Viking Hands Over Enhanced Aerial Firefighter

摘要

The first production Viking CL-415EAF Enhanced Aerial Firefighter aircraft was delivered to launch customer BridgerAerospace Group of Bozeman, Montana, on April 15. Bridger signed a $204m purchase agreement in May 2018 for six CL-415EAFsand the first aircraft flew on March 9 at Cascade Aerospace's facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia, after conversion by the programme partner. The new version of the amphibian is a specially selected CL-215 airframe converted to turbine configuration using Viking-supplied kits. It features a new Collins Pro Line Fusion integrated digital avionics suite, Pratt & Whitney PW123AF turbine engines, increased fire-retardant capacity and improvements to numerous aircraft systems.