Gallery Update: Canadian Visitor in Albany!

After doing another flight today, I had to check out a visiting aircraft that's stopped in at Albany while I was refueling my airplane (because the visitor was Canadian-registered, German designed!)!

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Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm - MBB (Canada) Bo 105LS A3 (C-GCFT) parked on the ramp after arrival from Abbotsford, British Columbia via Bellingham, Washington. This German-designed helicopter was en route to Redding, California. Never expected to catch something that has the Messerschmitt name attached to it! The Bo 105 holds the distinction of being the first light twin-engine helicopter in the world, and is the first rotorcraft that could perform aerobatic maneuvers, such as inverted loops. This particular airframe was manufactured by MBB at their facilities in Canada, as the type had significant export sales. MBB as a manufacturer would eventually become a part of Eurocopter in 1991 and Bo 105 would eventually replaced by their EC135, which was itself a development of the Bo 105. This airframe is currently registered with Transport Canada, and previously was jointly-operated by the Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.