American Heroes Air Show 2002

American Heroes Air Show 2002
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USMC Bell AH-1W Super Cobra	USMC Bell AH-1W Super Cobra
Sikorsky CH-53E "Super Stallion"	Sikorsky CH-53E "Super Stallion"
Helicopter rides were being provided to the public for a low cost. The flight was about a five minute flight over the airshow.	My wife, Karen, is in the left seat and the pilot is in the right seat.
View of the air show from above.	This fellow from TV Channel 7 had volunteered his time to show off one of the news vans at the show.
Inside the Ch 7 news van	There were several old ambulances that had been restored.
Several restored fire engines were on display.	Restored Burbank fire engine.
LA City USAR vehicle.	San Bernardino County Sheriff's had a Humvee on display.
US Customs Service 1992 Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Notice that there are no identifying graphics on the outside of the helicopter identifying it as a US Customs copter.	CHP helicopter
Nice view of several copters with KCAL TV Channel 9 copter in the foreground.	Summit Helicopters Hughes 369E
Glendale Police MD 500N	Glendale Police MD 500N
Flight Line of Helicopters	LAPD Pilot kickin' back with his Helicopter
This is a UH-1 copter used by LAPD SWAT. They had a repelling rope mounted on the copter.	TV Channel KCAL 9 News Van and Helicopter
Tracy and his wife Karen with LAFD Fire 2	Hand held radios sitting on the "customers seat" inside LAFD Fire 2 helicopter.
This is the winch on LAFD Fire 2 helicopter	Nose view of LAFD Fire 2
Ventura County Copter 8's winch	Nose view of Ventura County Fire Copter 8
Ventura County Copter 8 with Los Angeles County County Fire Hawk in the background	Inside Ventura County Copter 8
Los Angeles County Fire Hawk	Los Angeles County Fire Hawk's winch
Los Angeles County Sheriff rescue helicopter.	Los Angeles County Sheriff rescue helicopter taking off to perform a demonstration.
Los Angeles County Sheriff rescue helicopter demonstrating how they drop off medical personnel on scene where the copter can not land. The victim was a volunteer from the crowd.	A "black helicopter"? Now we know who's really is behind reports of secretive black helicopters. This one, a Cobra attack helicopter, is owned by a private individual who had painted it flat black.
Privately owned Cobra attack helicopter.	US Coast Guard helicopter
Los Angeles County Sheriff copter.	"DANGER KEEP AWAY". Maybe this fellow just wants a little off the top.
Los Angeles County Fire Hawk performed several water drop demonstrations, thrilling the crowd.	Los Angeles County Fire Helicopter demonstration.
Cooling the crowd off after a hot demonstration.	Los Angeles County Fire Hawk.
Los Angeles County Fire Hawk.	US Coast Guard helicopter.
This is the radar dome of the US Coast Guard helicopter.	A few folks from the SoCalScan yahoo list were able to find each other via FRS channel 1.
Children's Hospital helicopter.	OFA (Orange County Fire Authority) helicopter.
San Bernardino Sheriff's newest copter.	San Bernardino Sheriff's newest copter.
San Bernardino Sheriff's newest copter.	San Bernardino Sheriff's newest copter. This is the antenna feed from the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter).
ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter). In the event of a crash this small box will be jarred enough to break a connection inside thus initiating the distinct radio broadcast on 121.5 MHz. Rescuers can use radio location techniques to pin point the location of the distressed helicopter.	Inside San Bernardino's copter.
This is a Sea Hawk helicopter from the USS Nimitz. I had the opportunity to chat with a USMC Photographer here. Talk about a dream job. This copter was especially neat to see at the show since just the day before I was on the USS Constellation, which is docked next to the USS Nimitz in San Diego.	ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) on the Sea Hawk.
This FBI agent demonstrated the use of a geiger counter to detect radio active materials.	This is the gear the FBI use when arresting the bad guys. The radios are standard Motorola radios. An agent demonstrated the encryption button and also informed me that they are in the process of switching over to digital (in the next few months).
View of the flight deck from the picnic area.	We took photos of the copters as they left the air show. This is Ventura County Copter 8.
Los Angeles City Fire 2 departing the air show.	TV Channel 7 was taking some footage of the air show.

	What an terrific day we had at this years American Heroes Air Show. The weather was great and the demonstrations and displays where excellent.