Daher ‘Birddog’ Firefighting Aircraft Delivers To Conair

Conair Daher

The second of two TBM 960 “birddog” aircraft for Conair is shown in flight prior to its departure from Daher Aircraft’s production and final assembly facility in Tarbes, France, for delivery to Abbotsford, Canada. 

Credit: Daher
Daher delivered two new TBM 960 ‘Birddog’ aircraft to the Canadian-based Conair Group for use in aerial firefighting operations. According to Daher, this delivery marks the first occasion of a TBM aircraft being used in wildfire air attack operations, involving wildfire monitoring, risk assessment...
Jeremy Kariuki

Jeremy Kariuki is Associate Editor for Business Aviation, based in Atlanta. Before joining Aviation Week in April 2023, Jeremy served as a writer for FLYING Magazine, FreightWaves and the Center for Sustainable Journalism.

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