{"id":63321,"date":"2021-02-08T18:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=63321"},"modified":"2026-02-08T09:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:29:36","slug":"the-story-of-the-canadair-amphibians-of-the-43-grupo-of-the-spanish-air-force-and-their-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/02\/08\/the-story-of-the-canadair-amphibians-of-the-43-grupo-of-the-spanish-air-force-and-their-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of the Canadair amphibians of the 43 Grupo of the Spanish Air Force and their losses"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most popular units of the Air Force is celebrating today, and many Spaniards are celebrating with it, as it has been taking care of our mountains for half a century.<\/p>\n

The applause to the aviators of the 43 Group who fight against the forest fire in Tenerife<\/a><\/rel>
\nAirbus tests in Spain a kit to convert the A400M into a firefighting plane<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The arrival of the first two CL-215s in Spain on February 8, 1971<\/big><\/p>\n

The Canadair CL-215, a flying boat with two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM radial propeller engines, made its first flight on October 23, 1967.<\/strong> The aircraft was specially designed as a firefighter, with a 5,346-liter water tank that was filled by landing on the water via scoops on the underside of its fuselage. It was also capable of filling up on rivers, reservoirs, and coastal areas. In 1970, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture decided to acquire two of these aircraft<\/strong>, given their undeniable usefulness in combating the forest fires so common during the summer months.<\/p>\n