N957AC / 738 Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane (MSN 64-065) of Erickson Air-Crane, named ‘Ichabod’, operated for Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) at Serpentine Airfield – Sat 21 March 2015. This helicopter was brought over from Victoria on 7 February 2015, to fight some large bushfires in WA and ended up staying here. It had previously visited WA in the 2013/2014 fire season. Built in Nov 1968 for the US Army as a Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe (S-64A), serial 68-18460. Served 295 Aviation Company (Heavy Helicopter), (1160 Aviation Company), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, later West Germany. Preserved at Hunter Army Airfield Collection, Savannah, Georgia. Sold to Erickson Air-Crane and registered 8 July 1992 as N157AC, converted to S-64E Skycrane. Leased to Canadian Air Crane Ltd in Delta, British Columbia, registered C-GESG on 12 February 1997. Returned to US register with Erickson Air Crane as N957AC on 11 March 2009. Photo © David Eyre