The newest (at the time of uploading) Aw-139 for the LAFD. Joining four other AW 139s in the fleet (N302FD - N305FD), a Bell 212ER registered N301FD was re-registered N8346A when this aircraft was delivered in 2019. The Bell 2122XP was sold to NSW Rural Fire Service as VH-VJF in 2020.

Modified by Metro Aviation for police work, this H125 was delivered to the Seminole County Sheriffs Office in November 2017. It's pictured in Las Vegas for HAI Heli-Expo 2018.

Appropriately "registered" for the Bristow Group and Bristow Helicopters in the Bell display area.

The fifth (and final) Bell 525 test vehicle.

Delivered to Air Methods December 2015, this Bell 407GXP was outfitted as Pafford Air One Bravo for Pafford EMS. Based in Arkansas, the helicopter tragically crashed near DeWitt, AR on November 19, 2017 enroute to pick up a patient at night. With Snow Goose remains found in the cockpit and no other abnormalities, it was determined multiple bird strikes caused the fatal crash. In respect for the crew, the company retired the Air One Bravo name. The Arkansas base is now known as Air One Echo.

Entered service with the US Armed Forces as 85-24480, later modified to EH-60C. All EH-60s were converted back to UH-60 in the early 2000s. The last ones probably by 2003. Registered as N980AA to Aircraft Investment Holdings, Alabama on July 13, 2018 and used by USATS, a flight school and maintenance training facility based in Titusville, Florida. Among other things, USATS specializes in UH-60 operations and has a partnership with the Slovak Training Academy, to whom the airframe pictured here has been sold in July 2022. Now registered as OM-BHA.

Robinson introduced the cargo hook, bubble door windows for downward vision and wire strike options for the R66 Turbine at HAI Heli-Expo 2018.

Starting in 1984 as an aftermarket parts supplier for the MD 500, Aerometals has expanded is manufacturing to support aircraft across the aviation spectrum. Examples are F-18 tail hooks, Sikorsky S-92 inlet screens and Boeing 787 landing gear components in addition to MD500 parts This 369D is registered to Treeline Helicopters operating for the company.

East African based Everett Aviation leased this new Sikorsky S-92 to support off shore oil operations. The S-92 is the first Sikorsky helicopter for the company that began with a single AS350 helicopter in Kenya during 1996.

ERA Helicopters - becoming the AW189 launch customer in the Americas in 2014 - currently operates four of the type for the O&G Industry in the Gulf of Mexico. The first two were delivered in December of 2015, among them N314SS which together with sistership N189EH commenced operation in April 2016. Number 3 and 4 briefly operated in Brazil for ERA subsidiary Aeroleo Taxi Aero in 2017 before returning to the US as N326LS and N503JW respectively. Close to 160 AW189's have been produced at the time of upload.

This former US Army UH-60A (FY # 80-23439) has been cancelled from the FAA register on December 2, 2023, but was most likely already transferred to the MoD of Ukraine a few month earlier. That's a least what pictures of an Ukrainian UH-60 starting to emerge on the internet in February 2023 suggest, as those pictures show a Blackhawk wearing the very same paint scheme as N60FW, plus the yellow / blue Ukrainian flag and roundel.

Registered C-GRSV during pre-delivery flight testing, Ventura County Sheriff added this Bell 412EPX to their fleet in 2022.

Based in Missoula, MT and Reno, NV, Heli-1 offers helicopter charter and utility services. Their new H145 is pictured giving demonstration flights to prospective Airbus Helicopter customers during HAI Heli-Expo 2024 before it was registered to Heli-1 on March 12, 2024.

The Hill Helicopters HX50 design was unveiled in 2020 by Jason Hill, founder and chief engineer of the company. Two mock ups were presented in 2023, one with retractable wheeled undercarriage and the other with skids as pictured at HAI Heli Expo 2024. Aimed at the private helicopter owner, first flight is expected in 2024 after testing of the company designed 500 HP turbine engine. There are 1,000+ orders for the HX50 and HC50 (commercial certified version to follow in 2026) at the time of uploading.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) Air Operations operates 10 aircraft - 5 Sikorsky S-70 Firehawks (three S-70A and two S-70i) and 5 Bell 412s (three 412EPs and two 412HPs) - for paramedic transport, hoist rescues and wildland firefighting. Based at Barton Heliport at Whiteman Airport, each morning, a minimum of three regional air squads are operational including deployments to the North (Fire Station 129 Lancaster), East (Brackett Field) and, in fire season, to the West (Fire Camp 8 in Malibu). It received two S-70As in 2001, one in 2005 and two S-70i's in 2020, including N821LA.

Deliveries of the Airbus H160 are accelerating and this early machine was registered in the USA in December 2023. It's pictured departing Fullerton for the Anaheim Convention Center and display at HAI Heli-Expo 2024.

A new 2024 R66 equipped with a symmetrical horizontal stabilizer and tail cone. FAA certified for the R66 in September 2023 and R44 models in February 2024, it will become the standard production tail for these aircraft and available as a retro-fit for older aircraft.

A new Airbus H125 registered (as an AS350B-3) to Kern County Sheriff in May 2023. It's one of two replacing Kern County Sheriff's Office (KFSO) 1986 MD-500Es.

On July 6, 2022, ROTAK took delivery of its first two CH-47D from Columbia Helicopters. The two helis (both ex US Army a/c) were N377RA and N388RA. Unfortunately, the latter was destroyed on July 21, 2022 already, killing both crew. N366RA shown here was built in 1980 as a CH-47C (FY serial # 79-23400) and in 1991/92 was modified to the CH-47D standard, becoming 91-00244. It joined the ROTAK fleet in November 2022, getting this attractive and colorful livery. A 4th CH-47D (N344RA, ex 86-01663) was delivered to ROTAK as recent as January 2024. The company also operates three Kaman K-Max's.

Capitol Helicopters, based at Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC), was founded in 2014 and operates more than 20 turbine powered helicopters. Among the fleet are three UH-60A Blackhawks (N602NC, N603CK and N605CK). Other types operated for utility aerial work such as firefighting, search and rescue, construction and other external loads are Bell 205, Bell 212S, Bell 407, Bell 429 and MD500F.