Built 1986, this BK-117 was imported into Canada in 1987. Frontier Helicopters operated it November 1990 to August 1991, before Corporate Helicopters (May 1992) and ALC Airlift operated for STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) July 92 to December 1993. American Eurocopter (N12851) leases to CC-CSW, PT-HZM, XA-TRF. Sold to Germany in 2005 as D-HSMA for ADAC Luftrettung, the helicopter has been in South Africa as ZT-RLA with Halo Aviation since 2015.

This ALC Airlift MBB Bo 105 C-GSTV is seen landing at the Expo 86 heliport in downtown Vancouver, BC. Airlift was trying to break into the air ambulance market in western Canada with the Bo 105 and BK117 and eventually won a contract to be the original helicopter provider to the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) in Alberta. This helicopter was exported to the US in January 1989 as N750H. It was destroyed on the night of Dec 9, 1991 while flying a air ambulance mission from the Omniflight base at Ithaca, NY when it crashed at night near De Ruyter, NY with the loss of three lives.

MBB Helicopter Canada Limited was an official corporate sponsor of Expo 86 and provided the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communications in Vancouver, BC with a MBB BK 117A-3, C-GMCL, for VIP use. The helicopter was operated by ALC Airlift Corp. of Pitt Meadows, BC from the Expo 86 heliport on False Creek in downtown Vancouver. After Expo 86, ALC converted the BK117 to an air ambulance for on use on its STARS contract in Alberta.

This 500D was with ALC Airlift until June 1986. It remained in Canada until June 2011, going to the USA as N721RP where it's current at the time of uploading.