In January, Business Insider spent three days with Bridger Aerospace in Mesa, Arizona, where a class of pilots and technicians trained and recertified for the 2021 fire season in the company’s signature firefighting aircraft, the CL-415EAF known as the Super Scooper.

The crews flew the $30 million amphibious air tanker as it scooped up and then dropped up to 1,400 gallons of water.