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Canadair CL-215

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The Canadair CL-215 was the first model in a series of purpose-built firefighting aircraft built by Canadair and later Bombardier. Also known as the "Super Scooper" the aircraft can skim a lake or reservoir to fill its tanks with water to drop on a wildfire or occasionally structure fires.

There is a popular urban legend about a SCUBA diver being sucked-up by a Super Scooper and dropped onto a forest fire. This has not only be shownd to be false but impossible.