• Aircraft:

  Bell 212

• Reg: C-GWWL photos
• Serial #:

  30702

• Airline: Ascent Helicopters
• Photo Date: May 07, 2012
• Uploaded: Jun 10, 2012
• Salmon Arm - CZAM, Canada

A nice Ascent Bell 212 landing at the BC Forest Service Rapattack firefighting base. This chopper and the wildcat 212 are contracted to the BC Forest Service for fire fighting using the Initial Attack concept. This involves a 3 person rappelling crew and a self filling belly tank for water bombing and to supply water to the crew once they are on the ground. This method is most useful for fighting fires set by lighting strikes.

Photographer

Aircraft

An Accent Helicopters 212 heli-tanker at the Salmon Arm fire base

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An Ascent Bell 212 landing to pick up 7 rapelling crew after their decent from the hovering helicopter

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A nice Ascent Bell 212 turning to pick up the rappelling crew after completing a 200 ft rappel

Mike Klaybourne C-GWWL

3,670 0 0 Bell 212

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