Miss. firm partners in buy of fire-fighting craft

Montreal-based Bombardier, the world’s only manufacturer of both aircraft and trains, celebrated the sale of its 50th super-scooper Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft to a partnership led by Tenax Aerospace of Ridgeland, Miss. It will be used under contract to the U.S. Forest Service beginning in December. Also, it is the first B-415 to be sold in the United States. The Bombardier contract is approximately valued at $35 million. The aircraft is a world-renowned firefighter and the only aircraft specifically built as an aerial fire-fighting aircraft. It can land on on unpaved runways, lakes, rivers and seas, which enables rapid attacks in extinguishing and containing fires. Source: Bombardier, Nov. 3, 2013.