the most important aircraft on Earth may not be a commercial jet or even a military plane but bright yellow prop planes designed for the front lines of climate change the Canadair is an amphibious aircraft capable of scooping up 6,100 L of water from lakes or seas in just 12 seconds and they are used to extinguish wildfires these planes can cruise at speeds of hundred of milph and fly low above the highest Treetops as they douse Flames with the world having seen a record amount of Destruction due to blazes last year it may come as some surprise that these planes have been out of production since 2015 the good news is that’s set to change EU countries agreed to a large order of 22 of the 50 million euro planes known as DHC 515 last year while the first planes won’t reach Europe until the end of 2026 at the earliest the block is waiting for a plane that they say have capabilities that are unmatched anywhere else as climate change makes wildfires around the world more frequent and intense these planes are likely to be in higher demand making them the most important aircraft on Earth