Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane

Photographer’s remark

N189AC This is one of 6 type 1 helicopters fighting the Star Fire on the Eldorado National Forest near Lake Tahoe. This picture was taken atop the L. L. Anderson dam looking down into a nearly empty French Meadows Reservoir. The S-64 Air-Crane can fill its tanks (2200 Gals) in 45 seconds.