The Retardant Bottleneck
Washington ordered its pilots to attack every wildfire at full force. It didn’t ask whether the airports on the receiving end could handle it. By midmorning on June 16, the…
The Last Electra: How the Yukon’s 1950s Airtanker Exposes Canada’s Two-Tier Wildfire Fleet
A 1950s airliner is standing guard over the Yukon this fire season. That isn’t a heritage story. It’s what the bottom tier of Canada’s firefighting fleet looks like. A Lockheed…
The Spartan’s Hundredth Sale
Why Leonardo’s Small Transport Is Becoming a Resilience Platform Peru’s decision to buy a fifth C-27J Spartan gives Leonardo a clean headline: 100 aircraft sold. But the number matters for…