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.