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Columbia helicopters has a smaller tandem rotor helicopter, the Boeing Vertol 107. This is the civilian version of the CH-46 Sea Knight. Some pictures and a video of the CH-46 may be found here. Go to this location for the wikipedia entry for the CH-46 Sea Knight. I think that the tandem helicopter shown in the video that I embedded here is the Boeing Vertol 107.
Columbia purchased the type certificate to the Boeing Vertol 107 in December 2006. The 107 can carry a 1,100 gallon bucket. Spend a little time exploring the Columbia Helicopter webpage and you will find some photos of the Boeing Vertol and a video gallery featuring the Boeing Vertol 107 and its bigger brother, the Boeing 234 Chinook.
Specifications for the Boeing Vertol 107 may be found here.
Update on October 6, 2014: The video that I originally embedded here of a Boeing Vertol 107 on wildland fire operations is no longer available. I found a video on the start up and departure of Vertol 107 that I thought you'd enjoy.
CAL FIRE (CDF) S2T Tanker 71 working Sawtooth Complex Fire (2006)
Sawtooth Complex Fire (Sept. 2006), San Bernardino County CA. Photo Credit: U.S. Forest Service
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