Photographed at San Bernardino Air Tanker Base and operated by Heliqwest Aviation Inc. on contract to the US Forest Service for wildfire suppression duties from Heaps Peak USFS Helibase, located at 6,266 feet amsl south-east of Lake Arrowhead off SR18 "Rim of the World Highway". This registration was cancelled on 17th April 2014 when the aircraft was transferred to the US register as N534HQ.

Formerly N26AL with Air Logistics, this Bell 205 has recently arrived for Quasar Helicopters registered C-GXLF. With Frontier Helicopters / Conair Aviation 1989 - 2001, the helicopter was registered C-FHQK with Heliqwest Aviation 2002 - 14. It was exported back to the USA as N345HQ in 2014 where it is current with TVPX Aircraft Solutions at the time of uploading.