The CL-415 plane can scoop up to 6,136 litres of water from water sources as shallow as 2 metres (6.5 feet) deep, making it a valued firefighting machine. Experts explore the technical features of the CL-415 to see just how it can take off on water or land, with such a heavy cargo of water. Watch Colossal Machines on Thursdays at 8pm, on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK

Take a look at this video shot by one of our Rangers at Ft. Supply Lake yesterday as CL-415 Super Scooper aircraft gather water to fight wildfires. The high winds yesterday caused very rough waters which forced the aircraft to retrieve their cargo from a cove between Buffalo Beach and Coors Island, which offered some relief from the overly choppy waters. According to our information our lake staff received, the aircraft were dispatched by the Oklahoma Forestry Department to support a fire that o