This Coulson Aircrane Sikorsky S-61N, C-FMAY was photographed from Bell JetRanger C-GXOH while logging red cedar at Torquart Bay on the west coast of Vancouver Island in February 2014. It previously flew with Court Helicopters in South Africa as ZS-HGU before joining the Coulson fleet in Feb. 1989 for heli-logging use. Over the past 33 year the aircraft has operated in Canada, the United States and Australia on firefighting contracts when not logging and was leased to Canadian Helicopters between Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2013. It went to Coulson Aviation (USA) in June 2017 as N161CG.

VIP transport for Third Fleet Commanding Officer

Trump Air S-61N, N223RA, loads passengers for Atlantic City at the West 30th Street Heliport (KJRA) in Manhattan, NY. This was one of three S-61Ns acquired from Greenlandair by Resorts International in 1984 to fly guests to their casinos. Trump acquired the S-61Ns when he bought the casinos and later added two Boeing 234s. The S-61N was imported to Canada in 1994 as C-FTIG by VIH Logging who had Helipo shortened the cabin. It also flew with VIH sister company Cougar Helicopters. It was exported to Brazil as PR-HRU in 2011 and reimported to Canada by Helicarrier Inc. as C-FIZA in 2015.

Sikorsky S-61N, C-FWYN operated by Coulson Aircrane is seen here hauling logs off mountain slopes just south of Stawamus Chief Mountain, a 700 m (2,297 ft) high granitic dome on the outskirts of Squamish, BC. It previously flew for Greenlandair as OY-HBJ, Resorts International and Trump Air as N221RA, before imported to Canada in 1992. About one month after this photo was taken the aircraft crashed at Canoe Creek, BC on April 2 during logging operations and was destroyed by fire after the No.2 engine lost all power due an uncontained failure of the power turbine, then No. 2 quit. Two injured.

Era Helicopters acquired this Sikorsky S-61N from KLM Helikopters during the prior of the KLM Era joint venture (1991-1998). In 2008 is was flying from Galveston to deepwater oil exploration rigs drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. It later flew in Brazil (PR-AEL) before being acquired by Croman Helicopters of Oregon (N619CK).

This Sikorsky S-61N started life with British European Airways as G-ASNL and the fuselage was later shortened by Carson Helicopters in Perkasie, Penn. to increase its lift capacity. It was displayed at Heli-Expo 2008 inside the George R. Brown Convention Center and departed from a temporary heliport after the show. It is outfitted with an external water tank for fire fighting. It later flew overseas on behalf of the US State Department (as N220WW) until retired and sold to Croman Helicopters (re-registered N626CK) for use on heli-logging and firefighting contracts.

Based at Luke with 302 SOS, AFRes.

On its way to fight the deadly Esperanza fire, this helicopter can drop 960 gallons of fire retardant or water in one pass.

Registered as N612EH the C-GOKH in 1977, G-BHAH in 1979, C-GOKH in 1983 and N138AR in 1995.

On Spanish Navy aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias (R11).

On Spanish Navy aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias (R11).

On Spanish Navy aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias (R11).

The latest acquisition by VIH Helicopters is this S-61N which has here just been ferried from an off-airport site at Parksville/BC. I photographed this airframe in 2016 when it was C-FRMH and before export as N903CH. In the meantime C-FRMH was given to another S-61, so now this one has to be as above instead of taking up its old marks.

On board USS Nimitz in the English Channel.