​Flight crews in Canada and the USA are busy with spring training in preparation for what is shaping up to be an extremely busy fire season. Enjoy a video of one of our amphibious Fire Boss aircraft practicing at Shasta Lake near our base of operations in Chico, California.

​Air Spray has been awarded a ten-year contract for aerial firefighting by the Wildfire Management Branch of the Government of Alberta. The contract is for managing, maintaining, and operating Alberta's fleet of four Canadair CL-215T water-bomber amphibious aircraft supported by two Twin Commander 690 "bird-dog" (lead plane) aircraft owned by Air Spray. The fleet will operate beginning in the 2023 fire season. With the award of the contract, Air Spray becomes North America's largest private operator of the CL Series aircraft - as it also operates seven CL-215 and CL-415 aircraft for the Province of Manitoba.

It's a big plane — and hopes are, it will help put out Yukon wildfires if it comes to it. The Lockheed L-188 Electra arrived to the Whitehorse Airtanker Base last week from Alberta, to help train and prepare Yukon firefighters for the wildfire season. It's as big as a commercial aircraft and there's only a few of them left in Canada.