The Erickson Air-Crane named “Elvis”, after working in the United States during the fire season, has been shipped to Australia to assist with their fire season which is just getting underway. It arrived last week, was assembled over the weekend, and was flight tested on Monday.
It was brought in a month earlier than usual due to the current bushfire threat. Last week the Opposition party criticized the government for not having Elvis available for the first day of extreme fire danger.
Here is some helicopter porn–a fantastic video of Elvis amazing the spectators at the Oshkosh air show in July.
(VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
