The CL-215/CL-415 crews do regular training in water scooping and dropping off the Zadar coast in the Adriatic. Here the CL-215 drops its load of water before turning for another scooping run.
22 EBA markings. It was worth waiting for the rain to clear. Eventually this resulted in some fine sunny shots of these rare aircraft. By the way: the serial number is hand written in the main wheel bay.
A rare breed in military service is this Croatian AF Air Tractor. This aircraft was w/o in 2004. Lately the Croatian AF acquired some additional airframes fitted with floats.