05-18-2024 "Fire Attack" Los Angeles Fire Department "LAFD" Helicopters In Action - Air Ops. Lake View Terrace Hansen Dam - Those living in foothill neighborhoods of the northeast San Fernando Valley and other City of Los Angeles communities historically impacted by wildfires got a first hand airshow today during this Disaster Preparedness Evacuation Simulation.
Helicopters involved are Agusta Westland Leonardo AW139's & a Bell 505.
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Los Angeles Fire Department Air Ops, Helicopters listed below.
FIRE 1 N301FD Manufacturer: AgustaWestland Model: AW139 Yr. 2019
FIRE 3 N303FD Manufacturer: AgustaWestland Model: AW139 Yr. 2008
FIRE 4 N304FD Manufacturer: AgustaWestland Model: AW139 Yr. 2017
FIRE 5 N305FD Manufacturer: AgustaWestland Model: AW139 Yr. 2008
FIRE 6 N306FD Manufacturer: BELL Helicopters Model: 206 Yr. 2007
The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium-sized twin-engined
From Wikipedia
The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium-sized twin-engined helicopter developed and built by AgustaWestland, now called Leonardo. It is marketed at several different roles, including VIP/corporate transport, offshore transport, fire fighting, law enforcement, search and rescue, emergency medical service, disaster relief, and maritime patrol.[3] In addition to AgustaWestland's manufacturing facilities in Italy and the United States, the AW139 is produced in Russia by HeliVert, a joint venture between AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters.
The AW139 was originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopters and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, being redesignated AW139 when Bell withdrew from the project. Since entering service in 2003, the AW139 has become one of AgustaWestland's most influential products; it has been subsequently developed into two enlarged medium-lift helicopters, the military-orientated AW149 and the AW189 for the civil market.
The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter program, it was not selected by the Army. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger. The new design was eventually selected by the Army as the OH-58 Kiowa.