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General Aviation Discussion => General Aviation Discussion => Topic started by: smudge on January 22, 2018, 10:39:44 AM

Title: Conair DH8D fire-bombers
Post by: smudge on January 22, 2018, 10:39:44 AM

Conair has agreed a purchase of six new Q400MRs from Bombardier, to supplement two already operated for France’s Securité Civile

http://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.bba_20180115_bombardier-and-conair-announce-purchase-agreement-f.bombardiercom.html

Conair's page about the type:

http://conair.ca/conair_fleet/q400-airtanker

Reportedly the French wanted to add more CL-415s but the type-certificate has passed to Viking Air and they aren't producing them at present, just spares for the existing airframes.