Video: Conair RJ85 Jet Air Tanker

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Key Takeaways:

  • Canadian company Conair is innovating aerial firefighting by adapting a modern 21st-century Avro RJ85 aircraft design for the role.
  • This development addresses the current reliance on older aircraft, primarily relics from the 1950s and 1960s, for aerial firefighting operations.
  • AVweb's Russ Niles received a tour of the modified Avro RJ85 at Conair's headquarters in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
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Most aerial firefighting aircraft are relics of the 1950s and 1960s, but Canadian air tanker modification company Conair is adapting a 21st century design to firefighting work. AVweb’s Russ Niles got a tour of the Avro RJ85 at Conair’s Abbotsford, British Columbia headquarters.

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