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Quito's Fire Department Helicopter getting some water on the Bambi Bucket to battle a fire in the Ilaló Mountain.

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Aircraft

BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

After a day fighting lots of forest fires around Quito without rest, and while I was going home alongside pilots, crew members and the CEO of Ecocopter Ecuador we did a small stop to change car and we managed to catch this one once again flying during another mission

Diogo da Conceição BQ-102
404 36 0 Agusta A109K2
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

Standing at their base at old Quito Airport

La Roche Spotters BQ-102
1,356 9 2 Agusta A109K2
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

Diogo da Conceicao BQ-102
1,575 38 2 Agusta A109K2

Photo location

AEE-319 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

Joseph Cervantes AEE-319
400 6 0 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Helping out with the fire season in Quito, it flew along 7 more helicopters

Antonio Espinel AEE-487
841 14 0 Mil Mi-171E
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

On approach to the water reservoir to fill the Bambi Bucket

Antonio Espinel BQ-102
1,070 7 0 Agusta A109K2

Photographer

FAE-898 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Ecuador - Air Force

New Hercules for the Ecuadorian Air Force! Arriving at Latacunga as RCH413 and performing two high-speed low passes at just 200ft above the Runway

Antonio Espinel FAE-898
2,811 75 4 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
HC-BDN - Nord 2501D Noratlas - ATESA - Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos S.A.

Antonio Espinel HC-BDN
347 10 0 Nord 2501D Noratlas
FAE-630 - Boeing 737-236(Adv) - Ecuador - Air Force

630 taking off from Latacunga on a sunny afternoon

Antonio Espinel FAE-630
750 27 0 Boeing 737-236(Adv)

Registration

BQ-102

Photo Date

Aug 16, 2020

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Notes

Quito's Fire Department Helicopter getting some water on the Bambi Bucket to battle a fire in the Ilaló Mountain.

Camera

Canon EOS Rebel t3 | 75-300mm
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

After a day fighting lots of forest fires around Quito without rest, and while I was going home alongside pilots, crew members and the CEO of Ecocopter Ecuador we did a small stop to change car and we managed to catch this one once again flying during another mission

Diogo da Conceição BQ-102
404 36 0 Agusta A109K2
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

Standing at their base at old Quito Airport

La Roche Spotters BQ-102
1,356 9 2 Agusta A109K2
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

Diogo da Conceicao BQ-102
1,575 38 2 Agusta A109K2
AEE-319 - Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - Ecuador - Army

Joseph Cervantes AEE-319
400 6 0 Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Helping out with the fire season in Quito, it flew along 7 more helicopters

Antonio Espinel AEE-487
841 14 0 Mil Mi-171E
BQ-102 - Agusta A109K2 - Ecuador - Quito Firefighters

On approach to the water reservoir to fill the Bambi Bucket

Antonio Espinel BQ-102
1,070 7 0 Agusta A109K2
FAE-898 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Ecuador - Air Force

New Hercules for the Ecuadorian Air Force! Arriving at Latacunga as RCH413 and performing two high-speed low passes at just 200ft above the Runway

Antonio Espinel FAE-898
2,811 75 4 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
HC-BDN - Nord 2501D Noratlas - ATESA - Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos S.A.

Antonio Espinel HC-BDN
347 10 0 Nord 2501D Noratlas
FAE-630 - Boeing 737-236(Adv) - Ecuador - Air Force

630 taking off from Latacunga on a sunny afternoon

Antonio Espinel FAE-630
750 27 0 Boeing 737-236(Adv)
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