| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 844 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Canadair CL-215 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Canadair CL-215/415 |
| Aircraft Version: | Canadair CL-415 (CL-215-6B11) |
| C/n (msn): | 2027 |
| Operator Titles: | Croatia - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Split / Adriatic Sea [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity) |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Photo Date: | 29 August 2007 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 20291 |
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Running back to the sea to pick up more water to fight an outbreak of fire in the hills near Split. Summer 2007 was a very bad season for fires on the Croatian coast. This was the first of six CL-415s supplied to Croatia, in 1997; the most recent arrived in early 2010. Initially civil-registered, they were transferred to the Air Force in 2002 and are based at Zadar. Three of the older piston-engined CL-215s were used until replaced by the turboprops in 2004 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 November 2017, and has since been viewed 2321 times. |