Elvis, N179AC of Erickson Air-Crane, seen at Essendon Airport when jointly operated with Helicorp.

An interesting display for Oshkosh. When it departed it demonstrated a water drop.

"Elvis" performing the water-drop demo on its departure day.

At the Avalon Airshow 2009, Day Four

On the tarmac at Essendon Airport

'Elvis' and N217AC 'Malcolm' rest at Essendon after a pretty busy few weeks fighting major bushfires. Note the engineer standing on Malcolm to give scale to these huge helicopters.

'Elvis', aka 'Helitak 739' and the other Skycranes have been in the thick of things fighting the worst bushfires in Victoria's history - over 200 people perished in 24 hours of fire-storms. Nevertheless, here's Elvis back at its Essendon base having a day of respite from the constant water-bombing although the fires are still burning up in the hills, hence the smoky, grey sky.

'Elvis', aka 'Helitak 739', has had a quiet summer this year, unlike last year.

'Elvis' has become popular with the Victorian public and is now a regular visitor each summer on bushfire-fighting duties. In the background, one of the Air Ambulance Super King Airs waits at the holding point while a Cessna lands on Runway 17.