“The Canadian company Cascade Aerospace is preparing to deliver to Morocco the first aircraft equipped with a new cockpiteven more efficient than that of the CL-415″, reports the well-informed forum FAR-Morocco.
“The firm De Havilland will take care of the painting and the final touches before returning it to Morocco”, adds the same source.
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Company approached @CascadeAero From the delivery of the first Canadiers following being equipped with a new, more advanced cockpit than the one equipped with the CL415 that operates in the Royal Air Force fleet. pic.twitter.com/KjqKaGyWky— Far-Morocco (@FAR_MOROCCO) February 11, 2023
To strengthen its fleet, the Kingdom acquired three Canadair CL-415 for a total sum of 1.2 billion DH. These machines, which are decisive in the fight once morest forest fires, will be gradually delivered from 2023. a knowledgeable source.
And to explain that “the CL-415 being no longer marketed by the manufacturer and the CL-515 unavailable, Morocco therefore opted for used CL-215 bombers as did Greece and Spain. “.
These planes acquired by the Kingdom were built in 1987. An upgrade of certain components was therefore necessary “in order to pool the maintenance of the Moroccan fleet”, adds our source. And to clarify: “Reactors and CL-415 aircraft systems have been installed there.”
With a length of nearly 20 m and a wingspan of 29 m, these aircraft from the manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace, whose flight autonomy exceeds 2,000 km, are capable of bailing out nearly 6,000 liters of water in their two tanks in 12 seconds, touching a body of water (sea, river, lake, dam reservoir).