Record Fleet of Super Scooper Aircraft Assembled at Santa Fe (NM)

A quick look at the airport in Santa Fe and the casual observer might think there was a convention of super scooper aircraft in town.

That’s because the location of multiple wildland fires in the Southwest makes the airport the perfect base of operations for both Bridger Aerospace and Aeroflite aircraft to attack the fires, KRQE reports.

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A quick look at the airport in Santa Fe and the casual observer might think there was a convention of super scooper aircraft in town. That’s because the location of multiple wildland fires in the Southwest makes the airport the perfect base of operations for both Bridger Aerospace and Aeroflite aircraft to attack the fires, […]

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