Larry
18th Feb 2001, 00:46
N178AC started life as a 1970 Army CH-54B Tarhe. Sikorsky developed a civil version S-64F "Skycrane" in the early 1970s but never actually produced any civil S-64Fs. When Erickson-Aircrane bought the S-64E/F type certificates in 1992 it allowed them to convert CH-54Bs to civil S-64Fs. Erickson now has 7 S-64Fs in service. The F can lift 25,000lb or 2500 gallons of water and has uprated 5000hp engines.
I took this pic during the Hopper fire in Ventura County Calif. during August 1997.
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I took this pic during the Hopper fire in Ventura County Calif. during August 1997.
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