A brief look at the KMAX helicopter

Ever so often over the years that I have been writing this blog on aerial wildland firefighting I have come across reports and/or videos of KMAX helicopters working wildfires, mostly in the western United States. For no apparent reason I was curious about the KMAX so I did a search on Youtube and come across the two videos that I am embedding below. I learned a lot about the KMAX by watching these videos and I hope you do as well.

Direct link to video uploaded by blancolirio on Youtube 

I learned about the video below from blancolirio.

Direct link to video uploaded by Jay B.