Pilot view from over the Avoca Fire
Garden City Helicopters – Check out this fantastic footage taken from our pilots helmet camera of the Avoca Fire in the Waimakariri Gorge.
Corrosion Linked to New Fire Retardant Grounds Two Air Tankers as Forest Service Investigates
Two aerial firefighting jets have been sidelined due to corrosion believed to be caused by a recently approved fire retardant used by the U.S. Forest Service in 2023. Last year, two large air tankers deployed a magnesium chloride-based fire retardant while battling...
