The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has published a summary of its interviews with Australian fire agencies and aerial ...

The first aerial firefighting activity in Australia was a couple of water drops by Piper Pawnee crop dusters in 1967. Now, more than 50 years on, Australia-wide aerial firefighting operations are ...

The joint plan from businessman Lindsay Fox and Coulson Aviation would include large fixed-wing air tankers, super heavy helicopters and fire intelligence gathering aircraft based in every ...

A Dalby aerial company have purchased two new fire fighting aircraft which are expected to be vital for the upcoming bushfire season. Find out more. Keyland Air Services recently purchased a 710 plane ...

The company that operates NSW’s firefighting aircraft had deficient safety procedures and an “organisational failure” that prevented it from properly assessing safety incidents, a report from the ...

In this video, witness aerial firefighting operations in an Antonov An-32P "Fire Killer" over Dalaman, Turkey. The aircraft, powered by two Ivchenko Progress AI-20DM turboprop engines, can carry 8,000 ...

12.11pm: The Tasmania Fire Service said low cloud cover is hindering the use of use of aircraft on the fireground and reducing the amount of aerial assessment able to be conducted. While temperatures ...