2026 Wildfire Season

[SeaKingTacco]

Coulson's original hercs were ex-New Zealand and possibly RAF and are attached to their American operations. I can't find where they have been certified for CDN ops. The information on the conversions stipulates that it was done under FAA supervision

Coulson could N certify the H models in the US and work them in Canada.

But yes, it would be nice if we could get TC over it’s allergy against former mil aircraft.

 

[Fabius]

I don’t know why but it seems very ironic if Canada and an Cdn company ultimately needs to rely on US certification of ex RCAF aircraft to operate in Canada.

 

[RedFive]

Why does TC have such a hate on for former military aircraft?

 

[childs56]

Why does TC have such a hate on for former military aircraft?

Maintenance records, manufacturing standards are different, tolerances are different and allowable defects are different for a simple explanation.
What Coulson has done in the past is tear down the airframes and update, fix and repair everything that can be done to update to the highest standards.

 

[brihard]

Why does TC have such a hate on for former military aircraft?

Because CAF gives 0.7 shits when the quota is 2?

 

[Cloud Cover]

This evening an awful wildfire started down by Summerland, it spread so quick that people were evacuated by helicopter. It is Rank 5 fire, extremely aggressive and spreading in 3 directions. Was 5000 hectares an hour ago. This fire is just 6 hours old. Reports saying it is human caused on the KVR trail.

 

[ArmyRick]

A worthwhile watch. Some experience talking in this podcast

 

[Rifleman62]

All of the 12,000 residents of Summerland were ordered to evacuate at 12:35 AM this morning. Now some Peachland residents have been so ordered.

The fire started in the Faulder area of Summerland around 17:30 Friday, and spread very quickly. It is listed at over 5,000 hectares in size at this time, based on an estimate from Friday.

 

[daftandbarmy]

All of the 12,000 residents of Summerland were ordered to evacuate at 12:35 AM this morning. Now some Peachland residents have been so ordered.

The fire started in the Faulder area of Summerland around 17:30 Friday, and spread very quickly. It is listed at over 5,000 hectares in size at this time, based on an estimate from Friday.

Scary stuff...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2085993533195096481

 

[Cloud Cover]

There’s dozens of farms and ranches who had to cut loose their livestock and horses and leave them in the middle of the night.

 

[brihard]

This evening an awful wildfire started down by Summerland, it spread so quick that people were evacuated by helicopter. It is Rank 5 fire, extremely aggressive and spreading in 3 directions. Was 5000 hectares an hour ago. This fire is just 6 hours old. Reports saying it is human caused on the KVR trail.

Jesus it really blew up overnight. If the fire mapping satellite data is accurate it may already be into the Summerland town site. I was reading of emergency helicopter Evans and pilots flying later than they’d normally be allowed to get everyone out.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Because CAF gives 0.7 shits when the quota is 2?

No.

Military aircraft maintenance is really good. In many cases better than what civvies do.

But.

Military aircraft are not always designed the same way as civilian aircraft and militaries don’t keep maintenance records the same way civil operators do (we keep maintenance records- they just look different). For example, spare parts are tracked on some fleets completely differently than a civvy operator would be required to do.

So, to bring an ex-military fleet into the civil register means doing all the mods that the civvies care about but the military maybe does not; translating decades worth of maintenance records into a language Transport Canada (and future AMEs can understand); and then get TC inspectors (who on average have a knowledge base that is a mile wide and an inch deep). and probably some ADM to put their signatures on a document granting civil airworthiness. If anything goes wrong- those signatories are on the hook, potentially.

You can see why this gets so hard.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Jesus it really blew up overnight. If the fire mapping satellite data is accurate it may already be into the Summerland town site. I was reading of emergency helicopter Evans and pilots flying later than they’d normally be allowed to get everyone out.

It is now 9500 Hectares and still rank 5. There are reports of people missing or not heard from.

 

[Rifleman62]

Summerland fire now 9,500 hectares and out of control.