Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters to boost its mosquito fighting capabilities. Part of a fleet upgrade program, the two new H125s will support aerial spraying to control the mosquito population in the Florida Keys, off the southern coast of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a sub-tropical environment, the Keys regions from Key\nLargo to Key West is home to approximately 46 species of mosquitoes, and aerial\nspraying proves one of the most effective ways to combat mosquito-borne disease\nsuch as Zika virus and Dengue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe H125 is already the helicopter of choice for managing\nFlorida\u2019s large mosquito population. We\u2019ve chosen the aircraft because of its\nability to increase the coverage areas during a single mission, and to improve\nthe safety of our operation,\u201d said Joshua Kogut, Director of Aerial Operations\nat the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District. \u201cWe look forward to bringing the\ntwo aircraft on board to support our operations in the most efficient manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Florida Keys is the third Florida district to turn to Airbus\nHelicopters in recent months to fight mosquitoes. In 2018, Lee County Mosquito\nControl District in southwest Florida purchased six H125 helicopters and in\n2013, Brevard County Mosquito Control purchased two of the same aircraft type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deliveries of the new H125s for the Florida Keys should be\ncompleted by early 2020. The aircraft feature improved Isolair and AgNav\nequipment for conducting various mosquito control missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The district plans to operate each of the H125s for\napproximately 150-200 hours per year, with peak mosquito season running May\nthrough September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are proud the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has\nselected the H125 to help protect citizens and contain the mosquito\npopulation,\u201d said Brian Reid, Senior Director of Sales for Airbus Helicopters\nInc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters to boost its mosquito fighting capabilities. Part of a fleet upgrade program, the two new H125s will support aerial spraying to control the mosquito population in the Florida Keys, off the southern coast of the state. With a sub-tropical environment, the Keys regions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/H125-Airbus-Helicopteredit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13424,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions\/13424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}