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Aircraft reference

F-ZBPA

MBB-BK 117 C-2 (EC145) · Securite Civile

Rescue helicoptersFranceDragon
Photograph of F-ZBPA

Peter Bakema · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Identity

Mission
Rescue helicopters
Registration
F-ZBPA
Mode-S address
3B7BAA
ICAO type
EC45
Model
MBB-BK 117 C-2 (EC145)
Manufacturer
Eurocopter
Operator
Securite Civile
Country of registration
France
Call sign
Dragon

The Dragon number belongs to the base, not to the airframe.

About the Eurocopter EC145

Rescue and support helicopter

It is tracked here for rescue and operational support, not as a dedicated water bomber. It can reconnoiter, insert or evacuate people, carry medical teams and equipment, and keep command connected when roads are slow or inaccessible.

What this type can do

The EC145 or H145 is a compact twin-engine rescue helicopter with a wide medical cabin and access to confined sites. Depending on its equipment, it can carry a medical team, use a rescue hoist, evacuate casualties, and support airborne command.

This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.

Eurocopter EC145

The Airbus Helicopters H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. Originally designated as the BK 117, the H145 is based upon the MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 C1, which became a part of the combined Eurocopter line-up in 1992 with the merger of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm's helicopter division of Daimler-Benz into Eurocopter. The helicopter was initially named EC145; an updated version, EC145 T2, was renamed H145 in 2015. The helicopter was significantly updated in the 2020s with a fenestron replacing the traditional tail rotor, followed later by a 5-blade main rotor head.

ICAO type · EC45

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Flight history

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Photographs

Freely licensed images are stored with this project; the rest are shown from the site that publishes them.

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    Severin Hackenberger · All rights reserved · Planespotters.net

Elsewhere

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Photography

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  • Wikimedia CommonsFreely licensed images — the ones this sheet is allowed to host.

Registries & airframe records

  • Airframes.orgAirframe history: serial number, operators, incidents.
  • adsbdbOpen registration database, in JSON.
  • hexdb.ioMode-S address record used by the tracking community, in JSON.

Type reference

  • ICAO type EC45ICAO Doc 8643 entry: designator, wake category, engines.
Reference data assembled on July 27, 2026 from adsbdb, hexdb.io, Wikimedia Commons, Planespotters. Run pnpm fetch:aircraft --refresh to rebuild it.