Firefighting Helicopters for Sale

A firefighting helicopter is one of the most important instruments when fighting a forest fire and buying one can save the lives and buildings of your area. Even if it only saved one life, the cost of the helicopter would be justified. The problem is, you can't just go down to the corner store and buy one, you either have to be a firefighting unit that knows where they are, or you are out of luck. However, we have found a couple of resources that may be able to help you out with finding a firefighting helicopter.

Government Firefighting Helicopters

The United States Federal government has a number of firefighting helicopters in its arsenal that fight fires all across the nation. These helicopters are contracted on a by-need basis, so helicopter companies are not making firefighting helicopters full time. Instead, they make helicopters for medical and touring reasons, as well as personal recreation. The government may sell you a firefighting helicopter, but you would have to contact them directly. However, we do offer a couple of other ways to buy a firefighting helicopter that will probably be more of a safe bet, a lot easier, and will get you top of the line, instead of used.

Helicopter Companies - Firefighting Helicopters Build-to-Suit

Helicopter companies will probably be willing to build a firefighting helicopter for you on a contract basis. There are a lot of them in a number of different countries, so you may want to look into the companies to see which one would make the best for less. You can find a list of helicopter companies by country at this website. One of these will probably build you a firefighting helicopter by contract. If not then you will want to continue reading for more ideas on where to find one.

M-17 Firefighting Helicopter

Chelbi.net sells firefighting helicopters, but they are based in Russia, so you would need to make arrangements to get it to whereever you want it. Their M-17 can be found at this website. This is one of the best firefighting helicopters that you can find, so it would make a great choice for a buy if you are unable to get one of the companies in your country to build you a helicopter. You will be waiting for either one for quite some time, no matter which one you buy, so be prepared to wait for the helicopter. But once you get it, you can be sure that you will be satisfied with it.