Aircraft reference
N480DF
S-70 I · Air Methods
Representative type photograph. No verified publishable photograph of N480DF was found.
147th Aviation Regiment · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Identity
- Mission
- Helicopter bombers
- Registration
- N480DF
- Mode-S address
- A5E8EA
- ICAO type
- H60
- Model
- S-70 I
- Manufacturer
- Sikorsky / PZL Mielec
- Operator
- Air Methods
- Country of registration
- United States
About the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
Water-bombing helicopter
It uses a suspended bucket or an installed tank to take water from a nearby source and place short, precise drops, including in steep or confined terrain. Depending on its configuration, it may also move crews, equipment, or rescue teams.
What this type can do
The Black Hawk combines speed, lift, and rugged utility. With a bucket or tank it can make repeated medium-to-heavy water drops; without it, it transports crews and equipment, evacuates people, or supports disaster relief.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift military utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted a design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61.
ICAO type · H60Flight history
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Photographs
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