bombardier Canadair CL-415 "Super Scooper" sent by Canada to help fight the fires. Interfering with aerial firefighting operations is a federal crime. Akemann pleaded guilty to ...

Akemann was flying a DJI Mini 3 Pro drone over the Palisades fire when it collided with the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper provided by the Quebec government. The damage was severe enough ...

As part of his plea agreement, Peter Tripp Akemann agreed to pay full restitution of just over $65,000 to the government of Quebec, which supplied the plane, and an aircraft repair company that ...

The crash damaged a wing of the Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper, so called because it can fly low over water sources and ladle over 1,000 gallons of water to dump on a fire, and grounded the plane ...

Akemann won’t serve a single day in prison for “recklessly” flying his DJI Mini 3 Pro into the wing of the Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper on January 9, Acting United States Attorney Joseph T.