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6 On the Fly
Canadian industry news

8 MacDonald
Flight logbook protocol

10 Dixon
Solving the hiring game

11 Bellamy
Beyond the safety jargon

46 Armstrong
Are piloting skills declining?

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Canadian helicopter MROs continue to adjust for growth

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ourage, resourcefulness, teamwork. They’re qualities all
successful organizations strive to attain, and for the
“Rescue 902” crew of Canadian Forces 442 Search and
Rescue Squadron in Comox, B.C., these traits helped
them capture the prestigious 2010 Prince Philip
Helicopter Rescue Award for a mission to the Homathko
Icefield on the night of April 24, 2009.
Awarded annually by the U.K.-based Guild of Air Pilots and Air
Navigators, the Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award is given to an
individual member of a helicopter crew, complete crew, or the crews
of multiple helicopters, for an act of outstanding courage or devotion
to duty in the course of land or sea search and rescue operations.
Founded in 1929, the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators pro-
motes air safety and recognizes outstanding airmanship.
It’s the second major award in just over a year for the Rescue 902
crew of aircraft commander Maj. Jason von Kruse, first officer Lt.-
Col. Christian Lalande, flight engineer Cpl. Dominique Frenette,
SAR tech team lead Sgt. Kent Gulliford and SAR tech team member
Master Cpl. Billy Ternes. Last fall, the crew won the Cormorant
Trophy awarded to the crew of a Canadian search and rescue aircraft
that carries out the most significant rescue of the year.
It also represents the second time a Comox crew has won the
Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award. A 442 Squadron crew
received the honour for its 2006 rescue of air accident survivors in
¶¶
It speaks to the resourcefulness
and professionalism of the
··
determined crew.
Knight Inlet. Sgt. Gulliford was part of that crew as well.
“It was such a challenging rescue, in the wilderness of the Coast
Mountains, in darkness and in the thin air at 8,700 feet,” noted
John Burley, the chairman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air
Navigators (Canada) of the Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award
winners. “It speaks to the resourcefulness and professionalism of
the determined crew.”
Teamwork was paramount on the night of April 24, 2009, when
the crew was dispatched by the Joint Rescue Coordinator Centre in
Victoria, B.C. Their mission? To rescue a 37-year-old male who had
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fallen down a crevasse while back-country skiing. A party of three
skiers had been on a multi-day excursion, which took them across the
Mount Compton Glacier. While on the traverse, one had fallen into a
crevasse – and initial reports had him 30 metres down inside it.
The R-902 Cormorant was tasked with an R-457 Buffalo fixed-wing
aircraft at 3:20 a.m. to respond to a spot some 8,700 feet above sea level
on the glacier. Unfortunately, the topographical nature of the map was
not specific enough to show the exact contour of the area and, being a
glacier, the crew of the R-902 expected it to be in a flat field.
But following 45 minutes in transit through the Coast Mountains
on a clear night with no moon illumination, the R-902 arrived just
prior to the R-457. They encountered a disturbing sight – the glacier
was not a flat field, but steep sloping ice at about 45 degrees that fell
from the top of several peaks into a bowl.
After searching the area with night vision goggles (NVGs), fol-
lowed by a searchlight, the crew was able to find the headlamp of one
of the survivors. Two of the men were high up on the glacier, next to
what appeared to be a small hole with a rope running down into it.
After repeated attempts to get into position – with help from the
R-457 dropping flares to contrast the NVGs and aid with visual acu-
ity – eventually, the two men on glacier were double-hoisted into the
helicopter without significant problems.
The complex part involved the trapped skier. To get that per-
son, SAR tech team leader Sgt. Gulliford hoisted down into the
crevasse. It was impossible for
him to maintain visual contact
with flight engineer Frenette,
standard procedure on the
Cormorant (hoisting is done
with visual contact from the
flight engineer to the people and
equipment being hoisted).
After several tense moments
and careful manoeuvring, the
third person was located. He
was attached to a double lift harness, and slowly lifted through
the top of the hole onto the glacier. He was then lifted into the
helicopter with Sgt. Gulliford. He was immediately airlifted to St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Comox.
Several aspects of the mission’s completion stand out, but most impor-
tantly, the crew worked closely as a team to ensure a positive conclusion.
At Helicopters, we not only congratulate and salute the courage,
bravery and accomplishments of 442 Squadron, but extend our
gratitude to the pilots, crew and others in search and rescue opera-
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accomplishing the program’s
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dive during the flight. is proud to be advancing this the program’s development. can cruise comfortably at 250
“The aerospace industry innovative technology and to The X2 Technology demon- knots while retaining such
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Atlantis Systems Eduplus (ASE), a division of Atlantis Systems Corp.
located in Dartmouth, N.S., has started work under a new contract
with the Canadian Air Force for the development of a job performance
system for the fleet of CH-146 Griffon Tactical Helicopters.
The three-year contract with a one-year option will support tech-
nicians during the removal, installation and functional testing of the
CH-146 Griffon Mission Kits.
Carl Daniels, vice-president and general manager of ASE said,
“Some of the tactical helicopter mission configurations can be quite
complex, so this system will allow technicians to receive instructions
and actually practise their on-the-job tasks in a 3-D virtual environ-
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he Canadian Forces has
achieved a benchmark of
40,000 operating hours with its
fleet of AgustaWestland AW101
(formerly EH101) search and
rescue mid/heavy helicopters.
The Canadian Forces has 14 of
the helicopters, designated the
CH-149 “Cormorant,” which
entered service between 2000
and 2002.
The Canadian Forces has a
higher flying rate than any
other AW101 fleet, and
Cormorant 901, currently flying
out of Canadian Forces Base
Comox with 442 Squadron, has
the highest number of airframe
hours on any of the AW101s
anywhere in the world.
Canadian Forces personnel
have conducted thousands of
missions and hundreds of res-
cues including: a 1,200-kilome-
tre round-trip rescue off
Newfoundland; a nighttime res-
cue from a 30-metre deep cre-
vasse 8,700 feet up the side of
an icy glacier; a 3,500-kilometre
trip to rescue a hunter stranded
on an Arctic ice floe.
To date, AgustaWestland has
awarded 34 Cormorant crew
members with 1,000-flight-hour
certificates and two crew mem-
bers with 2,000-hour certificates.
The Cormorant has a mis-
sion availability rate in excess
of 98 per cent attesting to its
reliability for emergency and
critical mission deployment.
The fact that the Cormorant
can be relied upon to launch
for rescue virtually anytime,
anywhere, can also be credited
to the hard work of the aero-
space division at IMP Group
Ltd., which is contracted by
the Canadian Forces to pro-
vide the helicopter’s in-service
support (ISS).
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e all know flight hours are very important. After all,
almost everything turns on the number of hours in our
logbook. How important is it to have the correct amount
recorded? CARs 401.08 states every holder of a flight
crew permit, licence, or rating, shall maintain a personal
log. I would imagine that means an accurate log.
Air time commences when the aircraft leaves the supporting surface
and terminates when it touches the supporting surface at the next point
of landing. That’s straightforward.
Flight time commences the moment an aircraft first moves under its
own power for the purpose of taking off until the moment it comes to
rest at the end of the flight. That may be straightforward for fixed-wing
aircraft, but what about helicopters?
Is flight idle the same thing as “moves under its own power?” I would
say it is – in certain circumstances. How can you argue against logging
time when sitting on an oil rig or a mountain pad with the blades spin-
ning at flight idle? Ask five pilots, however, and you’ll get six answers.
But wherever you stand on this issue, your flight time needs to be
recorded in your pilot logbook.
It is not always easy to get it exactly right, however. Sometimes you
have to rely on someone else to tell you the flight time. In some cases,
you may need to estimate the amount. You will have to round up or
down at times. I don’t believe this presents a real problem if you are only
nominally inaccurate. The real concern, I would argue is when pilots are
¶¶
We are professionals and
should maintain a high standard
··
in all aviation matters.
deliberately inaccurate – those who pad their flight time. Some recount
having seen pilot flight hours that appear to have grown overnight.
Imagine someone leaves for a time, and then returns with more hours
than seem reasonably possible. This is problematic for a number of rea-
sons – and most are obvious.
First of all, we are professionals, and should maintain a high standard
in all aviation matters. If you cannot believe someone’s indicated flight
hours, how can you trust them with a million dollar aircraft?
Additionally, you can usually ball-park the number of hours a pilot
has flown when you fly with them – especially at the beginning of their
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Logbook
Protocol
Having a Professional
Approach Is Paramount
career. I don’t mean to single out new pilots unfairly, but it would be rare
for a 6,000-hour pilot to add extra flight time to a logbook. Finally, delib-
erately adding hours you have not flown falls into the realm of deceit,
which can result in legal consequences. Remember, logging your hours
(in whichever format you choose) is a requirement mandated by
Transport Canada, so it takes on more of an official tone than you may
imagine.
An accident investigation legal team would pore through all the
documents associated with the operation post accident – and this means
the aircraft documents, as well as the pilot’s documents. Discrepancies
would be found and major ones would be investigated further. It is pos-
sible that if the hours logged were significantly different than they should
be, the pilot may face a legal action for misrepresentation – depending on
the facts in the case. If there is no causal link between the indicated hours
and the incident, then nothing should come of the discrepancy.
Misrepresentation can be a serious problem, however. A judge may
make a finding that the error was innocent (of no legal consequence),
negligent, (consequences for the operator and pilot), or fraudulent (seri-
ous consequences for the pilot).
A negligent misrepresentation finding often pulls the operator into
the mix. Should they have been more diligent in their hiring practices,
and realized the pilot’s hours were not correct? Insurance should cover
both the operator and pilot here. A finding of fraudulent misrepresenta-
tion, however, could see the pilot standing alone financially – with all
legal guns pointing his way! Most
insurance plans withdraw financial
support on a finding of fraud, so
the money would have to come out
of the pilot’s own pocket. While
courts are slow to find fraudulent
conduct and require clear and con-
vincing evidence of such, that find-
ing is still possible.
There may be mistakes in every-
one’s logbook to some degree or
another, but I’m not talking about mistakes – everyone makes mistakes.
However, there’s a big difference between a mistake and a deliberate
attempt to mislead. That difference may have significant legal and finan-
cial consequences for the fraudster.
Neil MacDonald is a lawyer with Harper Grey LLP, practising in aviation
law. He holds an ATPL-H, and flies as an IFR Off-Shore Captain. nmac-
donald@harpergrey.com This is not a legal opinion. Readers should not act
on the basis of this article without first consulting a lawyer for analysis and
advice on a specific matter.
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hat’s your time worth to you? In the last issue of
Helicopters, I ended my column discussing the con-
cept that “doing it right the first time means never
having to fix it.” This, of course, is directed at those
who feel they are “too busy” to concentrate on the
details of a successful operation, to put much effort
into the hiring process, to adequately train new staff and to monitor that
staff’s performance.
So, here’s a rhetorical question: how critical are the people in your
organization to its success? The answer is obvious, but how often in the
course of a year do you find yourself scrambling to fill positions because
someone left unexpectedly for a new role, or they had that little epiph-
any that this really wasn’t what they wanted to do, or you just had no
choice but to kick their sorry butt out the door?
For small- and medium-sized organizations, the recruiting process
can be a daunting task. All too often, it’s seen as an interruption to the
day-to-day operations of the organization instead of being accepted as
one of the cornerstones. Let’s put the importance of the hiring process
into context. The National Restaurant Association conducted a four-
year study that drew information from 135 restaurant chains across
North America. The result was the landmark “Industry Of Choice
Report” that provides foodservice operations “a management tool to
better understand employee workforce needs.”
After surveying thousands of restaurant operators and employees,
¶¶
Here’s another key concept
to keep in mind: hire for skills
··
and fire for attitude.
the study’s authors sorted the workforce into four main groups. These
employee types can be applied to any profession, including aviation:
• Careerists: Strong performers who like their job, are good at it and
intend to stay in the business.
• Passing-Throughs: Those who have other career aspirations, either
further up the food chain or somewhere other than aviation.
• Undecideds: Got the talent for the job, but haven’t made their
mind up yet about what they want to do with their lives or where
they want to do it.
• Misplaced: Bad attitudes, lax work habits, chronic complainers.
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
Solving the
Hiring Game
Finding Good Employees
Takes Precious Time
This group is the least likely to improve themselves or their
employment situation. It also represents the largest of the four
groups. These are people who will proclaim their years of experi-
ence in the business, which is really no more than one year’s expe-
rience, re-lived over and over again.
McDonald’s restaurants utilized the information in the report and
incorporated it into their hiring and training procedures. They claimed
to have cut their annual employee turnover rate from 120 per cent to 70
per cent. OK, so paper hats aren’t part of your corporate image, but there
are a number of similarities between the restaurant business and com-
mercial aviation, as neither industry has a 9-to-5 business model.
What’s it all mean? Take a second look at the four employee catego-
ries and think about the people in your organization that could be the
poster child for each category. Your goal is to increase the percentage of
Careerists. The Undecided pool is the first place to look, because some
of these people really do want to stay with you. They just don’t know it
yet, but you’re going to help them make that decision. The Passing-
Throughs have their place, especially for seasonal or short-term posi-
tions, but be careful about investing too much time and effort. As you
build your percentage of Careerists, your misplaced pool should be
shrinking correspondingly and that is your ultimate goal. You’ll never
eliminate them, but you can minimize their impact.
Here’s another key concept to keep in mind: hire for skills and fire
for attitude. How often have you hired someone based solely on their
level of technical expertise or the
references provided by a previous
employer only to discover that they
are pure poison? You check back
with that previous employer who
gave them a glowing reference, and
all you hear is a chuckle on the
other end of the phone with a com-
ment something to the effect of,
“well, they’re your problem now.”
When hiring employees, think
about the person you chose as the ultimate careerist for your organiza-
tion. What makes them so important? What are the human qualities
they possess that make them the total package? Think about your mis-
placed poster child and what makes them what they are. This should
give you a good idea of what you’re looking for in the future and even
more importantly, what you don’t want to see.
So, time is important. Spend it at the front end of the process and
you’ll save lots of time at the other end of the equation.
Paul Dixon is a freelance photojournalist living in North Vancouver.
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afety Management Systems, root cause analysis, sterile
cockpit, risk assessment. The jargon of safe helicopter
operations that pilots deal with seems to be con-
stantly reinventing itself for fear it will fall on deaf ears
if a new method of presentation isn’t introduced.
For management, catering to insurance under-
writers, consultants, investors and Transport Canada, these are hal-
lowed words and to question their sanctity evokes a glare of frustration,
like a school master dealing with a recalcitrant teenager. I acknowledge
the intent and accept the inevitable; however, I sometimes find myself
longing for a time when a daily inspection was certified with one line in
a journey log-book.
For some pilots and engineers in the field, our perspective is more
pragmatic. Frustration over the endless paper trail and inspection
reports that have to be filed, means an engineer is often more likely to
be twisting a pen instead of a wrench. He or she also must deal with
the wrath from a DOM if a check box is missed, and can come under
close (and sometimes) unkind scrutiny at the end of a flying day. These
informal sessions address the very same issues, perhaps in not as regi-
mented a manner, but often more effectively.
Engineers broaching an elusive problem with a machine invite
comments from others who have experienced the same or a similar
snag. Pitfalls are discussed and remedies suggested. The result is a more
knowledgeable engineer and a safer, more efficient, machine.
As pilots, we pledge our allegiance to a safe doctrine by attending
¶¶
‘There I was’ stories mean pilots
escaped, helicopters intact, with
··
lessons to share.
the seminars and lectures and completing the ever-increasing regi-
men of exams during spring training. Little credence is given after-
wards to the so-called, “There I was” sessions, which I believe can be
every bit as valuable.
Prospective pilots are attracted to helicopters for the excitement. They
scan YouTube looking for videos of helicopter crashes and watch the
evening news as reporters focus on helicopters battling a raging forest fire.
It’s an intoxication that soon has the candidate parting with some serious
cash in the hopes of an adventurous career. I once saw a DVD that a first-
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Beyond the
Safety Jargon
The Value of a ‘There I Was’
Experience
year logging pilot had made of himself. Throughout the presentation was
the soundtrack from the movie Top Gun, the testosterone-inducing lyrics
“Highway to the Danger Zone” repeated over and over.
Obviously, a subtle attitude change is in the offing, but not to the
point where the pilot is tethered to a ball and chain. Moderation is hoped
for, tempered with good sense and the understanding of what attracted
us to the cockpit in the first place. Pilots by nature are competitive and
lured by excitement. Even with the older, experienced pilot there is that
latent quest. It rarely results in an incident, but in an unwary moment
can provide the opportunity for one.
Pilots will, from time to time, intentionally take on a higher than
normal risk factor in an effort to please the customer or experience per-
sonal gratification. In this competitive industry, it is all too common.
Hopefully, stretching established parameters too far will culminate with
nothing more ominous than a good story and reassurance to them (“I’ll
never do that again.)
That time honoured introduction, “There I was,” relates to a cir-
cumstance we have all encountered in our careers or may be about to.
Never trade luck for skill, the old adage goes, but we have all been
grateful for it at one time or another. Ego aside, pilots will readily
admit to their peers of encountering close calls and with little encour-
agement, share the lesson.
I cannot think of a safety lecture that is listened to more raptly or
that provokes more self recriminations than those given by pilots
who discovered themselves, for whatever reason, with the torque at
100 per cent and adrenalin in
“full rich.”
No matter how long or how
briefly you have been at the con-
trols, there are situations where
you say to yourself, “I wouldn’t
have done that” or “I wouldn’t
have let it go that far.” You have
either had that particular lesson
before, or never ventured to that
extent. By listening, you are allow-
ing the pilot to re-live the experience and re-affirm the lesson it taught
– and really, we can all do with a refresher now and again.
I appreciate “there I was” stories. They mean the pilots escaped,
helicopters intact, with indelible lessons and valuable stories to share.
We all appreciate luck but only a fool would count on it.
A native of Spruce Grove, Alta., Michael Bellamy has been flying fixed-
and rotary-aircraft in a variety of capacities since 1971, and is an
accomplished author of several books, including Crosswinds.
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Resources Expands Its Fleet
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o fully appreciate the rotary division of the Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources’ vaunted aerial ser-
vices unit – and the importance of its recent pur-
chase of three EC-130 B4 rotary aircraft from
Eurocopter Canada’s ECL facility in Fort Erie, Ont.
– it’s worth illustrating how critical the ministry’s
role is to the economic, social and recreational well-being of
Canada’s second largest province.
With a diverse range of climate, geography, plant and animal
species, 250,000 lakes and the world’s largest contiguous body of
fresh water (the Great Lakes), the ministry is entrusted to pro-
mote healthy, sustainable ecosystems and conserve the biodiver-
sity of more than 1.1 million square kilometres, two-thirds of
which is forested.
And when you consider more than a third of Canada’s popula-
tion lives in the province; it’s the industrial and commercial
heartland of the country; 87 per cent of the province is Crown
lands and waters; and Ontario boasts world-class park systems,
fishing, hunting and other recreational opportunities, the MNR’s
task is indeed a daunting one.
To properly follow through on its mandate – to manage, pro-
mote economic opportunities and maintain/enhance outdoor to three AS 350 B2s by 1993/94. A fourth B2 was added to replace
recreation – the ministry relies not only on its key partners, such the aging BK117, but the first EC-130 B4 didn’t make an appear-
as environmental organizations, fish and game associations, and ance until 10 years later. It marked the first time an operator in
private sector organizations, but on its highly dedicated team of Canada used the aircraft for utility, fire and resource management
biologists, conservation officers, and rotary- and fixed-winged missions. Since the inception of its first aircraft, standardizing
pilots. It’s a big job, as natural resources generate millions of dol- the fleet has been a long-term goal for a variety of reasons, and
lars in revenue annually. now, with the acquisition of three new EC-130 B4s, the ministry
finally has a fleet it can grow well into the 21st century.
7+($(5,$/$3352$&+²527$5<$,5&5$)7(0(5*( “At certain times, we’ve had as many as four different air-
Since 1924, the Ontario Government has operated a fleet of spe- craft,” MNR operations services manager Bob Crowell explained
cialty fixed wing aircraft to support fire, resource management to me in mid-August during an in-depth interview at the
and core government programs, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that Sudbury base. A former chief pilot with the ministry who’s
the MNR owned and operated its own rotary aircraft. Initially, the flown countless operations in the emerging fleet, the meticulous
fleet started with a Bell 206L-1 and a BK-117 before progressing Crowell has seen the transformation of the fleet first-hand – and

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 he’s thrilled about the purchase of the new aircraft and the pos-
sibilities it brings.
“To bring it down to just one type of aircraft that we operate
allows us to be more efficient with training and maintenance,
and all the things that go with that including getting spare parts,
etc.,” Crowell says. “Buying these aircraft allows us to complete
our transition to a one-type fleet.”
With the purchase of the new EC-130 B4s, the MNR’s fleet
now sits at seven aircraft – and it’s an impressive team that flies
them. The MNR has 12 pilots (two management pilots) flying
3,200 and 4,000 hours annually, traversing the province from
bases located from west to east in Dryden, Thunder Bay,
Timmins, Sudbury and Muskoka. With a province as vast and
diverse as Ontario, it’s not surprising the pilots themselves are as
flexible and adaptable into their daily routines as is humanly
possible. Operations vary from resource management duties,
such as aerial animal surveys, fish stocking, wildlife darting
work and worksite evaluations, to delivering forest fire crews to
the site of a blaze, aerial firefighting, enforcement work and
more (see “A Year in the Life,” page 15).
“The aerial services unit has played a very important role at

LEFT: The new EC-130 B4s come in handy in a province of more than
1.1 million square kilometres – two-thirds of which is trees. (Photo
by Matt Nicholls)

BOTTOM LEFT: A detailed inspection of the aircraft is an important part

of MNR pilot Dan Ireland’s pre-flight routine. (Photo by Matt Nicholls)

BELOW: The ministry’s chief pilot, Don Filliter, has high praise for
the EC-130 B4: “It’s the perfect fit for the roles it has to play.”
(Photo by Matt Nicholls)

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Wildlife management is an important component of the MNR’s
mandate. Here, biologists participate in goose banding activities on
Akimiski Island, the largest island in James Bay (below) and polar
bear tagging and tracking (above). (Photos courtesy of the Ministry
of Natural Resources)
the Ministry since 1924,” Crowell said. “Our work is more about
a lifestyle choice than a job. Most of the pilots and most of the
people we work with are so impassioned by the work we do here
at the ministry. We go up to the far north and participate in proj-
ects. Our pilots are helping in goose banding, recording – they
don’t just sit in the aircraft and read a book. They get to the
camps, they’re helping out. We’re all dedicated to delivering the
3RZHU3OD\
Detailed information about the EC-130 B4
• Maximum weight: 2,427 kg/5,351 lb. (2,800 kg/6,172 lb.
with external load)
• Useful load 1,048 kg/2,311 lb.
• Capacity: one pilot and six/seven passengers or 1,160
kg/2,557 lb. with sling
• Power plant: one Turbomeca ARRIEL 2B1 Maximum take-
off power: 632 KW/847 shp
• Fast cruise speed: 235 km/h – 127 kt (at max. weight)
• Maximum range: 640 km/345 nm (takeoff at max. weight)
• Maximum endurance (with no reserves): 3:47 hours
• Length, blade in front: 47.47 ft.
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programs that need to be delivered.”
Dan Ireland, an MNR pilot for almost 12 years, echoes
Crowell’s assessment. It’s the variety, the connection with nature
and a challenging job description that makes it all worthwhile.
“It’s precisely why a lot of people stay here as long as they do,”
says Ireland. “From fire suppression one day to photo flights the
next, moose aquatics the same day or the day after. . . coming to
work is a pleasure. People ask me what I do and I say I fly heli-
copters for the MNR. They ask, ‘yeah, so what do you do? I always
say, moose, goose and spruce.’ ”
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While it’s virtually impossible to pick the perfect aircraft to han-
dle every MNR operation – “it simply doesn’t exist,” says Thunder
Bay-based MNR pilot Greg Boegh – the EC-130 B4 is arguably an
excellent compromise. Offering 23 per cent more space than the
MNR’s most recent aircraft, the AS-350 B2s, the EC-130 B4s can
be equipped with seven or eight seats, with a cabin design that
provides an incredible panoramic view from virtually all spots.
This is especially important for the MNR, as roughly 60 per cent
of operations are geared toward wildlife management – surveys,
fish stocking, tracking, remote sensing, etc. Enhanced visibility is
also paramount in other important MNR functions including
enforcement work, NVG use and forest fire management.
Fire fighting and fire suppression make up another 30 per
cent of the ministry’s operational portfolio, and the new EC-130
B4 aircraft are very adept in the MNR’s “Quick Strike” firefighting
initiatives, where a three- or four-person crew will be transported
to a fire with the necessary equipment to start fighting the blaze
while the helicopter returns for subsequent supplies. “Ninety per
cent of the fires in Ontario are a hectare or less, so this gets crews
there early so they can attack and suppress it,” says Crowell.
“The majority of big fires in B.C. started by lightning strikes and
just grew and grew. With “Quick Strike,” you get a crew there,
drop them off, and come back and reposition.”
Two examples to illustrate the acute visual capacities of the
EC-130 B4 occurred on the second day I went up with chief pilot
Don Filliter. Just moments after take off on a partly cloudy day, we
almost immediately spotted white smoke drifting into the sky from
a heavily treed rocky point on a shimmering lake located a few
kilometres in front of the aircraft. Upon returning after Filliter and
MNR air engineer Mike Frizell successfully doused the fire, Filliter
spotted a large adult moose swimming in another shimmering lake
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Versatility the name of the game at the MNR
They say variety is the spice of life, and if you’re a pilot with
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources it’s part of your daily,
monthly and yearly regimen. “You never really know what
you’re going to be doing from day-day and that’s part of the
enjoyment – there’s no rut here at the MNR,” says Dan Ireland,
an MNR pilot for almost 12 years. Except for the moose rut, that
is. Here’s what MNR rotary pilots are usually up to in a typical
calendar year.
WINTER: Starting in January, the MNR’s new EC-130 B4s are
used primarily for resource management and animal inventory
work. Moose surveys are done across the province to calculate
the moose population, allowing the ministry to assign the proper
licensing and moose tag allocations. Deer and elk work is also
done, as well as caribou studies. “Last year, we were heavily
involved in caribou surveying in the far northern parts of the prov-
ince to get an idea of what the herd is like up there,” says MNR
operations manager Bob Crowell.
SPRING: Training fire crews begins, getting them ready and
transitioned to meet the fire season. Fish stocking is also criti-
cal, and it’s a very time-sensitive activity. “The waters have to
be at just the right temperature and the fish have to come from
several fish hatcheries from across the province, so we have to
carefully time and co-ordinate the dropping of the fish into
several lakes,” says Crowell “The hatchery truck might show
up with a wide variety of fish that have to be stocked in a vari-
ety of different lakes, so you might have three or four different
types of fish to stock in one flight.
LATE SPRING/SUMMER/FALL: The fire season takes prece-
dence. “It really starts up in April,” says Crowell. “We also start
to do nest searches for goose, do goose banding in the summer,
and that research culminates in July.” Biodiversity work, tele-
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below. Obviously, it was not a problem for both Filliter and Frizell
to see the moose right away, but it was even easy for me to pick up
the bull as it surfaced from the bog and bolted for cover.
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The new EC-130 B4 aircraft has several state-of-the-art techno-
logical advancements and many safety features that make it a
sound option for its roles with the MNR. It has a quiet Fenestron
tail rotor that’s very safe in tight, densely forested terrain; a state-
of-the-art FADEC system (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)
to reduce pilot workload by adjusting the engine switch to match
flight conditions; an all-Kevlar cabin that acts as a protective roll
cage, supporting it in the event the aircraft rolls; dual hydraulics
(the most critical safety feature on the B4 says Ireland); state-of-
the-art Chelton/Cobham EFIS avionics; NVG capability; and
attenuating seats.
“It’s the perfect machine for the roles it has to play,” says
Filliter. “We do fire suppression, yes, but the primary role we do
is resource management. And resource management tends to be a
lot of survey work, so you can’t ask for a better platform. It has
huge windows, great visibility, a lot of legroom and is stable. I
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metry is also done in the summer – putting GPS collars on polar
bear, black bear, elk, and caribou – to track their movements.
Some of them we track with satellites, some are tracked with
antennae on the aircraft.
“Interspersed with all of this, is the moose aquatics,” says
Ireland. “We do a fair amount of this, flying to inspect moose feed-
ing grounds, to get an idea of where moose populations are and
where they are congregating so forestry can plan their reserves
around moose feeding and aquatic areas. We also do stick nest
surveys, looking for heron, osprey and eagles. In Muskoka, an
extensive duck survey is done each year, and we often fly to the
Quebec border when doing our Canada goose work up in Ungava.
So it’s quite involved.”
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Aerial Policing on the Horizon
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hile the benefits of police-operated helicopters are
indisputable, that doesn’t mean the future will
reflect the status quo. Emerging technologies and
enduring government budget squeezes are among
the key issues looming on the horizon.
The previous four instalments of this series on
rotary-wing aerial policing have surveyed everything from the past
history of how this capability evolved in both the United States and
Canada. . . to profiles on current Canadian police operators. . . to
an overview of the hardware and software that turn a light observa-
tion helicopter into a highly capable crimefighter.
For this final article in the series, we look into the future. A
number of experienced U.S. and Canadian operators and senior
professional-association experts have shared their thoughts and
insight in response to this basic question: “What are the most sig- units keep impeccable records of the impact of their daily activities,
nificant trends or issues that you can foresee police air units having including arrests, response times, calls attended, and incidents where
to deal with across the next five years or so?” the involvement of the helicopter resulted in a safe conclusion for the
Here’s what we learned. citizens and police officers,” Barbar notes. “We do this scrupulously at
our Flight Operations Unit, and that helps us maintain the confidence
%8'*(7648((=( and support of the people who make the budgetary decisions.”
Government finances – at all levels and in both Canada and the U.S. – are Down in Calgary, chief pilot Cam Dutnall agrees. “I expect we’ll
under extreme pressure as the ongoing period of lacklustre economic be dealing with limited budgets for some time into the future,” he
growth diminishes tax revenues, and ‘stimulus’ spending boosts deficits. says. “Our Air Support Unit will be limited to essential personnel
Police air units are often erroneously seen as something of a “frill,” and and core training only, in order to be able to provide normal opera-
many of the participants in this article voiced concern that it will be an tional patrols and incident response. Once the economy more fully
uphill battle in the coming years just to maintain the status quo. recovers, I hope we can broaden our mission profile to include
“We’re challenged every year by city council, the police commission greater support to our police specialty units, and also to create a
and our own higher management to demonstrate that our air unit is training section integral to the ASU itself.”
providing value for dollar,” Sgt. Chris Barbar of the Edmonton Police
Service notes. “The ‘profit’ from an airborne law-enforcement unit, of *5281'7+5($76
course, comes in the form of demonstrated successful conclusion of Although tragic events such as the May 2010 incident in the U.S.
incidents, and positive statistics when the helicopter is involved.” Caribbean possession of Puerto Rico – in which a police helicopter
“With this in mind, it’s imperative that airborne law-enforcement conducting a pursuit of a car that had fled a traffic stop came under

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 gunfire from other individuals on the ground and one officer on board
was killed and the other wounded – are so far very rare, there’s
another potentially lethal ground threat that’s being increasingly
encountered: laser strikes.
“The use by individuals on the ground of handheld ‘green laser’
units – which are actually intended for use by amateur astronomers
to point-out stars or constellations – to illuminate the cockpit of a
low-flying aircraft is getting more and more common across North
America,” Staff Sgt. Al Mack of Durham (Ont.) Regional Police
reports. “These kinds of strikes can disorient the pilot and also cause
eye damage, so the potential for causing a crash is definitely there.”

LEFT: Edmonton's Flight Operations Unit keeps impeccable records to

show the impact of its daily activities. (Photo courtesy Edmonton
Police Services)

BELOW: Once the economy bounces back, Calgary's Air Support Unit
is expected to broaden its mission profile. (Photo courtesy of Calgary
Police)

BELOW LEFT: Sgt. Chris Barbar of Edmonton Police Services says they
are challenged every year by city council, the police commission and
higher management to demonstrate they are providing value for dollar.
(Photo courtesy of Edmonton Police Services)

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With the prevalence of such irresponsible activity expected to rise in
the coming years, the response by the justice system will need to
become more robust, as well, as the perpetrators are increasingly locat-
ed, charged, and convicted. Staff Sgt. Mack recalls one such recent
incident directed against Durham’s Air1 helicopter in August 2008:
“At approximately 2200 hours, Air1 was airborne at 1,200 feet
over Ajax, Ont., assisting ground officers who were searching for
a reported shotgun-armed individual. Suddenly, both aircrew
were blinded by an intense green light coming from below. The
pilot took immediate evasive action, but the laser beam tracked
the aircraft and re-struck the cockpit about a dozen more times.
Air1’s tactical flight officer was able to employ the forward-look-
ing infrared camera to locate the person holding the laser unit,”
he says. “The incident had been immediately radioed to the
nearby police units that were on the ground regarding the origi-
nal armed-individual report, and they were quickly vectored to
the townhouse in question.”
“A 31-year-old Colombian was located and arrested,” Mack con-
tinues. “Although the Crown Prosecutor asked for a 90-day jail term,
the judge agreed to a plea bargain of time served – which was just
two days – plus a $1,000 fine.”
Under the Aeronautics Act, such misconduct could have resulted
in a maximum fine of $100,000 and/or a five-year jail sentence. The
extreme leniency shown in this representative case – an incident
that left both aircrew with visual-impairment after-effects for a num-
ber of minutes, and definitely impacted safe operation of the aircraft
– provides little deterrent value, and future cases will hopefully see
more aggressive penalties.
As this article was being finalized, word arrived of yet another
laser assault on a police helicopter. On August 16, 2010, an indi-
vidual lasered Calgary’s HAWC1 helicopter during a nighttime patrol
over that city. This is reportedly the 11th such incident – involving
all aircraft types – just in Alberta so far this year (the total for all of
Canada in 2009 was 108 incidents). The crew immediately donned
protective goggles, but these then impair vision for the normal night-
time flight operations. The aircraft was struck two more times during
the 30-minute search for the light source. Police units on the ground
arrested 34-year-old Jason John McConnell, who’s been charged with
one count of obstructing a police officer and one count of mischief
endangering life, plus one charge under the Canadian Aircraft
Regulations, and one under the Aeronautics Act. The three aircrew
on board HAWC1 have been grounded until doctors can confirm
that they suffered no permanent vision damage.
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Jim Di Giovanna is Education Program Manager with the U.S.-based
Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) – which has a very
active Canadian chapter – is well-qualified to comment on a number
of emerging issues. He first tackles technology.
“Operationally, the ‘big three’ remain seeing better in the dark
(i.e., thermal imagers and night-vision goggles), navigation aids
(especially moving-map displays) and communication,” he says.
“There are at least three thermal-imaging companies who are touting
new sensors, in systems offering high definition, digital imagery,
increased magnification, and four-axis stabilization. There are also
impressive capabilities being developed for covert high-altitude sur-
veillance with long-lens cameras and a digital downlink – but that
requires a fixed-wing aircraft, not a helicopter. . . and currently that
long-lens camera system usually costs more than the aircraft!”
Di Giovanna continues, “More and more agencies are converting
to NVGs, but there are new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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A potential for police operations, the one-pound, 28-1/2-inch wingspan
Wasp-III from AeroVironment has an endurance of 45 minutes, an
operating altitude of 500 to 1,000 feet, and can carry an electro-optical
camera or an IR imager. (Photo by AeroVironment, Inc.)
regs regarding NVG use and cockpit lighting that are making this
conversion much more expensive. A few police agencies have asked
for waivers to those regulations, and the FAA is still reviewing that.
Lastly, the newer compact digital multiband radios are by far the
comms unit of choice. . . their weight-to-capability ratio is unsur-
passed,” he says.
Training and professional-development qualifications are another
area where Di Giovanna foresees both challenges and new progress.
“I think recruitment of qualified aircrew will become increas-
ingly difficult unless incentive programs are established to attract
individuals to join an air unit, as well as government support for the
flight training to let individuals acquire all the pilot ratings needed
to do the job,” he suggests.
Di Giovanna says cost issues are forcing police agencies to look
outside that profession to acquire helicopter pilots instead of taking
a trained police officer and teaching him/her to be a pilot. “There are
many pros and cons on this issue,” he goes on, “but in my opinion,
the most mission-effective crew is a sworn police-officer pilot and a
sworn-officer TFO.”
He also notes that ALEA, which has offered various training
courses for police aircrew for a long time, is expanding those efforts
even further.
“Beginning in 2011 at our annual conference in New Orleans,
we’ll be offering a certified Advanced Thermal Imagery
Thermographers Course on-site for attendees,” he reveals. “Also, we
are developing an Advanced Tactical Flight Officers Course in con-
junction with American Eurocopter’s AS350 full-motion level-7
simulator. This will be ALEA’s first venture into scenario-based train-
ing using a simulator, and we hope to offer this course two times a
year in Grand Prairie, Texas, beginning in the summer of 2011.”
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Perhaps the most radical scenario for the future is one that takes
manned police patrol helicopters out of the skies almost entirely –
replaced by small, lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Don Shinnamon is chief of police for Port St. Lucie, Fla., a veteran
helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, and chairman of the aviation
committee of the International Association grams – will be naturals for operating $&+$1*,1*3/$<,1*),(/'
of Chiefs of Police. He has some eye-open- UAVs,” Shinnamon says. “The on-scene From the future implementation of UAVs
ing thoughts on this subject. incident commander will be able to access to the ongoing challenges of recruitment,
“I think the future for police aviation is the downlinked images, make the appro- training and justifying costs, there’s little
unmanned aircraft,” he flatly states. “The priate decisions, and assign ground doubt that the aerial policing landscape is
technology is already here today to give us resources in the best-possible manner.” rife with challenges – both in Canada and
the same downlinked video or infrared data “I constantly over-use the word ‘amaz- south of the border. And while the overall
from a one-pound or four-pound hand- ing’ in my discussions about UAVs and goal remains the same in both countries,
launched mini-UAV that we are getting from policing,” Shinnamon sums up with a smile, one thing’s for certain – it will be any-
manned helicopters. With today’s budgetary “but there really is no other way to describe thing but the status quo in the months
environment – and those pressures are their capabilities and potential.” and years ahead.
going to continue for years – I don’t think
all of the current police air units are going to
survive in their current form. UAVs can be a
very cost-effective alternative.”
One current obstacle is that the FAA in
the U.S. so far will not allow routine use of
non-military UAVs in the national airspace
system. Shinnamon also sits on a technical
working group of the National Institute of
Justice, which is working with the FAA to
create a memorandum of understanding
that would allow law-enforcement agencies
to use the very-small (less than four pounds)
UAVs, and he’s hoping for a deal by the end
of this year.
“Such units – say, a one-pound, hand-
launched UAV – offer a max of 45 to 50
minutes in the air from a full charge on the
battery,” he explains. “I can see these being
extremely useful in a scenario where a
patrol car rolls up on a robbery that’s just
occurred, or a missing child or wandering
Alzheimer’s patient situation, and the officer
opens the trunk, takes out a ‘pelican’ case,
launches the UAV, and within minutes is
able to access video and/or thermal imagery
of the immediate vicinity.”
Shinnamon specifically noted two prod-
ucts from Monrovia, Calif.-based
AeroVironment (www.avinc.com ) as being
appropriate for police duty: the “micro-air-
vehicle” Wasp-III and the slightly larger
Raven RQ-11B. The one-pound, 28-1/2-inch-
wingspan Wasp has an endurance of 45
minutes, an operating altitude of 500 to
1,000 feet, and can carry an electro-optical
camera or an IR imager. The 4.2-pound
Raven has a 54-inch wingspan, an endur-
ance of 90 to 110 minutes (based on either
a rechargeable battery or a single-use bat-
tery), a typical operating altitude of 100 to
500 feet, a speed of 17 to 44 knots, and a
range of 6.2 miles (10 km). Its payload can
be a forward and side-look EO or infrared
camera. Both hand-launched micro-UAVs
can use the same ground control station.
“As has been noted in other contexts
like the military, today’s generation of
young people – weaned on video games
and rather sophisticated computer pro-

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hen the economy is bad, helicopters don’t get
flown as much. And when helicopters are ground-
ed, helicopter MROs suffer. After checking with
operators and manufacturers from coast to coast,
messages sound eerily similar.
“We have seen a drop in our level of MRO
activity in the range of 15 per cent in the last 18 months largely due
to a decline in utility flight hours, which is a direct result of less
exploration,” says Gordon Kay, director of Customer Service with
Eurocopter Canada Limited (ECL). “A decline in the number of
flying hours...[plus] our aggressive drive to reduce DMCs by
increasing the TBO for many of our components has resulted in a
decrease in available work.”
Mike Guntner (Senior), president and DOM of Essential
Turbines in Dorval, Que., says the economic slowdown has nega-
tively affected business. “Our customers haven’t been able to pick
up contracts, so if they don’t fly, they don’t break or time out their
engines. When they do fly, they have to wait to get paid. This trick-
les down to the overhaul shops who also have to wait for payment.
. .We are coming off two of the toughest years since we started our
business in 1994.”
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LEFT: AMEs at Dorval, Que.-based
Essential Turbines have helped
combat the recession by working
more flexible hours. (Photo
courtesy of Essential Turbines)
BELOW: AMEs work on the
Essential Turbines’ B15 Test Cell.
(Photo courtesy of Essential
Turbines)
Two B.C. operators have similar stories. Hugh Andrews, presi-
dent and owner of Aero-Smith Heli Service in Coombs, says the
current economic reality means times are tight. Over in Abbotsford,
Cathy Press, president/chief flight instructor of Chinook
Helicopters, reports the firm was busy for six months after the
recession hit, but things have slowed. “That’s how long it usually
takes for a change in the economy to filter down to us,” she says.
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The helicopter MRO business has never been one for the faint-
hearted. Entrepreneurs have to raise millions of dollars in capital –
much of it in the form of loans – to lease or buy hangars, obtain
cutting-edge testing equipment, metal-working mills and tools,
engine repair facilities, paint booths, the list literally goes on and on.
Then there’s the never-ending task of finding and keeping qualified
engineers, attracting clients, and staying in line with Transport
Canada regulations. Even during boom times, meeting all of these
requirements successfully is no mean feat.
In a business like this, a recession is like seawater eating into a
sand castle. It threatens to erode – perhaps collapse – the result of
much hard work and skills accumulation. Perhaps this explains why
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Eurocopter Canada has introduced a customer loyalty program, Rotor Rewards, to help offset the effects of the recession. Here, AMEs work on
the airframe repair jig for the AS-350/355 series. (Photo courtesy of Eurocopter Canada)
helicopter MROs are so dogged in their refusal to quit when the
going gets tough. Because they don’t quit; even when things get as
bad as Guntner says they are.
So, how has Essential Turbines coped with the recession? First,
the company reorganized internally, to find economies. Next, they
did not replace personnel when they left. “Rather than hire new staff,
our employees are helping out by working overtime,” Guntner says.
This may seem strange – having existing staff work more hours
rather than hiring new staff to work fewer – but the costs associated
with hiring new employees (Workman’s Compensation, pension,
and other related expenses) are substantial for any employer. By
pitching in, Essential Turbines’ employees are helping the company
rein in costs while boosting revenues. When both sides of a company
work together like this, both sides win.
Essential Turbines has also done something new and different: It
hired a professional to help market its services. “We have never had
a salesman, because we never needed one,” Guntner explains. But
with shrinking demand for its services, Essential Turbines knows it
has to appeal to new prospects in order to keep going. The good
news?: “Our overhaul shop is now busy,” he says. “The work is com-
ing in from our core Canadian operators.”
Aero-Smith Heli Services is also seeing an upswing in busi-
ness, due to a revival of the logging and mineral sectors in B.C.
“After the recession hit, the logging companies stopped cutting,”
Andrews explains. “Instead, they sold lumber from their existing
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inventories, in a bid to keep costs down. Well, the time has come
when they’ve had to resume logging to restock those inventories.
This has resulted in a resumption of heli-logging, which is good
for us. Meanwhile, mining is big again – especially gold. So,
between them, these two sectors are really helping us out.”
Eurocopter Canada is also betting on enhanced MRO capa-
bilities to attract more business. These include the installation of
an EC-120 test bench and offering structural repair for the
AS-350 line of helicopters. “ECL has also introduced a customer
loyalty program, Rotor Rewards,” says Kay. “Developed to meet
our customer’s’ needs, the program includes tailor-made support
programs, promotions and perks as well as a new range of dis-
counts and rewards.”
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Chinook Helicopters’ Press has seen some improvement in her MRO
business this year, compared to 2009. To conserve resources, she has
also kept as much work in-house as possible; while bringing in third-
party customers where she can. Things are looking better this year,
compared to 2010: “It feels like a normal business period – albeit a slow
one – rather than a crash,” she says.
So, how does Chinook Helicopters weather an economic storm? By
moving into a bigger facility and buying aircraft, of course! Construction
of the company’s shiny new hangar at the Abbotsford airport was
started before the recession hit and by the time the hangar was ready
for occupancy in October 2009, times were tough. But Press decided to
go ahead with the move. “It was really too late to turn back, and
besides, moving into a bigger, better space made us look prosperous,”
she laughs. “That’s a good impression to make during a recession, don’t
you think?”
Fortunately, Chinook Helicopters’ flight school succeeded in
attracting a large number of European students, in addition to its local
Canadian base. Subsequently, Press was able to keep paying the bills
and hang in until the economy started to improve, which it has.
But why did she purchase two Robinson R22s and a Bell Jet
Ranger? The short answer is that the deal was too good to resist. “I
got them all below market value, when prices were depressed,” Press
says. “I’m an optimist who believes that if you buy helicopters when
things are slow, eventually the market will pick up and their value
will increase.”
Not everyone agreed with Press’s decision. “My insurance agent
thought I was nuts,” she admits. “But in fact, with the market reviving,
the value of these aircraft has indeed increased since I bought them. So,
they are an investment at the very least. At most, they help us keep up
with our student demand, and give them flight experience in some-
thing besides our Bell 47s.”
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Despite differences in their approaches, each company interviewed had
some common elements in their recession-busting strategies.
They all decided not to take their ball and go home when things
began looking really tough. Instead, each took a long, hard look at their
strengths and weaknesses, and did what they could to maximize the
first by minimizing the second. In practical terms, this meant looking
for new areas where they could attract business, while doing what they
could to keep costs down. Wherever possible, these companies worked
to preserve jobs rather than slashing their workforce, demoralizing the
survivors and then having to find new talent when things inevitably
improve (as they always do).
A willingness to keep taking risks was another key component in
the hopes of post-economic downturn growth – mindful, of course,
that businesses either grow or contract, but never stay static. For
Essential Turbines, the solution was breaking with company tradition
and investing in a salesperson to drum up new business. At Chinook
Helicopters, the gamble was to buy three helicopters and move into a
new facility even when faced with a difficult economy.
Another commonality all four firms share is the ability to stay
focused on the core business, and do whatever they can to improve
quality and enhance customer satisfaction. “At the end of the day, what
keeps you in business is people, not stock market quotes,” says Press.
“Although I pay attention to what’s happening on Wall Street, I know
my livelihood is here in Abbotsford, teaching pilots and repairing heli-
copters. That’s what pays my bills and keeps my people and me
employed. That’s where my attention needs to be, and is.”
“We. . . are proceeding to better serve the market by focusing on
our customers’ needs and reducing the cost of operation,” says Kay.
“Although flying hours are down in general, we have also seen some
bright areas during this downturn (i.e., corporate aircraft and para-
public activity); we are optimistic about the future and are starting to
see positive signs in these segments.”
There is a moral to this tale, and that’s the old cliché that when
the going gets tough, the tough get going. In the case of these heli-
copter MROs, they didn’t just “get going”; they got tougher. That’s
why these MROs are still in business today, and are destined to be in
business tomorrow.
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Continued from page 15
An average of 850 forest fires strike Ontario each year, and many are
“pop-up” fires like this one, covering a fraction of a hectare. (Photo
by Matt Nicholls)
would call it a trade-off as far as fire fighting goes, but it does all
of it equally to the B-2s. And it’s better for our clients. It incor-
porates the Fenestron tail rotor which is safer in the bush; it has
crash worthiness seats; it’s quieter; it’s more fuel efficient. So, all
of those things that the new Jar 27 regulations demand for certi-
fication.”
Ireland agrees, pointing out that although there are draw-
backs, it’s an excellent choice for the various roles it has to play.
“I think it’s a delight to fly, personally,” he says. “It’s not perhaps
as responsive as a smaller machine, but it’s just a function of its
size – it is 35-400 pounds heavier than an A-Star, for example,
so it tends to be less responsive. But that’s just getting used to it.
And yes, it doesn’t jump off the ground. But it will certainly get
you there. . . .it’s also very manoeuvrable; the tail rotor is safe
when you’re moving around in the bush because of the Fenestron
design, so it’s quite an advanced machine.”
Crowell aggrees. “We started with the B2s and we had a
BK-117 and now we’re into what I call the digital aircraft, the
B4,” he says. “It’s added so much computer technology that’s
made it a great platform for our people. There are three GPSs in
that aircraft, it’s got a FADEC system plus another system in case
the FADEC fails, it has the new cargo pods on it, it has wire-
strike kits in all of our aircraft. . . .so we’re moving towards a
safer operation with the latest technology on our aircraft, deliv-
ering what our clients need.”
For Crowell, the addition of the EC-130 B4s is the culmina-
tion of a process to finally bring the MNR fleet to a state of
uniformity – the highest safety and technological standards pos-
sible for his pilots and the many biologists, conservation offers
and other clients that work so hard to ensure Ontario’s natural
resources continue to thrive.
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Profiling the Coast Guard-
Worthy Sikorsky S-92
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In the March/April issue of Helicopters magazine, we introduced a special

series profiling possible replacements for the aging Canadian Coast Guard
fleet. And while the CCG’s 22 aircraft are in good working order and provide
safe and effective delivery of CCG programs, the fleet is 25 to 37 years old
– and changes are on the horizon. In our latest instalment of this special
series, veteran correspondent Peter Pigott profiles the capable Sikorsky S-92.

7
o appreciate the true capabilities of the search and
rescue (SAR) version of the Sikorsky S-92 and its
CHC pilots, one has to locate on a map the Western
Isles of Scotland – specifically Stornoway on the Isle
of Lewis and Sumbugh in the Shetland Islands. Since
2007, four CHC S-92s have been stationed at both
places on behalf of the British Maritime and Coastguard
Agency(MCA). On interviewing Stornoway Training Captain
Richard Dane, one was struck by two things: his nonchalance relat-
ing acts of intense bravery and his enthusiasm for the S-92.
Providing SAR up to the Faroe Islands and from the west coast
of Scotland into the Atlantic, the former Fleet Air Arm pilot has
flown more than 25 rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, including the
V-22 Osprey tilt rotor. Having flown SAR missions in the Sea King
with the Royal Navy, he says the S-92 will outperform that helicop- operated by Cougar Helicopters crashed enroute to the White Rose
ter in every respect. “It’s the most suitable SAR aircraft I have ever oilrigs off Newfoundland. Investigators believe there was a sudden
flown – bar none,” says Dane. “One SAR rescue occurred when one drop in oil pressure, and minutes before the crash, the crew report-
of the crews went out to St. Kildare and rescued a fisherman in ed mechanical problems involving the aircraft’s gearbox. The
high turbulence wind. He had been ‘whacked’ against the cliffs and media reported investigators from the Transportation Safety Board
it required close hovering in the S-92 and close teamwork between were examining the possibility of a broken mounting stud in the
the pilots and rear crew to winch him in. It’s just part of the job – S-92’s main gearbox filter bowl. On March 24, 2009, the U.S.
that’s what I think.” Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instructed owners of
The Sikorsky S-92 became best known to the Canadian public Sikorsky S-92A helicopters to cancel flights until they had replaced
due to unfortunate circumstances. On March 12, 2009, a S-92A a component that has been associated with a fatal crash off

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 Newfoundland. In accordance with a Sikorsky Aircraft Alert
Service Bulletin (ASB), oil filter bowl studs on all Sikorsky S-92A
aircraft were immediately replaced with new steel studs.
Compliance with this ASB was subsequently mandated by an FAA
Airworthiness Directive.
On June 18, 2009, The Transportation Safety Board of Canada
issued an Investigation Update into the Sikorsky S-92A Helicopter
Accident. In summary, it stated that an examination of the MGB
(the main gearbox) indicated there was no loss of main rotor drive
and the main rotor blades were rotating at the time of the impact.
The investigation revealed that, even though the Sikorsky S-92A
MGB was certificated to meet requirements of Part-29 of the
Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR-29) of the United States FAA,
“. . . there is a perception in some areas of the aviation community
that the MGB can be run in a dry state – that is, without lubricating
oil – for 30 minutes.”
“FAR-29 does not require run-dry operation of a gearbox to
meet the 30-minute continued safe operation. Based on the appli-
cable guidance material at the time of certification, the lubrication
failure modes of interest were limited to the failure of external
lines, fittings, valves, and coolers. This practice was consistent
with industry experience, which had found that loss of lubrication
tended to be associated with external devices. Therefore, the pos-
sibility of a failure at the oil filter was considered to be extremely
remote.” Because of the fracture of the filter bowl-mounting studs,
which caused a loss of a large quantity of oil, the certification guid-
ance material was being reviewed.
Nearly a month after the crash, on April 8, 2009, the Canada-
Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB)

LEFT: Since 2007, four CHC S-92 Search and Rescue (SAR) versions have
been stationed at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and Sumbugh in the
Shetland Islands on behalf of the British Maritime and Coastguard
Agency (MCA). (Photo courtesy of CHC)

BELOW AND BELOW LEFT: Cougar Helicopters continues to successfully

fly the S-92 for its operations in spite of an accident on March 12, 2009,
when a S-92A crashed enroute to the White Rose oilrigs off
Newfoundland. (Photo courtesy of Cougar Helicopters)

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The S-92’s combination of power and safety options makes it an excellent choice not only for the CHC, but for corporations such as the National
Australian Bank. (Photo courtesy of CHC)
opened, “The Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry.” Appointed as
Commissioner The Honourable Robert Wells, Q.C., was to recom-
mend improvements to the safety regime to ensure the risks of
helicopter transportation of offshore workers in the Newfoundland
and Labrador Offshore Area were as low as reasonably practicable.
But the mandate of the inquiry does not include an investigation
into the cause of the crash of the Cougar Helicopter Sikorsky S92A
as that remains the responsibility of the TSB.
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The crash of the S-92 off Newfoundland did little to deter the
government of the United Kingdom. It had selected the Soteria
consortium a month before as the preferred bidder to provide
turnkey search and rescue (SAR) helicopter services for the next
25 years. Soteria is the Greek goddess of safety, deliverance and
preservation from harm – a mission statement that fits well with
the role of delivering a successful SAR service to an island nation
caught between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Made up of Sikorsky Aircraft, CHC Thales and the Royal Bank
of Scotland, the Soteria contract is backed by the Canadian
Commercial Corporation, a crown corporation of the Canadian
government that facilitates Canadian exports by negotiating and
executing government-to-government contracts.
But until it could begin, on Dec. 13, 2005, an interim five-year
contract to provide SAR cover was awarded to CHC Scotia, run-
ning from July 1, 2007 to 2012. Replacing the Sea Kings and
S-91s in use by the Coast Guard would be four CHC S-92s under
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contract to the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA). Ian
McLuskie, SAR business unit leader with CHC, said for the
interim contract, they examined all helicopters available; the
EH101, the EC225 and even the Russian Mi-17. It was deter-
mined, however, that the S-92 best met their requirements for
operating in the outer islands.
And just three months after the Sikorsky machines began
operations, the crew of a Stornoway-based S-92 was recognized
for its bravery when members rescued the 14-man crew of a
Spanish fishing boat after it ran aground under cliffs at St Kilda
in high winds gusting up to 70 knots. Last year, the S-92 helicop-
ters operating in the United Kingdom performed nearly 750 mis-
sions – a SAR record anywhere.
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In a distinct Canadian connection, the previous SAR helicopters the
MCA had been using in Scotland were Sea King variants. Both the
Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy use the CH-124 Sea King.
Captain Alun Tink, MCA deputy chief pilot at Stornoway, says
the S-92 is a superior aircraft in many ways, and is better suited for
SAR applications.“ The S-92 offers significant advances over the old
Sea King,” he says. “It flies faster, higher, has greater performance,
and what that means for the casualty is the S-92 will get to them
quicker. It has a greater chance of getting to them because of the
systems onboard, and being a more modern helicopter, it has sig-
nificant advances in reliability.”
The S-92 can cruise at 151 knots, he says, with a radius of action
of around 200 nautical miles, which means helicopters based in the
Shetlands can fly as far as Bergen in Norway or the Faroe Islands and
still return to base. Auxiliary tanks fitted in the cabin can almost
double the range, although these are bulky and take several hours to
install. The engine performance of the aircraft means it can hold
hovers even in severe downdrafts coming off cliffs, and single-
engined performance is far superior to that of the Sea King.
“When on Aug. 30, 2010, a cruise ship was stranded in the
Arctic, there were concerns in the media about what would have
happened had there been a need for helicopter-borne SAR services.
With its vastness, the Canadian Arctic cannot be compared to other
SAR regions in the world. The hydrographic and climatological con-
ditions of the Arctic maritime environment make the provision of
SAR services in this region particularly challenging. With global
warming, increases in ecotourism activity are forecasted in all of the
northern areas, and based on the results of the Canadian Coast Guard
SAR Needs Analysis, 2007 – Technical Report, the current SAR system
capacity will not be able to meet the increased demand. This is where
the Sikorsky S-92, with its increased range, power and versatility will
be needed.”
The aircraft’s all-weather performance allows it to launch in con-
ditions that would have grounded its predecessor. And given the
severe weather off the coast of Scotland, CHC crews are unanimous
in their praise for the S-92’s Rotor Ice Protection System (RIPS). It
has computer-controlled heating elements in the rotor blades that
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Enhanced features to help
rescues succeed
The commercial version of the S-92 has a number of safety
features that make it Coast Guard-worthy:
• Enhanced ground proximity warning protection
• Three cabin emergency hatches
• Cabin windows that can be jettisoned to make escape
easier
• Emergency flotation and life raft systems
• A fuel containment and supply system using two crash-
worthy fuel cells that keeps fuel away from the cabin and
prevents hazardous spray
• Traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS)
• Weather radar
• Bird strike protection even at the aircraft’s maximum
speed
• Lightning strike protection
• High-energy turbine burst protection
• Fuel tanks are located in the sponsons, instead of below
the passenger compartment, and the simpler, suction-
type fuel system does not have pressurized fuel lines,
thus making the system potentially less hazardous
• The rotors, windshield, engine inlets and drive shaft cov-
ers are designed to withstand impacts by 2.2-pound birds
at 165 knots, a force equal to a 10-pound hammer hitting
a surface at 90 miles per hour
• All seats meet new, tougher crashworthy standards, and
the landing gear uses frangible metal tubing to absorb
excess energy
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are powered by redundant electrical generators. The system pre-
cisely delivers power to the blades to automatically shed ice away
from the main and tail rotor. Icing would have forced a Sea King
crew to take a longer route along the coast, rather than a straight line
over land through dangerous conditions. “De-icing means we can fly
higher and faster,” Tink said. “In the old Sea Kings, to take a casu-
alty from Stornoway to Inverness, we used to have to fly all the way
around the North of Scotland.” With the S-92s, crews are able to fly
up to 8,000 feet in –40 degrees Celsius to go from Stornoway across
country to Inverness.”
Transport Canada certified in December 2005 that Cougar
Helicopters were cleared to fly their S-92s equipped with RIPS into
known-icing conditions and the 28 new H-92 maritime helicopters
for the Canadian Forces, designated the CH-148 Cyclone, are naval
variants of the S-92 and will possess the same icing clearance.
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The Sikorsky S-92 design “evolved” from that of the S-70 Black
Hawk and Seahawk aircraft. It first flew on Dec. 23, 1998, having
been designed specifically for over-water SAR in difficult environ-
ments such as the North Sea and North Atlantic. The S-92 team
won the Collier Trophy in 2002 and when it was awarded an FAA
type certificate in December 2002, FAA Regional Administrator
Amy Corbett called the aircraft “the world’s safest helicopter.”
The first production S-92 was delivered in late 2004 and the
aircraft was immediately snapped up by companies that service
the resource industry such as Cougar Helicopters Inc., CHC
Helicopter Corp., U.S.-based Petroleum Helicopters Inc. and
Norsk Helikopter of Norway. Given the helicopter’s potential, it
was no surprise that on March 1, 2007, Sikorsky unveiled the first
SAR CHC aircraft at Heli-Expo.
The S-92 commercial helicopter has two GE CT7-8A turbo-
shaft engines driving four blades, and a top speed of 280 kilome-
tres per hour. The “airline” configuration of the S-92 helicopter
seats up to 19 passengers and has a range for fully loaded flights
of up to 476 nautical miles (882 kilometres). Its maximum range
without reserves is 999 kilometres and it cruises at an altitude of
about 4,000 feet. The cabin is six feet high, 6.58 feet wide and 20
feet long.
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The higher levels of safety, reliability and maintainability can be seen
throughout the S-92’s design, especially in the cockpit, which
Sikorsky calls a “modern pilot workstation.” It features a Rockwell
Collins avionics package that displays flight-critical data on six-inch
by eight-inch, colour, liquid-crystal, multifunction displays and
includes dual flight-management systems with integrated control of
the flight director.
The SAR S-92 is fitted with a Honeywell Primus 701 full-colour
weather/search radar, and has a Chelton 935-11 direction finder. A
Saab SAR AIS transponder – an onboard maritime automated identi-
fication system – is also fitted. The instrument panel was reduced in
width, compared with earlier designs, to improve the pilots’ field of
view. Situational awareness can also be enhanced through the addi-
tion of weather radar data with a flight path overlay, a forward-
looking infrared system and a digital moving map. The cockpit is
night-vision-goggle-compatible and can simulate one-engine inop-
erative conditions for training purposes.
A SkyTrac satellite communications and tracking system allows
the aircraft to communicate over long distances or beyond line of
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sight. Crews regularly use the system to call hikers or climbers in
distress on their mobile phones directly, allowing the airmen to
assess the situation before they arrive.
A Toshiba Toughbook laptop contains detailed Ordnance Survey
and topographical maps, combined with terrain information allow-
ing them to be viewed in 3-D. It allows the crews to plan their routes
in and out, particularly during onshore rescues.
But nothing demonstrates the 24/7 reliability of the Sikorsky bet-
ter than this: At the MCA stations at Stornoway and Sumbugh, the
S-92s are maintained at 15 minutes’ notice to launch. “So when it’s
scrambled, we have to get up and out within 15 minutes,” explained
Dane. “We are on call from eight in the morning to 10 at night.
Overnight we are 45-minute standby, which allows the captain to be
called at home, given the details of the mission, drive to the base,
and brief the crew and scramble the aircraft.” How many callouts the
crews do is up to the weather. But Dane maintains it is in the vicin-
ity of 200 callouts annually.
When asked why he thinks the S-92 is the best aircraft for SAR
Dane says: “It’s the perfect combination of things: for mountain work,
it’s not susceptible to updrafting and down drafting – that’s because of
its mass and power. It’s extremely manoeuverable in the mountains –
holds its position quite well. It’s not too large or too small; it’s very
agile, has good response. The terrain avoidance radar has a 3-D colour
map, which gives us excellent terrain awareness, enabling the S-92 to
operate with better terrain awareness in a low level environment. And
the speed is better than most helicopters today.”
In terms of a SAR platform, Dane was even more enthusiastic. “The
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S-92 is the most suitable aircraft in a variety of ways: it is extremely
powerful, as each engine produces up to 2,750 horsepower. This is
needed, especially in poor conditions. It’s also got masses of room in
the back – you can stand up inside it – something you need to do for
medical care. Standing up in another aircraft is not an option. It can
take up to nine to 10 emergency rescue personnel, and we have an
internal auxiliary fuel tank which gives up to 6,600 pounds. of fuel,
giving the radius of action of about 270 nautical miles. This means we
can spend 30 minutes at sea, 15 minutes hovering at speed which is
an exceptional radius of action without refuel.”
When asked to illustrate the S-92’s effectiveness, Dane was quick
to answer. He recalled one rescue where the crew picked up an
injured hiker from the vicinity of the Kyle of Locklash. It was a full
IFR transit (across the Minch) at night with very low clouds, in driv-
ing rain and pitch darkness.
“We were able to conduct an IMC (Instrument Meteorological
Conditions) letdown into very restricted water space,” says Dane.
“Then I flew the aircraft using radar in an approach mode just off the
beach into this loch. Using infrared combined with the Nightsun
searchlight, I flew the aircraft visually up a couple of valleys to get to
him and winch him to safety. The S-92 was then climbed out of there
virtually vertical and we got him to hospital.”
Carey Bond, president of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, echoes
Dane’s assessment of the S-92, adding that the aircraft would be a
good choice for any coast guard. “The SAR S-92 helicopters today,”
he says, “are doing exactly what our company founder, Igor Sikorsky,
always knew that a helicopter would do – save lives.”
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Sub Base: La Sarre, QC
Key Personnel: Bertrand Perron,
President/Director of Operations; Todd
Reicher, PRM; Robert Fauteaux,
Western Manager; Pierre Michaud,
Eastern Manager; Troy Bridgemean, CP
Fleet: (1) AS 350BA, (1) AS 350BA+
(12) AS 350BA FX2, (3) AS 350B2, (1)
AS 350 SOLOY, (1) B205A-1
$(5,$/5(&21/7'
Box 19, Site 1, RR 9
Calgary, AB T2J 5G5
Tel: 403-508-1700
Fax: 403-508-1708
website: www.r44.ca
e-mail: eric@r44.ca
Main Base: Calgary
Key Personnel: Eric Gould.
Fleet: (8) R44 - Sales & Leasing Only
$+/67520$,5/7'
Box 39
Alhambra, AB T0M 0C0
Tel: 403-721-2203
Fax: 403-721-2242
website: www.helinordegg.com
e-mail: ahlair@telusplanet.com
Main Base: Nordegg
Key Personnel: Ray Ahlstrom, Pres;
Michael Helsch, CP/Ops Mgr
Fleet: (1) AS 350B SD2
$,5%251((1(5*<62/87,216/7'
PO Box 1229, Hangar 1
Whitecourt, AB T7S 1P1
Tel: 780-778-3080
Toll Free: 1-888-496-3222
Fax: 780-778-6652
website: www.airbornesolutions.com
e-mail: info@airbornesolutions.com
Main Base: Whitecourt, AB
Key Personnel: Tony Hunley,
President/CEO; Allan Tomke, Op Mgr;
Rob Wharf, Director of Maintenance;
Doug Brown, CP Rotorcraft
Fleet: (2) Robinson RH22, (6)
Robinson RH44, (21) Robinson RH44
Raven II (RH44 II), (10) Bell 206 B
(B206), (2) Bell 205 A1-17, (4) AS350
BA, (1) AS350 B3, (3) Piper Navajo
PA-31, (1) Cessna 208 Caravan, (2)
Cessna 172, (2) Cessna 206, (1)
Cessna 177, (1) Beech KingAir 350,
(1) King Air 200.
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
$9,$/7$+(/,&237(50$,17(1$1&(
/7'
RR #1, Site 2, Box 36,
Villeneuve Airport
St. Albert, AB T8N 1M8
Tel: 780-460-1800
Fax: 780-460-1802
e-mail: avialta@avialta.com
Main Base: Villeneuve Airport
Key Personnel: Rod Wood, President;
Jared Doell, DOM; Paul Horvatis,
Sales Mgr
Fleet: B212, B407, B205, B206,
B206L, AS350
%,*+251+(/,&237(56,1&
10510-20th Avenue
Blairmore AB T0K 0E0
Tel: 403-562-8442
Fax: 250-489-6139
website: www.bighorn.ca
e-mail: bighorn@cyberlink.bc.ca
Main Base: Cranbrook, BC
Key Personnel: Clay Wilson, Pres; Jim
Drozduk, Ops Mgr; Janice Wilson, Ctlr
& SMS QA Mgr; Carson Damm, PRM
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B, (1) AS350B2, (1)
AS350B3, (1) Hughes 500D, (1)
AS350S02, (1) BK117A4
%/$&.6:$1+(/,&237(56/7'
Box 263, 4602 - 50 Avenue
Berwyn, AB T0H 0E0
Tel: 780-338-2964
Toll Free: 1-877-475-4774
Fax: 780-338-3054
website:
www.blackswanhelicopters.com
e-mail: blackswanhelicopters@shaw.ca
Key Personnel: Wayne Johnson, Ops
Manager/ CP; Sean Smith, DOM.
Fleet: (1) B206B, (6) R44, (1)
AS350B2
&$/*$5<32/,&(6(59,&($,5
683325781,7
1902 McCall Landing NE
Calgary, AB T2E 9B5
Tel: 403-567-4150
Fax: 403-567-4199
website: www.calgarypolice.ca
e-mail: hawc1@calgarypolice.ca
Main Base: Calgary Police Service
Hawcs Hangar
Key Personnel: Cameron Dutnall, CP;
Scott Conlin, CE; Sgt. Michelle Cave,
Unit Sgt.
Fleet: (2) EC120
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
40, 12021 - 121 Street
Edmonton, AB T5L 4H7
Tel: 780-429-6900
Fax: 780-429-6967
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
e-mail: edmonton.office@
canadianhelicopters.com
Head Office: Les Cedres, QC
Key Personnel: Don Wall, President &
CEO; Mark Olson, Vice President
Operations Canada; Bob MacKay, Vice
President Special Projects; Charlie
Morgan, Marketing/Sales Manager
Fleet: AS350B/D, AS350BA, AS350B2,
B206B/B3, B206L, B206L1, B212
(IFR & VFR), R22B/B2, R44, R44II,
S61N, S76A, EC120B, AW139
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
Box 7, Site 1, RR 1
Fort McMurray, AB T9H 5B5
Tel: 780-743-4888
Fax: 780-791-1895
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
101, 10910 Airport Drive
Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7Z5
Tel: 780-532-2047
Fax: 780-532-5878
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
High Level Airport
High Level, AB Tel: 780-926-2686
Fax: 780-926-5099
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
Site 638, Comp 1, RR 2
Lac La Biche, AB T0A 2C2
Tel: 780-623-2109
Fax: 780-623-3326
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
'(/7$+(/,&237(56/7'
13-26004 TWP RD 544
Sturgeon County AB T8T 0B6
Toll Free: 1-800-665-3564
Fax: 780-458-3591
website: www.deltahelicopters.com
e-mail:
akahovec@deltahelicopters.com
Main Base: St. Albert, Alberta
Key Personnel: Paul Stubbs, Ops Mgr.
Fleet: Bell 206ís - 204ís
(=$,5,1&
Suite 203, 63 Airport Road, Building
19, City Centre Airport
Edmonton, AB T5G 0W6
Tel: 780-453-2085
Fax: 780-453-2080
website: www.e-zair.com
e-mail: admin@e-zair.com
Main Base: Edmonton City Centre
Key Personnel: Ezra Bavly, Pres/Ops
Mgr/CFI; Dror Bavly, CE
Fleet: (1) Robinson R44, (1) Bell 206
($*/(&237(56/7'
823 McTavish Road NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7G9
Tel: 403-250-7370
Toll Free: 1-800-564-6469
Fax: 403-250-7110
website: www.eaglecopters.com
Main Base: Calgary International
('02172132/,&(6(59,&(
9620 - 103A Ave.
Edmonton, AB T5H 0H7
Tel: 780-408-4218
Fax: 780-496-8585
website: www.police.edmonton.ab.ca
e-mail: eps@police.edmonton.ab.ca
Key Personnel: S/Sgt Dave Berry,
Member i/c EPS Flight Opsr; Cst.
Vernon Zelent, CP, Cst. Jim Pennie,
Chief Tactical Flight Officer.
Fleet: (2) EC120B
(/%2:5,9(5+(/,&237(56/7'
412 Otter Bay, Springbank Airport,
Calgary, AB T3Z 3S6
Tel: 403-202-2019
Toll Free: 1-877-203-2019
Fax: 403-202-2069
Website: www.elbowriverheli.com
e-mail: elbowriverheli@telus.net
Key Personnel: Ronald Bruce
Holloway, Owner/Ops Manager; Tory
Lewis, Maintenance Manager; Alex
Edwards, Chief Pilot; Glori Bragg,
Stores Manager
Fleet: (2) Bell 206L3, (1) Bell 212, (1)
Bell 407
*(0,1,+(/,&237(56,1&
10911-123 St
Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7Z3
Tel: 780-402-2444
Fax: 780-402-2448
website: www.geminihelicopters.com
Main Base: Grande Prairie, High
Level, AB
Key Personnel: Roch Dallaire,
President; Todd Tkach, Chief Pilot;
Chris Dallaire, DOM; Mark Halwas,
Ops Mgr; Paul Caldarone, Company
Check Pilot; Brian Halbert, Marketing
Manager
Fleet: (3) EC120, (6) R44, (4) AS350
*/$&,(5+(/,&237(56/7'
155A MacLaurin Drive
Calgary, AB T3Z 3S4
Tel: 403-202-7662
Fax: 403-539-7052
website: www.glacierhelicopters.ca
e-mail: info@glacierhelicopters.ca
Main Base: Springbank Airport,
Calgary AB
Key Personnel: Paul Tigchelaar,
Owner/Chief Pilot.
Fleet: (1) B206B-II, (1) R44-II

*8$5',$1+(/,&237(56,1&
538 Hurricane Dr, Springbank Airport
Calgary, AB T3Z 3S8
Tel: 403-730-6333
Fax: 403-730-6312
e-mail:
gkowal@guardianhelicopters.com/
chiefpilot@guardianhelicopters.com
Main Base: Springbank Airport, AB
Key Personnel: Graydon Kowal,
Operations Manager; Bruce Macdonald,
Chief Pilot; Brent Allard, PRM
Fleet: (2) Bell 205A-1, (1) Bell 206L1/3,
(3) AS350BA, (3) Bell206B, (1)
AS350B2, (2) AS350B3, (1) MD 530F
+(/,4:(67$9,$7,21,1&
Site 2, Box 97, RR 1
St. Albert, AB T8N 1M8
Tel: 780-458-3005
Toll Free: 1-888-451-4621
Fax: 780-458-3336
website: www.heliqwest.com
e-mail: info@heliqwest.com
Main Base: Villeneuve Airport, AB
Key Personnel: Robert Chalifoux,
Pres/GM; Chris Bernard, COO; Al
Shewchenko, DOM
Fleet: (5) Bell 205, (2), KMAX, (1)Bell
212, (1) 206B2
+,:22'+(/,&237(56/7'
Site 8, Box 84, RR 1
Okotoks, AB T1S 1A1
Tel: 403-995-4124
Fax: 403-995-4162
website: www.hiwood.ca
e-mail: info@hiwood.ca
Main Base: Okotoks, AB
Key Personnel: Paul Kendall,
President
Fleet: (2) AS350B2, (2)SA315B LAMA
+,*+/$1'+(/,&237(56/7'
+,*+/$1'+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 1774
Lac la Biche, AB T0A 2C0
Tel: 780-623-7638
Toll Free: 1-877-273-6161
Fax: 780-623-3709
website: www.highland.ca
e-mail: laclabiche@highland.ca
Base: Lac la Biche, AB, Main Base:
Richmond, BC
Key Personnel: Mark Tartal, Base
Manager
Fleet: Bell 206L3 Longranger
,&(),(/'+(/,&237(572856
.$1$1$6.,6+(/,72856
Box 146
Lake Louise, AB T0L 1E0
Tel: 403-721-2100
Toll Free: 1-888-844-3514 /
403-881-2500
Fax: 403-721-3779
website: www.icefieldheli.com &
www.kheli.com
e-mail: info2@icefieldheli.com
Main Base: Cline River, AB (CCR5) &
Kananaskis Nakoda (CNK7)
Fleet: (1) B2206L-3, (5) B206B, (2)
AS350
.$1$1$6.,602817$,1
+(/,&237(56/7'
Box 2, Site 7, RR 2
Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 2A2
Tel: 403-844-4443
Fax: 403-844-4499
website: www.icefieldheli.com or
www.heliproductions.com or
www.kmheli.com or www.kheli.com
e-mail: ralph@kmheli.com
Main Base: Rocky Mountain House
Tour Base: Cline River, AB
Tour Base: Nakoda, AB
Key Personnel: Ralph Sliger,
President/Ops Mgr; Rejean Lavoie,
V.P. Finance, Rob Anderson - Chief
23(5$7256',5(&725<
3(5(*5,1(+(/,&237(56
102 Allen Cove
Hinton, AB T7V 2A6
Tel: 780-865-3353
Fax: 780-817-5503
website:
www.peregrinehelicopters.com
e-mail:
peregrinehelicopters@gmail.com
Main Base: Hinton, AB
Key Personnel: Brad Armstrong, Pres;
Steve Wotton, CP; John Saunders.
Fleet: (1) B206B3 Jet Ranger, (1)
B206 L3 Longranger
3+2(1,;+(/,)/,*+7,1&
RR 1, Site 1, Box 6
Fort McMurray, AB T9H 5B4
Tel: 780-799-0141
Toll Free: 1-888-715-9245
Fax: 780-791-0355
website: www.phoenixheliflight.com
Main Base: Fort McMurray Regional
Airport
Key Personnel: Paul Spring,
President; Arthur Volckaert, DOM;
Darrel Peters, CP
Fleet: (2) EC120B, (1) AS350B2, (1)
EC130B4, (1) AS355N, (1) AS355NP,
(1) AS350B3
35(&,6,21+(/,&237(56,1&
PO Box 22132
Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6X1
Tel: 780-538-1155
Toll Free: 1-877-545-5455
Fax: 780-532-3377
e-mail: john@gpwins.ca
Main Base: Grande Prairie, AB
Key Personnel: John Carlton, GM;
Jack Budd, Ops Mgr
Fleet: (1) AS350B, (1) AS350BA, (1)
AS350SD2
5,/3$(17(535,6(6/7'
480 Aviation Way NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7G3
Tel: 403-275-3035
Fax: 403-275-3312
e-mail: cherylm@rilpa.com
Main Base: Calgary
Key Personnel: Ken L. Mizera, Pres;
Kim L. Mizera, Manager Quality Control;
Bruce Woodruff, AME Supervisor.
52725:25.6,1&
PO Box 86, Whitecourt Airport
Whitecourt, AB T7S 1N3
Tel: 780-778-6600
Fax: 780-648-2029
website: www.rotorworks.com
e-mail: info@rotorworks.com
Main Base: Whitecourt
Key Personnel: Jim Hofland; Ryan
Cluff; David Buckland
Fleet: (2) R22 Robinson, (2) R44
Robinson
6+81'$+(/,&237(56(59,&(/7'
PO Box 463
Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1A4
Tel: 403-845-2534
Fax: 403-845-3133
Key Personnel: Jochen Rubeling,
Pres; Sharon Rubeling, Admin
Fleet: (1) AS350B, (2) Robinson R44
Raven II
6/$9(/$.(+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 1160
Slave Lake, AB T0G 2A0
Tel: 780-849-6666
Fax: 780-849-6007
Website: www.slheli.com
e-mail: slheli@telusplanet.net
Main Base: Slave Lake
Key Personnel: George Kelham, Pres/
Owner; Debbie Kelham, Owner,
George Kelham, CP; Peter Betz, DOM
#206, 20 Perron Street
St. Albert, AB T8N 1E4
Tel: 780-459-5661
Fax: 780-459-5669
website: www.highland.ca
e-mail: edmonton@highland.ca
Main Base: 4240 Agar Drive,
Richmond BC, V7B 1A3
Tel: 604-273-6161; Fax: 604-273-
6088 Key Personnel: Dave Warwick.
Fleet: (24) Bell 206B, (2) Bell 206
L-3, (2) AS 350 BA, (13) AS 350 B-2.
+,*+/$1'+(/,&237(56/7'
5723-6th Ave, Box 6486
Edson, AB T7E 1T9
Tel: 780-723-6422
Fax: 780-723-7595
website: www.highland.ca
e-mail: edson@highland.ca
Base: Edson, AB
Key Personnel: Rod Estey, Base
Engineer
Pilot, Jeff Lambert - DOM
Fleet: (5) 206B3, (1) 206L3, (1)
AS350BA, (1) AS350FX2
0$5/,1+(/,&237(56,1&
PO Box 5
Clairmont, AB T0H 0W0
Tel: 780-532-8233
Fax: 780-532-2516
Main Base: Grande Prairie, AB
Key Personnel: Merle Morrison, Pres/
Ops Mgr/CP/Dir of Maintenance
Fleet: (1) B206B, (1) AS350B2
0867$1*+(/,&237(56,1&
Box 696
Red Deer, AB T4W 5G6
Tel: 403-885-5220
Fax: 403-885-5240
website: www.mustangheliopters.com
e-mail: info@mustanghelicopters.com
Main Base: Red Deer
Key Personnel: Garry Thomson, Ops
Mgr; Nigel Day, CP, Alin Cote, DOM,
Frederic Allard, President.
Fleet: (7) MD369D, (9) AS350B2, (4)
205A1, (1) 206 III
October/November/December 2010 +(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRP
5(027(+(/,&237(561:7/7'
PO Box 1340
Slave Lake, AB T0G 2A0
Tel: 780-849-2222
Main Base: Slave Lake, AB
Key Personnel: Jeff. Lukan, Pres;
Brian Rosche, Ops Mgr.; Kevin
Hickling, CP; Keith Mercer, DOM
Fleet: (1) B204B, (2) B206B, (2) B212,
(3) AS 350B2, (2) AS 350BA
5,'*(527256,1&
PO Box 86
Blue Ridge, AB T0E 0B0
Tel: 780-648-2063
Toll Free: 1-877-242-4211
Fax: 780-648-2065
website: www.ridgerotors.com
e-mail: ridgerotors@ridgerotors.com
Main Base: Blue Ridge, AB and
Tumbler Ridge, BC
Key Personnel: Hans Nogel, Ops Mgr
Fleet: (2) B206B3, (1) AS350 B2, (2)
R44
Fleet: (4) AS350B2, (1) Bell 206B3,
(1) EC120B
6/2$1+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 251
Kinuso, AB T0G 1K0
Tel: 780-849-4456
Toll Free: 1-888-SLOAN10
Fax: 866-281-6662
website: www.sloanhelicopters.com
e-mail: kim.rossi@sloanhelicopters.com
Bases: Kinuso AB, Slave Lake AB
Key Personnel: Kim Rossi, Ops Mgr/
CP, Troy Sloan, Owner/Pilot; Matt
Willemsen, PRM.
Fleet: (2) RH44, (1) EC120B
67$5+(/,&237(56/7'
Box 2025
Cold Lake, AB T9M 1P5
Tel: 780-639-2770
Fax: 780-639-2016
website: www.starhelicopters.com
Main Base: Cold Lake, AB
Key Personnel: Kelly Skorlatowski,
DOM/CP/Ops Mgr
Fleet: (3) Bell 206B3, (1) AS350B2
 23(5$7256',5(&725<
67$56$9,$7,21&$1$'$,1&
1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570
Calgary, AB T2E 8M7
Tel: 403-295-1811
Fax: 403-275-4891
website: www.stars.ca
e-mail: info@stars.ca
Main Base: Calgary
Fleet: (5) BK117, (1) AW139
:22'%8))$/2+(/,&237(56 $/3(1+(/,&237(56/7' $6&(17+(/,&237(56/7'
273 Barber Drive Hangar #8, 5333 216th Street Qualicum Beach Airport, Hangar A3,
Fort McMurray, AB T9K 2J4 Langley, BC V2Y 2N3 Box 235
Tel: 780-743-5588 Tel: 604-868-4354 Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1S8
Fax: 780-743-5586 Fax: 604-532-8719 Tel: 250-752-2981
website: e-mail: alpen@alpenhelicopters.com Fax: 250-752-2983
www.woodbuffalohelicopters.ca Main Base: Langley e-mail: tlemke@ascentaerospace.ca
e-mail: Key Personnel: Robert Owens, President Key Personnel: Trent Lemke,
operations@woodbuffalohelicoters.ca Fleet: (1) 206B-II, (1) B206L-3, (3) President, Ewald Lemke, Office
Main Base: Fort McMurray, AB B206L-1, (1) 206B-III Manager; Al Hansson, Director of
7$,*$+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 1919, Site 3
Whitecourt, AB T7S 1P6
Tel: 780-778-3674
Toll Free: 1-800-651-6323
Fax: 780-778-3854
website: www.taigahelicopters.com
e-mail: taigah@telus.net
Main Base: Whitecourt
Key Personnel: Fred Prufer, Pres/Ops
Mgr/CP; Paul Law, DOM
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B3, (2) AS350D
7+(%$&+$+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 7866
Edson, AB T7E 1V9
Tel: 780-723-4180
Fax: 780-723-4187
website:
www.thebachahelicopters.ca
e-mail:
admin@thebachahelicopters.ca
Main Base: Edson
Key Personnel: Kim Hornsby, Pres/
DOM; Bob Skinner, Asst. Ops Mgr.
Fleet: (1) AS350BA, (1) Bell 206B, (1)
AS350B2
75$16&$1$'$3,3(/,1(6/,0,7('
$9,$7,21'(3$570(17
575 Palmer Rd. NE, PO Box 8
Calgary, AB T2E 7G4
Tel: 403-216-7990
Fax: 403-250-7877
website: www.transcanada.com
Key Personnel: Gregory Montgomery,
Director Aviation; Steve Monroe,
Manager/CP, Helicopter Operations
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B, (1) Bell 206 L4
8/75$+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 1188
Grimshaw, AB T0H 1W0
Tel: 780-332-2995
Toll Free: 1-877-332-2995
Fax: 780-332-1851
website: www.ultrahelicopters.com
e-mail: rbrule@ultrahelicopters.com
Main Base: Peace River, AB
Key Personnel: Rene Brule, Pres;
Scott Brickwood, DOM; Diane
Johnson, Office Manger
Fleet: (1) Bell 206L3, (2) Bell 205A1,
(2) Bell 206B, (2) AStar 350FX2
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
Key Personnel: Michael Morin,
President/Ops Mgr; Chris Lambert,
DOM; Peter Jordan, CP; Josh
Brewster, Safety Program Manager.
Fleet: (3) B206B-II, (1) B206L-3, (2)
AS350B2
%5,7,6+&2/80%,$
$%(5'((1+(/,&237(56/7'
6150 Tasa Court
Prince George, BC V2K 4J3
Tel: 250-962-5566
Fax: 250-962-2556
website: www.aberdeenheli.com
e-mail: aberdeen@telus.net
Main Base: Prince George, Quesnel, BC
Key Personnel: Pete McGill, President
Fleet: (1) B206L3, (1) 3206B3
$'9$17$*(+(/,&237(56,1&
1961 44th St. SE
Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1X9
Tel: 250-803-0275
Fax: 250-803-0277
website: www.advantagehelicopters.net
e-mail: al@advantagehelicopters.net
Main Base: Salmon Arm, BC
Key Personnel: Alan Partridge,
President; Scott Partridge,
Maintenance Manager; Manley
Fredlend, Chief Pilot.
Fleet: (1) Bell 204C, (1) Bell 206B
$(5,$/62/87,216,1&
6755 Garnet Road,
Vernon, BC V1H 1P1
Tel: 250-558-5098
Fax: 250-558-5098
e-mail: aerialsolutions@telus.net
Key Personnel: Gerald Richard, President
Fleet: Bell 206L/R+, Bell L4, AS350D2
$,563$1+(/,&237(56
PO Box 1009, 4480 Hilltop Road
Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0
Tel: 604-885-7474
Fax: 604-885-7617
website: airspanhelicopters.com
e-mail: airspan@dccnet.com
Main Base: Sechelt
Key Personnel: Steve Rogers, Pres/
Ops Mgr; Paul Toscak, CP,
Dan McLean, Director of Maintenance
Fleet: (1) Bell206B3, (2) Bell206L3 (1)
Bell205A1-17, (1) Bell206LR, (1)
AS350BA, (2) AS5350 B2
$/3,1(+(/,&237(56/7'
1295 Industrial Road
West Kelowna, BC V1Z 1G4
Tel: 250-769-4111
Fax: 250-769-2040
website: www.alpinehelicopters.com
Main Base: West Kelowna
Sub Bases: Golden, BC; Calgary, AB;
Canmore, AB
Key Personnel: D. Gubbels, VP; S.
Chivers, Director of Operations; B.
Newman, Director of Maintenance; J.
Barker, Chief Pilot
Fleet: (4) Bell 206B3, (6) Bell 206L3,
(8) Bell 407, (19) Bell 212
$/72)7+(/,&237(56(59,&(6/7'
5548 Murray Place
Prince George, BC V2N 3P4
Tel: 250-964-2152
Fax: 250-964-2152
e-mail: altofthelicopters@shaw.ca
Main Base: Prince George
Key Personnel: Greg Altoft, President
Fleet: (1) Bell 206L
$5'8,1,+(/,&237(56/7'
288 Woodland Drive
Williams Lake, BC V2G 4P9
Tel: 250-398-5551
Fax: 250-392-5885
e-mail: arduinihelicopters@telus.net
Main Base: Williams Lake
Key Personnel: Tom Arduini, Ops Mgr
Fleet: (1) B206B -II
$552:+(/,&237(56
2931 Airport Way
Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0
Tel: 250-837-6288
Fax: 250-837-6227
website: www.arrowhelicopters.com
e-mail: admin@arrowhelicopters.com
Main Base: Revelstoke, BC
Key Personnel: Matthew Callaghan,
CP/Owner; Teresa Callaghan, Admin/
Owner; Adrian Schlaefli, DOM; Trevor
Mitchell, Ops Mgr; + 3 Pilots and 1
Base Engineer.
Fleet: (2) AS350BA, (1) AS 350B2
Maintenance.
Fleet: (1) Bell 212 HP, (1) Bell 205A-
1+++
%$,/(<+(/,&237(56/7'
RR 1, Site 7, Comp 19
Fort St. John, BC V1J 4M6
Tel: 250-785-2518
Fax: 250-785-7065
e-mail: doug@baileyhelicopters.com
Main Base: Fort St. John
Key Personnel: Randy Gee, President;
Doug Parrish, GM; Kevin Shead,
DOM; Brad Knighton, Chief Pilot; Rick
Allan, Safety Officer; Eric Mora, Opis
Manager; Tom Halbert, Assistant
Chief Pilot
Fleet: (6) R44, (14) B 206, (2)
B206LR, (2) AS350B, (2) AS350BA,
(2) AS350B2
%$-25(()+(/,&237(56
8173 211 Street
Langley, BC V2V 0B6
Tel: 604-644-2047
e-mail: bajo_reef@hotmail.com
Key Personnel: Michel Lamarche, Pres
Fleet: (1) MD500C
%&+(/,&237(56/7'
1404 Townline Rd.
Abbotsford, BC V2T 6E1
Tel: 604-850-7711
Fax: 604-852-3989
website: www.bchelicopters.com
e-mail: bcheli@telus.net
Main Base: Abbotsford International
Fleet: (1) RH44-II, (5) 300 CBI
%,*+251+(/,&237(56,1&
1817 Theatre Road Box 220
Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H7
Tel: 250-489-2517
Fax: 250-489-6139
website: www.bighorn.ca
e-mail: bighorn@cyberlink.bc.ca
Main Base: Cranbrook, BC
Base Locations: Cralibrook, BC; Ferillie,
BC; Kamloops, BC; Blackmoore, AB;
Spring Bank Airport, AB
Key Personnel: Clay Wilson, Pres; Jim
Drozduk, Ops Mgr; Janice Wilson, Ctlr
& SMS QA Mgr; Carson Damm, PRM
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B, (2) AS350B2, (1)
AS350B3, (1) Hughes 500D, (1)
AS350S02, (1) BK117A4
 23(5$7256',5(&725<
%/$&.+$:.+(/,&237(56,1& %/$&.&20%$9,$7,21 &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' &+&+(/,&237(5&25325$7,21
287 East 24th Avenue 1850 Airport Road RR 1, Site 9, Comp 9 4740 Agar Drive
Vancouver, BC V5V 1Z7 Pemberton, BC Fort St. John, BC V1J 4M6 Richmond, BC V7B 1A3
Tel: 604-240-1580 Tel: 604-938-1700 Tel: 250-787-0431 Tel: 604-276-7500
e-mail: brian@blackhawkhelicopters.ca Toll Free:1-800-330-4354 Fax: 250-787-5120 website: www.chc.ca
Main Base: Vancouver Fax: 604-938-1706 website: www.canadianhelicopters.com e-mail: communications@chc.ca
Key Personnel: Brian Bartel, Ops Mgr; website: www.blackcombaviation.com Main Base: Vancouver International
Mike Tams, CP e-mail: info@blackcombaviation.com &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' South Terminal
Fleet: (2) Robinson R44 Raven II Key Personnel: Steve Flynn - General 400 Fisher Road
Manager, Andrew Bradley - Golden, BC V0A 1H0 &+,122.+(/,&237(56/7'
%/$&.786.+(/,&237(56,1& Operations Manager, Steve Gray - Tel: 250-344-5311 30720 Rotor Drive
46041 Government Road. PO Box 1469 Base Manager, James Rose - D.O.M. Fax: 250-344-5387 Abbotsford, BC V2T 6H5
Squamish BC V8B 0B1 Fleet: (1) AS 350 B2, (1) Bell 407 website: www.canadianhelicopters.com Tel: 604-855-1100
Fax: 604-855-1022
Tel: 604-940-1715
%/$&.&20%+(/,&237(56/7' website: www.chinookhelicopters.com
Fax: 604-940-1735 &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
Sechelt Airport e-mail:
Key Personnel: David Heyes, Gen 2880 Victoria Drive
Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 chinook@chinookhelicopters.com
Mgr; Bob Hawthorne, CP Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
Tel: 604-741-4074 Main Base: Abbotsford International
Fleet: (5) S-64E Tel: 250-847-9444
Fax: 604-740-0811 Key Personnel: Catherine Press,
Fax: 250-847-9662 Operations Manager; Don Grant,
%/$&.&20%$9,$7,21 website: www.blackcombaviation.com website: Chief Engineer
46011 Government Road e-mail: info@blackcombhelicopters.com www.canadianhelicopters.com Fleet: (5) Bell 47 G2, (3) Bell 206, (2)
Squamish, BC V0N 1T0 Key Personnel: Garret Mack, Base
Robinson R44 Ravens
Tel: 604-898-1067 Manager &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
Fleet: (1) 206 B2, (1) AS 355N 4335 Bristol Road
Fax: 604-898-1047 &2$67+(/,&237(5&2//(*(/7'
website: Terrace, BC V8G 0E9 1541 B Kittyhawk Road
www.blackcombaviation.com &&+(/,&237(56/7' Tel: 250-635-2430 Sidney, BC V8L 5A9
e-mail: info@blackcombaviation.com 2975 Airport Road Fax: 250-635-3404 Tel: 250-655-0416
Key Personnel: Ben Hawkins - Base Kamloops, BC V2B 7W8 website: www.canadianhelicopters.com Toll Free: 1-800-409-9270
Manager Tel: 250-376-7790 Fax: 250-655-6210
Fleet: (1) Bell 206, (1) Bell 407 Fax: 250-376-7791 &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' website:
e-mail: info@cc-heli.ca 6301 Captain Bailey Place www.coasthelicoptercollege.com
%/$&.&20%$9,$7,21 Main Base: Kamloops Vernon, BC V1H 1M5 e-mail:
9960 Heliport Road Sub Bases: Lillooet, Williams Lake, Tel: 250-542-6000 fly@coasthelicoptercollege.com
Whistler, BC V0N 1B0 Grand Forks. Fax: 250-542-5681 Key Personnel: Bob Reimer, CFI
Tel: 604-938-1700 Key Personnel: Trevor Moore, Pres; Mark website: www.canadianhelicopters.com Fleet: (2) R22
Toll Free: 1-800-330-4354 Savage, Ops Mgr; Kevin Jackson, CP Main Base: Les Cèdres, QC
Fax: 604-938-1706 Fleet: (3) Bell 206B, (3) Bell 407, (2) Fleet: AS350B2 - Bell 206 &28/621$,5&5$1(/7'
website: www.blackcombaviation.com Bell 206L1/III, (2) Bell 212, )1) Bell 412 4890 Cherry Creek Road
e-mail: info@blackcombaviation.com &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8E9
&$03%(//+(/,&237(56/7' 6&+22/2)$'9$1&(')/,*+7 Tel: 250-723-8100
Key Personnel: Steve Flynn, General
PO Box 2008, Abbotsford Stn. A 75$,1,1* Fax: 250-723-0608
Manager; Andrew Bradley,
Abbotsford, BC V2T 3T8 3130 Airport Road, website: www.coulsongroup.com
Operations Manager; Steve Gray -
Tel: 604-852-1122 e-mail: info@coulsongroup.com
Base Manager Penticton, BC V2A 8X1
Fax: 604-852-4982 Main Base: Port Alberni
Fleet: (1) AS355N, (1) AS350B2, (1) Tel: 250-492-0637
e-mail: campbellheli@telus.net
Bell 407 (2), (1) AS350 B3 (3) Bell 205 Fax: 250-492-6544
Main Base: Abbotsford (YXX) ')&$3,7$//7'+(/,/($6,1*
website:
Key Personnel: Bruce H. Campbell, 5289 William Head Road
%/$&.&20%$9,$7,21 www.canadianhelicopters.com
Pres; Laura Siemens, Ops Mgr; Al Victoria, BC V9C 4H5
4360 Agar Drive e-mail:
Singh, DOM. Tel: 250-298-7181/450-886-9173
Vancouver Airport jrustad@canadianhelicopters.com
Fleet: (8) Bell 212 Fax: 250-298-7182
Richmond, BC V7B 1A3 Main Base: Edmonton AB
e-mail: dfarkas@shaw.ca,
Tel: 604-273-5311 Key Personnel: Jan Rustad, CFI/Base
&$1$',$1$,5&5$1(/7' denis.helico@sympatico.ca
Fax: 604-273-8991 Manager; Tim Simmons, Asst Key Personnel: Don Farkas,
7293 Wilson Avenue
website: www.blackcombaviation.com Business Mgr; Pieter Koster, Asst President; Denis Robitaille, VP
Delta, BC V4G 1E5
e-mail: info@blackcombaviation.com Base Mgr; Mel Schiller, Asst CFI Fleet: (2) AS350B2, (4) AS350FX2, (2)
Tel: 604-940-1715
Key Personnel: Graeme Milne - Base Fleet: (2) B 206B, (1) B 206B3, (2) EC B206B, (3) B206L-3
Toll Free: 1-800-914-5647
Manager 120B
Fax: 604-940-1735
Fleet: (1) AS 355 F2, (1) EC120 website: www.air-crane.com '.+(/,&5233(5,17t/
e-mail: sales@air-crane.com &+$//(1*(5,163(&7,216 29325 Marsh McCormick Road
%/$&.&20%$9,$7,21 Key Personnel: David Heyes, Gen /7' Abbotsford, BC V4X 2B4
Vernon Airport, Unit #101 Mgr; Bob Hawthorne, CP Box 146, Tel: 604-857-2250
6300 Tronson Road Fleet: (5) S-64E Charlie Lake, BC V0C 1H0 Fax: 604-857-2260
Vernon, BC V1H 1N5 Tel: 250-785-1979 website: www.helicropper.com
Tel: 250-558-1099 &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' Fax: 250-787-2659 e-mail: helicropper@uniserve.com
web: www.blackcombaviation.com RR 1 e-mail: challengerinspect@hotmail.com Main Base: Abbotsford
e-mail: info@blackcombaviation.com Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0 Key Personnel: Brant Billings, Key Personnel: Gene Drader, Pres/CEO;
Key Personnel: Todd Brough Tel: 250-774-6171 President. Jason Drader, Maintenance Manager;
Fleet: (1) AS 355 F2 Fax: 250-774-6173 Fleet: (2) RH44 Nick Drader, Chief Pilot; Pat Dwan, Ops
Manager; Shane Drader, Quality Control;
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
Nathan Drader, Equipment Manager.
Fleet: (1) AS350B, (2) AS350BA, (1)
Fleet: (1) H12+, (1) MD 530FF
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1413 Front Street
Nelson, BC V1L 4C5
Tel: 250-505-3905
Fax: 250-505-5011
e-mail: dunc@damhelicopters.com
Key Personnel: Duncan Wassick,
President/CEO; Clint Thiessen, Base
Manager; Phil Mudge, Special
Projcts; Cassie Wassick, Executive
Assistant; Geoff Austin, Assistant Ops
Manager; Mac Wassick, DOM.
Fleet: Bell 206B, LAMA 315B,
Bo105LS
'(/7$+(/,&237(56/7'
4523 King Edward Place
Delta, BC V4K 2R2
Tel: 604-940-9921
Fax: 604-940-3982
e-mail: dhl@telus.net
Main Base: Boundary Bay
Key Personnel: T. Keith McMillan,
Pres/Ops Mgr/CFI
Fleet: (1) RH44 (Astro)
',6&29(5<+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 178
Atlin, BC V0W 1A0
Tel: 250-651-7569
Fax: 250-651-7667
Website: www.discoveryheli.ca
Key Personnel: D. Norman Graham,
President
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B, (1) Bell 206L1
'8(1257++(/,&237(56,1&
PO Box 4226
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
Tel: 250-847-2264
Fax: 250-847-2284
Bases: Smithers, Bob Quinn - Iskut
Key Personnel: President / Ops
Manager : Clint D. Walker
Director of Maintenance: James R.
(Jimmy) McMillan, Manager, Forest
Operations: Lisa C. Walker, R.P.F.
Ground Ops Supervisor: Conrad A.
Larson
Fleet: Bell 206B (2)
( %+(/,&237(56/7'
2595 Island Hwy, PO Box 1000
Campbell River, BC V9W 6Y4
Tel: 250-287-4421
Fax: 250-287-4352
website: www.ebhelicopters.com
(&/,36(+(/,&237(56/7'
150 Lancaster Road
Penticton, BC V2A 8X1
Tel: 250-492-5221
Fax: 250-492-4813
e-mail: eclipseheli@telus.net
Main Base: Penticton
Key Personnel: Eric Stoof, President
Fleet: (1) AS350BA, (1) AS 355 F2
)$5:(67+(/,&237(56
46160 Airport Road
Chilliwack, BC V2P 1A5
Tel: 604-819-6919
Fax: 604-793-2281
website: www.farwesthelicopters.com
e-mail: info@farwesthelicopters.com
Bases: Chilliwack, BC
Key Personnel: Barry Collos,
President
Fleet: (4) Bell 206B Jet Rangers
),(/''(9(/230(17&253
1133 Moore Road
Comox, BC V9M 3X1
Tel: 250-338-5364
Fax: 250-338-1220
website: www.buzzbombzzinger.com
e-mail: buzzbombzzinger@yahoo.com
Key Personnel: Doug Field, President/
Pilot
Fleet: (1) R44
),11$,5/7'
PO Box 4, 4036 Hook Place
Naramata, BC V0H 1N0
Tel: 250-770-0702
Fax: 250-276-4197
e-mail: finnair@shaw.ca
Key Personnel: Wayne Finn, President
Fleet: (1) EC120B, (1) EC130B4
*8$5',$1+(/,&237(56/3
Fort Nelson, BC
Tel: 250-774-2445
Toll Free: 1-866-730-6333
Fax: 403-730-6312
e-mail:
gkowal@guardianhelicopters.com/
chiefpilot@guardianhelicopters.com
Key Personnel: Graydon Kowel,
Operations Manager; Bruce Macdonald,
Chief Pilot; Brent Allard, PRM
Fleet: (2) Bell 205A-1, (1) Bell 206L1/3,
(3) AS350BA, (3) Bell206B, (1)
AS350B2, (2) AS350B3, (1) MD 530F
+(/,&2//(*(&$1$'$
75$,1,1*,1&
5333 - 216 Street, Hangar 2
Langley, BC V2Y 2N3
Tel: 604-530-3812
Toll Free: 1-800-363-4354
Fax: 604-532-7821
website: www.heli-college.com
e-mail: hccadmin@heli-college.com
Key Personnel: Lyle C. Watts, Pres/
CP; Geoff Stevens, CFI
Fleet: (4) R22
+(/,&237(5/($6,1*/7'
4646 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6R 2A7
Tel: 604-222-0056
e-mail: jeffbickerstaff@telus.net
Main Base: Vancouver
Key Personnel: Jeff Bickerstaff,
President; Sterling Bickerstaff, Ops
Mgr.; Olivia Bickerstaff, Marketing
Fleet: (3) B206L-1
+(/,-(7,17(51$7,21$/,1&
5911 Airport Road South
Vancouver International Airport
Richmond, BC V7B 1B5
Tel: 604-273-4688
Fax: 604-273-5301
website: www.helijet.com
Main Base: Richmond, BC
Key Personnel: Daniel Sitnam, Pres/
CEO; Rick Hill, VP Operations &
Commercial Programs
Fleet: (7) S76A, (1) R22, (4) Bell 206
L3, (1) S61N, (2) Learjet 31A
+,*+7(55$,1+(/,&237(56/7'
622 Front Street, Suite 407
Nelson, BC V1L 4B7
Tel: 250-354-8445
Fax: 250-354-1226
website:
www.highterrainhelicopters.com
e-mail:
info@highterrainhelicopters.com
Main Base: Nelson Municipal Airport
Key Personnel: Steve Benwell,
President; Nicole Courson, Office
Manager; Tyhlor Kahret, CP
Fleet: (1) AS 350 B2, (2) B206B-II, (1)
AS350 B2 SD2, (1) B205A1++
+,*+/$1'+(/,&237(56/7'
4240 Agar Drive,
Vancouver Airport South
+,*+/$1'+(/,&237(56/7'
Castlegar Airport, 163 West Road
Castlegar, BC V1N 4M5
Tel: 250-365-2661
Fax: 250-365-2533
website: www.highland.ca
e-mail: castlegar@highland.ca
Main Base: Richmond, BC
Key Personnel: Phil Hocking, Base
Mgr/Pilot; Leroy Laybourne, Base
Engineer
Fleet: (1) AS350B2
+<5,'*(+(/,&237(56/7'
5377 Hwy 93/95
Fairmont Hot Springs, BC V0B 1L1
Tel: 250-345-0068
Fax: 250-345-0011
website:
www.crowsnestpasshelicopters.ca
e-mail: hyridgeheli@shaw.ca
Key Personnel: Kim Hyllestad
Fleet: (1) AS350B3
,17(5,25+(/,&237(56/7'
6322 Airport Road, PO Box 1478
Fort St. James, BC V0J 1P0
Tel: 250-996-8644
Fax: 250-996-8655
website: www.interiorhelicoters.com
e-mail:
flywithus@interiorhelicopters.com
Bases: Fort St. James, Sub-bases:
Pemberton, Smitthers, Chiliwack
Key Personnel: Tom Schaff, Ops
Manager; John Faulkner, CP.
Fleet: (1) Md-600N, (2) BH06L-3, (6)
BH06
.(675(/+(/,&237(56/7'
851 Fairdowne Road
Errington, BC V9P 2B9
Tel: 250-248-2565
Fax: 250-248-2565
e-mail:
kestrelhelicopters@shawbiz.ca
Main Base: Errington, BC
Key Personnel: Mike Gillen, President;
Jodi Gillen, Administration; Bob
Taylor, D.O.M.
Fleet: (2) MD 369D, (1) Astar BA
/$.(/6($,5/7'
3752 Highway 16 East
Terrace, BC V8G 5J3
Tel: 250-635-3245
Fax: 250-635-3246
e-mail: info@ebhelicopters.com
Main Base: Campbell River
Sub Base: Gold River & Port Alberni
Key Personnel: E. Wilcock, Pres/Ops
Mgr; V. Wilcock, Mktg Dir; D. Taylor,
Chief Pilot.
Fleet: (5) Bell 206, (1) R44, (1) R22,
(2) Bell 407, (1) Bell L3
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
+$5%285$,5/7'527$5< Richmond, BC V7B 1A3 website: www.lakelseair.bc.ca
4760 Inglis Drive Tel: 604-273-6161 e-mail: jburns@lakelseair.bc.ca
Richmond, BC V7B 1W4 Fax: 604-273-6088 Main Base: Terrace-Kitmat -Vancouver
Tel: 604-278-3478 website: www.highland.ca Island -STEWART -Bob Quin.
Toll Free: 1-800-663-4267 e-mail: ops@highland.ca Key Personnel: John Burns, General
Fax: 604-233-3528 Key Personnel: Terry Jones, Manager/Operations Manager; Bill
website: www.harbour-air.com Operations Manager Linde, Director of Maintenance/
Main Base: Richmond Fleet: (25) Bell 206B, (2) Bell 206L3, Quality Resource Manager.
Key Personnel: Greg McDougall, (2) AS 350BA, (15) AS 350B2. Fleet: (2) Robinson R44, (2) Bell
Owner/CEO; Jim Forbes, Ops Mgr; 206B, (2) Bell 206L, (1) K-Max
John Anderson, CP; Doug Hamerton, K1200, (1) Bell 204, (4) AS350B2
DOM
Fleet: (1) R44

/21'21$,56(59,&(6/,0,7('
4580 Cowley Crescent
Richmond, BC V7B 1B8
Tel: 604-272-8123
Toll Free: 1-877-399-8123
Fax: 604-233-0202
website: www.londonair.com
e-mail: info@londonair.com
Main Base: Vancouver International. BC
Key Personnel: Chris Simpson, Ops
Mgr; Dylan Thomas, Chief Pilot-
Rotary; Chris Lacroix, DOM.
Fleet: (3) AgustaWestland 139
0,.(+$0,/721/2**,1*/7'
1085 Comox Road
Courtenay, BC V9N 3P7
Tel: 250-338-6932
Fax: 250-338-9638
e-mail: hamlog@island.net
Key Personnel: Mike Hamilton,
President
Fleet: (1) R44-II
02817$,19,(:+(/,&237(56
1817 Theatre Road, PO Box 220
Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H7
Tel: 250-489-2517
Fax: 250-489-6139
website: www.bighorn.ca
e-mail: bighorn@cyberlink.bc.ca
Main Base: Cranbrook
Key Personnel: Clay Wilson, Pres;
Troy Bridgman, Ops Mgr; Janice
Wilson, Ctlr; Tony Kurtenbach, DOM
Fleet: (3) Bell 206B, (2) AS350B2, (1)
AS350B3, (1) Hughes 500D
1257+(51$,56833257/7'
6285 Airport Way
Kelowna, BC V1V 1S1
Tel: 250-765-0100
Fax: 250-765-0077
website:
www.northernairsupport.com
e-mail: heli@northernairsupport.com
Main Base: Kelowna, BC
Other Base: Rocky Mountain House, AB
Key Personnel: Mark McGowan,
President & COO; Rob Askin, Ops
Mgr; Dave Stigant, DOM; Corey
Block, Base Mgr (RMH)
Fleet: (3) Bell 407, (5) AS350B2, (1)
BH-06B3
1257+(51/,*+76&2//(*(
$9,$7,21352*5$06
11401 - 8 Street
Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4G2
Tel: 250-784-7503
Fax: 250-784-7549
website: www.nlc.bc.ca
Main Base: YDQ
2&($19,(:+(/,&237(56/7'
7490 Duncan Street
Powell River, BC V8A 1W7
Tel: 604-485-7135
Fax: 604-485-7460
website:
www.oceanviewhelicopters.ca
e-mail: ovhl@shaw.ca
Main Base: Powell River
Key Personnel: Mary Deans,
President; James Mode, Ops
Manager; Matt Larocque, CP; Bill
Chernoff, DOM
Fleet: (1) Bell 206L-1, (4) MD500, (1)
MD600N, (1)MD520N
2.$1$*$102817$,1+(/,&237(56
PO Box 30012, RPO Glenmore
Kelowna, BC V1V 2M4
Tel: 250-491-9359
Fax: 250-491-9310
website: www.okhelicopters.com
e-mail: info@okhelicopters.com
Main Base: Kelowna
Key Personnel: J. Vates, Ops Mgr/CP;
C. Randolph, Flt Instructor; S. Doratti,
Marketing Director
Fleet: (3) R22, (3) R44
3$&,),&$,5&5$1(/7'
5225 216th Street, Hangar 12
Langley, BC V2Y 2N3
Tel: 604-514-4342
Fax: 604-514-4352
website: www.pacificaircrane.com
e-mail: pacheli@telus.net
Main Base: Langley, BC
Key Personnel: Lance Tanner, Ops
Mgr/DOM; John Bertramm, President/
Acct Exec
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B3
3$&,),&:(67(51+(/,&237(56/7'
4214 Cowart Road
Prince George, BC V2N 6H9
Tel: 250-562-7911
Fax: 250-561-2697
website: www.pwh.ca
e-mail: rcurry@pwh.ca
Main Base: Prince George, BC
Key Personnel: Ray Curry, President
and Operations Manager; Erwin
Karrer, Chief Pilot
Fleet: (5) B206B, (1) B212, (1) B205,
(1) AS350BA, (4) AS350B2
3($.+(/,&237(56/7'
1112 Aery View Way
Parksville, BC V9P 2N9
Tel: 250-954-1183
Fax: 250-954-1483
website: www.peakhelicopters.ca
e-mail: peakheli@shaw.ca
Key Personnel: Derek Flug, Ops Mgr
Fleet: (3) Bell 206B3
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702-11731 Baynes Road
Pitt Meadows BC V3Y 2B3
Tel: 604-465-7979
Fax: 604-465-7970
website: www.prismhelicopters.com
e-mail: dan@prismhelicopters.com
Main Base: Pitt Meadows, BC
Key Personnel: Dave Zall, Pres/CEO;
Dan Wiebe, Ops Mgr; Ed Hildering,
DOM
Fleet: (15) Hughes 369D, (5) Astar
B2, (1) Bell 205
352)(66,21$/)/,*+7&(175(/7'
9$1&289(5352)(66,21$/
+(/,&237(575$,1,1*&(175(
4400 - 72nd St., Unit 62
Delta, BC V4K 5B3
Tel: 604-952-4635
Toll Free: 1-800-298-7437
Fax: 604-952-4600
website: www.proifr.com
e-mail: info.proifr.com
Main Base: Boundary Bay Airport
48$1780+(/,&237(56
4445 Bristol Road
Terrace, BC V8G 0E9
Tel: 250-615-0168
Fax: 250-615-0169
website: www.quantumhelicopters.ca
e-mail: qhl@quantumhelicopters.ca
Key Personnel: Ian Swan, Operations
Manager; Barclay MacDonald, DOM;
Earl Miller, CF; Lloyd Hull , General
Manager.
Fleet: (1) Bell 205B, (4) Bell 206L, (4)
Bell 206B, (2) Astar B2
5(6285&(+(/,&237(56/7'
5 - 5333 216th Street
Langley, BC V2Y 2N3
Tel: 604-539-5494
Fax: 604-539-5496
website: www.resourcehelicopters.com
e-mail: resourceheli@telus.net
Main Base: Langley, BC
Key Personnel: Teri Northcott, Pres/
Ops Mgr; Rod Brownless, GM; Ron
Munroe, CP, Bob Clifford, CE
Fleet: (2) Bell 204
5,9(56,'(+(/,&237(56/7'
2859 - 216 Street
Langley, BC V2Z 2E6
Tel: 604-534-1048
Fax: 604-534-1046
e-mail: riversidehelicopters@telus.net
Main Base: Langley, BC
Key Personnel: Paul Gibbons, Pres
Fleet: (6) Bell212, (1) Bell206L1C
30P, (1) Bell407
6$59$,5$9,$7,21/7'
PO Box 534,
100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0
Tel: 250-791-7322
Fax: 250-791-7324
website: sarvairaviation.com
e-mail: sarvair@shaw.ca
Main Base: 108 Mile Ranch, BC &
Williams Lake, BC
Key Personnel: Klint Sarver, Pres;
Frank Walcher, Chief Pilot
Fleet: (2) AS350B2, (1) Bell 206
6(/(&7+(/,&237(56(59,&(6/7'
6295A Airport Way
Kelowna, BC V1V 2V7
Tel: 250-765-3317
Fax: 866-389-9878
website: www.selecthelicopter.com
e-mail: info@selecthelicopter.com
Key Personnel: Marty Luksts, Dave
McNamar
6(/.,5.02817$,1+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 2968, 530 Westside Road
Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0
Tel: 250-837-2455
Fax: 250-837-4066
website: www.smheli.com
e-mail: info@smheli.com
Main Base: Revelstoke, BC
Key Personnel: Jaime Ryga, Pres/Ops
Mgr/CP/DOM
Fleet: (3) AS350SD2
6(482,$+(/,&237(56/7'
36358 Carrington Lane
Abbotsford, BC V3G 2M7
Tel: 604-852-1704
Fax: 604-852-1798
e-mail: sequoiahelicopters@telus.net
Main Base: 30750 Threshold Dr.,
Abbotsford, BC
Key Personnel: Ralph Wagner, Pres/
Ops Mgr; Dave Paisley, DOM
Fleet: (2) Bell 212
6.</,1(+(/,&237(56/7'
6295 Airport Way
Kelowna, BC V1V 2V7
Tel: 250-765-1910
Fax: 250-765-1972
e-mail: info@skylinehelicopters.ca
Main Base: Kelowna
Key Personnel: Grant Louden, Pres/
Ops Mgr; Scott Hope, DOM; Daniel
Nanninga, CP; Roger Reid, CFO
Fleet: (2) AW119, (5) B212
681:(67+(/,&237(56/7'
4 - 1000 Ravensbourne Lane
Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1P9
Tel: 250-752-0707
Fax: 250-752-0909
e-mail: sunwestbrian@shawcable.com
Main Base: Qualicum Beach
Key Personnel: Brian Sallows, Pres/
Ops Mgr.
Fleet: (1) Bell 204B, (1) Bell 206L4, (1)
Bell 206B, (1) Sikorsky SK61L Shortsky
 23(5$7256',5(&725<
7$/21+(/,&237(56/7'
4380 Agar Drive
Richmond, BC V7B 1A3
Tel: 604-214-3585
Fax: 604-214-3586
website: www.taloncopters.com
e-mail: mail@taloncopters.com
Main Base: Vancouver International
Airport (CYVR), BC
Key Personnel: Peter F. Murray, Pres/
OM/CP
Fleet: (1) AS350B2, (1) AS350B, (1)
Bell 206L4, (1) AS355F2
7$60$1+(/,&237(56/7'
#5 - 4340 King Street
Delta, BC V4K 0A5
Tel: 604-940-0202
Fax: 604-940-0272
website: www.tasmanhelicopters.com
e-mail: info@tasmanhelicopters.com
Main Base: Boundary Bay Airport , BC
Key Personnel: Mark Kroeker, Pres; Vic
Greenfield, Ops Mgr; Tim Davison, CP.
Fleet: (4) B212, (1) B407, (2) B205A-1
7(&++(/,&237(56/7'
25595 Willow Cale Road
Prince George, BC V2N 6A5
Tel: 250-963-8211
Fax: 250-963-8609
website: www.techhelicopters.com
e-mail: training@techhelicopters.com
Main Base: Prince George, BC
Key Personnel: Greg Sanders, Pres/CFI
Fleet: (2) R44 II, (1) R22
7,0%(5/$1'+(/,&237(56,1&
100 - 20th Street, Unit C
Courtenay, BC V9N 8B1
Tel: 250-703-0234
Fax: 250-703-0235
website:
www.timberlandhelicopters.com
e-mail:
brian@timberlandhelicopters.com
Bases: Courtenay BC, Vernon BC
Key Personnel: Brian Dunn, Pres/
Ops Mgr
Fleet: (1) SA330J, (1) SA315B, (1)
EC120
75$16:(67+(/,&237(56/7'
46185 Olds Drive
Chilliwack, BC V2P 6H7
Tel: 604-792-5992
Fax: 604-792-6959
website:
www.transwesthelicopters.com
e-mail:
amaas@transwesthelicopters.com
Main Base: Chilliwack, BC
Key Personnel: Ernst-Ulrich Maas,
President; Krishnan Balakrishnan,
General Manager
Fleet: (2) Bell 214, (1) EC130
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
75.+(/,&237(56%&/7'
5225 - 216th Street, Unit 102,
Hangar #12
Langley, BC V2Y 2N3
Tel: 604-533-4150
Toll Free: 1-888-875-4354
Fax: 604-533-4151
website: www.trkheli.com and
www.trkhelicopters.com
e-mail: info@trkheli.com
Main Base: Langley, BC
Key Personnel: Randy Marks,
President/Ops Manager
Fleet: (2) AS350B3, (1) AS350B2, (1)
AS350BA, (1) 206B3
781'5$+(/,&237(56/7'
5225 - 216 Street
Langley, BC V2Y 2N3
Tel: 604-534-6535
Fax: 604-534-7674
website: www.tundrahelicopters.com
e-mail: tundra.lynn@shaw.ca
Key Personnel: Lynn Harrison, Pres/
Ops Mgr; Glen Guenter, CP/PRM
Fleet: (1) Bell 212
9$/+$//$+(/,&237(56,1&
#6 - 1369 Stevens Road
Kelowna, BC V1Z 2S9
Tel: 250-769-1486
Fax: 250-769-1482
website: www.valhallahelicopters.com
e-mail: valhallahelicopters@shaw.ca
Main Base: Kelowna BC
Key Personnel: Blair Savege, Ops
Mgr/CP; Darlene Green, Senior Ops
Assistant; Chad Wasylenko, DOM.
Fleet: (1) B212, (2) B205A++, (1) Bell
206 B
9$//(<+(/,&237(56/7'
63235 Flood Hope Road
Hope, BC V0X 1L2
Tel: 604-869-2131
Toll Free: 1-877-869-2131
Fax: 604-869-2598
website: www.valleyhelicopters.ca
e-mail: info@valleyhelicopters.ca
Main Base: Hope, BC & Merritt, BC
Key Personnel: Fred Fandrich, Pres/
Ops Mgr/ CP; Brad Fandrich, DOM
Fleet: (3) Bell 206B, (1) Bell 206L3,
(2) Bell 407
9,++(/,&237(56/7'
1962 Canso Road
North Saanich, BC V8L 5V5
Tel: 250-656-3987
Toll Free: 1-866-844-4354
Fax: 250-655-6849
website: www.vih.com
e-mail: vih@vih.com
Main Base: Victoria International
(YYJ), BC
Key Personnel: Ken Norie, Pres;
Charlie Mooney, GM; Corey Taylor,
Operations Manager; Brian Mycroft,
Director, SMS; Wayne Woytkiw,
Assistant OPS Manager; Barry
Holmes, Marketing Manager
Fleet: (5) Bell 205A++, (1) Bell 205B,
(10) Bell 206B, (4) Bell 206LR,
(4) Bell 206L-3, (4) Bell 212, (1)
B222, (14) AS 350 B-2, (2) AS350 BA,
(1) AS 350 FX-2, (61 B407, (3)
KA-32A11BC, (6) S-61, (1) EC-135
:(67&2$67+(/,&237(56
0$,17(1$1&( &2175$&7,1*/7'
Box 1030, 1011 Airport Road
Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0
Tel: 250-956-2244
Fax: 250-956-2070
website:
www.westcoasthelicopters.com
e-mail: pbarratt@wcheli.com
Main Bases: Port McNeill Municipal
Airport, Bella Coola Airport, BC,
Campbell River, BC, Nanaimo, BC
Key Personnel: Peter Barratt, VP/Ops
Manager; Terry Eissfeldt, Gen. Mgr/
D.O.M; Doug Strachan, Chief Pilot/
CASO; Richard Kmiec, Chief Eng.
Fleet: (1) 206B3, (1) MD500D, (3)
Astar Bís, (1) Astar BA, (5) AstarB2s.
:(67(51$(5,$/$33/,&$7,216/7'
8450 Broadway Street
Chilliwack, BC V2P 5V5
Tel: 604-792-3354
Fax: 604-792-3358
website: www.western-aerial.com
e-mail: ops@western-aerial.com
Key Personnel: Jim Cooper,
President/ OPS Manager; Craig
Murray, Chief Pilot
Fleet: (5) Hiller 12ETs, (2) Hiller 12Es,
(4) Aerospatiale 315B Lamas, (1)
Eurocopter 350BA A-Star, (1) Bell
206B
:(67/$1'+(/,&237(56,1&
PO Box 45595
Surrey, BC V4A 9N3
Tel: 604-230-4422
Fax: 604-538-8143
e-mail: westlandhelicopters@telus.net
Main Base: Houston, BC
Key Personnel: Norman Rafuse, Pres/
Ops Mgr
Fleet: Bell 206B , Bell 206
LongRanger
:+,7(5,9(5+(/,&237(56,1&
PO Box 700
Terrace, BC V8G 4B8
Tel: 250-638-1414
Fax: 250-638-0888
website: www.whiteriverhelicopters.ca
Main Base: Terrace, BC 250-638-1414
Second Base: Prince Rupert, BC -
250-624-4686
Key Pesonnel: Sid Peltier, Ops Mgr/CP
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B, (1) Bell 206L3
:+,7(6$''/($,56(59,&(6/7'
PO Box 44
Tatla Lake, BC V0L 1V0
Tel: 250-476-1182
Fax: 250-476-1180
website: www.whitesaddleair.com
e-mail: heli@whitesaddleair.com
Key Personnel: Mike King, Ops Mgr;
Audrey King, General Manager; Les
Rolson, Base Manager.
Fleet: (2) Bell 206L4
:,/'&$7+(/,&237(56,1&
2431 Dominion Road
West Kelowna, BC V1Z 2Y4
Tel: 250-769-9093
Fax: 250-769-9053
website: www.wildcatheli.com
e-mail: ian@wildcatheli.com
Main Base: West Kelowna, BC
Key Personnel: Mike Michaud, Pres;
Ian Wilson, GM/Ops Mgr; Dave
Hauber, CP
Fleet: (6) B212 Enhanced, (1) B206
<(//2:+($'+(/,&237(56/7'
Box 190, 3010 Selwyn Road
Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0
Tel: 250-566-4401
Fax: 250-566-4333
website: www.yellowheadheli.com
e-mail: yhl@yellowheadheli.com
Main Base: Valemount (BV7)
Key Personnel: Garry Forman, Pres/
CEO; Jacob Forman, Ops Mgr,
Richard McDonald, DOM
Fleet: (2) Bell 205, (2) Bell 407, (3)
Bell 206L3, (7) Bell 206 BIII.
0$1,72%$
&86720+(/,&237(56/7'
401 Helicopter Drive,
St. Andrews Airport
St. Andrews, MB R1A 3P7
Tel: 204-338-7953
Toll Free: 1-800-782-0780
Fax: 204-663-5037
Main Base: St. Andrews Airport
Key Personnel: Jim Hawes, Pres;
Gary Shabaga, CE; Brian Hawes, Ops
Mg r & Contracts
Fleet: (9) B206BII, (2) B206BIII, (3)
B205A-1, (4) B206L-3, (1) Bell 206L ,
(2) 350-B2

*2*$/$,56(59,&(6/7'
PO Box 599
Snow Lake, MB R0B 1M0
Tel: 204-358-2259
Fax: 204-358-7114
website: www.burntwood.com
e-mail: burntwood@burntwood.com
Key Personnel: Larry Gogal, Pres;
Brad Gogal, Ops Mgr/CP
Fleet: (3) R44
+8'621%$<+(/,&237(56
PO Box 337
Churchill, MB R0B 0E0
Tel: 204-675-2576
Fax: 204-675-2331
website: www.hudsonbayheli.com
e-mail: info@hudsonbayheli.com
-%$,5,1&
Hangar 1, The Pas Airport
The Pas, MB R9A 1R6
Tel: 204-624-5776
Fax: 204-624-5761
e-mail: homeofthekoala@msn.com
Key Personnel: Joe Barr, Owner; Kim
Barr, Owner/Ops Mgr
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B, (2) Bell 206L1,
(2) Agusta A119, (1) EC130
35$,5,(+(/,&237(56
PO Box 153
Gimli, MB R0C 1B0
Tel: 204-642-4841
Fax: 204-642-4904
website: www.prairiehelicopters.com
e-mail: prairieh@mts.net
Main Base: Gimli, MB
Key Personnel: Michael E. Persoage,
Pres/CP/CFI; Derek Longley, VP/
DOM/Pilot
Fleet: (2) Bell 206B, (2) Bell 206L3,
(1) Bell 407, (1) R44 Raven II
7$,*$$,56(59,&(6/7'
155 West Hangar Road
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3Z1
Tel: 204-943-3645
Toll Free: 1-800-267-2574
Fax: 204-943-3657
website: www.taigaheli.com
e-mail: taiga@taigaheli.com
Main Base: Winnipeg International
Airport, MB
Key Personnel: Tony Ursini, Ops Mgr
Fleet: (2) B206L-1
<8.21+(/,&237(56/7'
23(5$7256',5(&725<
)25(673$752//7' &28*$5+(/,&237(56,1&
PO Box 157 40 Craig Dobbin’s Way,
Saint John, NB E2L 3X8 St. John’s, NL A1A 4Y3
Tel: 506-632-7777 Tel: 709-758-4019
Fax: 506-632-4421 Fax: 709-758-4015
Main Base: Saint John website: www.cougar.ca
Key Personnel: Renaud Bordage, CP e-mail: jjgerber@cougar.ca
Fleet: (5) Thrush, (1) Bell 206, (1) Bell Main Base: St. Johnís, NL
407, (1) Cessna 206 Key Personnel: Ken Norie, President;
Rick Burt, GM; JJ Gerber, DOF;
3,/279(1785(6/7' Ronnie Moores, CP; Bob Pardy, DOM.
2570 Route 102, Unit 6 Fleet: (6) S-92, (5) S-61N
Lincoln NB E3B 9G1
Tel: 506-871-3670 1(:)281'/$1'+(/,&237(56
Fax: 506-446-3589 /,0,7('
website: www.pilotventures.ca 163 Trans Canada Hwy.
Main Base: Fredericton, NB Clarenville, NL A5A 1Y4
Fleet: HU30 Tel: 709-466-2291
Toll Free: 1-877-366-2841
1(:)281'/$1'/$%5$'25 Fax: 709-466-3968
e-mail: nfldhelicopters@nf.aibn.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' Main Base: Clarenville, NL
PO Box 2002 Key Personnel: Jim Brown, Owner/
Bishop’s Falls, NL A0H 1C0 President; Dave Humphries, DOM,
Tel: 709-258-5681 Bob Lannon, Maintenance Engineer,
Fax: 709-258-5809 Colleen Smart - Operations Manager,
website: Dave Bursey - Chief Pilot
www.canadianhelicopters.com Fleet: (1) Bell 206B-III, (2) Bell 206L-
Key Personnel: Dan Byrne, Base 1, (1) Bell 206LR
Manager
81,9(56$/+(/,&237(56
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' 1(:)281'/$1'/7'
General Delivery PO Box 529, Station C
Conne River, NL A0H 1J0 Goose Bay, NL A0P 1C0
Tel: 709-882-2858 Tel: 709-896-2444
Fax: 709-882-2879 Fax: 709-896-0996
website: website: www.uhnl.nf.ca
www.canadianhelicopters.com e-mail: uhnlyyr@uhnl.nf.ca
Main Base: Goose Bay, Labrador
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' Key Personnel: Geoff Goodyear, Pres/
PO Box 780, Station C, Goose Bay COO; Norman Noseworthy, Exec VP/
Airport, North Side DOM
Goose Bay, NL A0P 1C0 Fleet: (10) B206LR, (5) B407, (0)
Tel: 709-896-5259 AS350B, (1) AS350BA, (1) AS350B2,
Fax: 709-896-9281 (1) B206L4.
website:
www.canadianhelicopters.com 129$6&27,$
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' &/($5:$7(5),1()22'6,1&
55 West Haven Drive 541 Barnes Road,
Pasadena, NL A0L 1K0 Enfield, NS B2T 1K3
Tel: 709-686-2095 Tel: 902-873-3274
Fax: 709-686-2800 Fax: 902-873-2451
website: Key Personnel: Gary Hamlben,
www.canadianhelicopters.com Aviation Manager; Darin Silver, Pilot.
Fleet: (1) Bell 427
1257+:(677(55,725,(6
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
PO Box 2689
Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0
Tel: 867-777-2424
Fax: 867-777-3448
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
e-mail: inuvikdispatcher@
canadianhelicopters.com
Main Base: Edmonton, AB
Key Personnel: AndrÈ Vermette, Base
Manager
Fleet: Jetranger, Longranger, AStar
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
PO Box 24
Norman Wells, NT X0E 0V0
Tel: 867-587-2136
Fax: 867-587-2942
website:
www.canadianhelicopters.com
Main Base: Edmonton, AB
Key Personnel: Guy Thibault,
Manager; Rob Class, Base AME.
Fleet: B212, B206C, A5 B50 B, A,
B206 BIII
*5($76/$9(+(/,&237(56/7'
Bag 7500
Yellowknife NT X1A 2R3
Tel: 867-873-2081
Fax: 867-873-6087
website: www.greatslaveheli.com
e-mail: info@greatslaveheli.com
Main Base: Yellowknife, N.T.
Key Personnel: Jeff Denomme,
President; Ian Campbell, Director of
Flight Operations; John Buckland,
Operations Manager; Dwight Webb,
Director of Maintenance; Jim
Broadbent, Safety Officer.
Fleet: (7) B 206B, (9) MD 500D, (4) B
206 LR, (4) B 206L III, (2) B 206L IV,
(3) AS 350BA, (10) AS 350 B2, (5) AS
350 B3, (3) EC 130B4, (5) B 212, (3)
B 212 S, (1) B 205A1+, (1) B
205A1++.
+,*+/$1'1257+,1&
PO Box 2510
Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0
Tel: 867-777-5151
Fax: 867-777-5155
website: www.highland.ca
e-mail: highlandnorth@northwestel.net
Base: Inuvik, NT
BDG 425, &+85&+,//)$//6/$%5$'25 Fleet: Bell 206B, AS350 B2
Garden Hill, MB R0B 0L0 &253 129$6&27,$'(3$570(172)
Tel: 204-456-2480 PO Box 250 1$785$/5(6285&(6$9,$7,21 +8'621%$<+(/,&237(56
Fleet: (2) Bell 206L, (1) HU500 Churchill Falls, NL A0R 1A0 6(59,&(6 Bag 7500
Tel: 709-925-3405 PO Box 130, 43 Creighton Road Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3
1(:%5816:,&. Fax: 709-925-3536 Shubenacadie, NS B0N 2H0 Tel: 867-873-5146
Key Personnel: Andrew MacNeill, GM; Tel: 902-758-3438 website: www.hudsonbayheli.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7(' Nelson Pilgrim, Supt Air Svc.; Barry Fax: 902-758-3355 e-mail: info@hudsonbayheli.com
2512 Highway 102, Unit 13, Sheppard, DOM Key Personnel: Ross Wickwire, Dir/ Key Personnel: Adam Bembridge,
Fredericton Airport Fleet: (1) Beech 350, (1) Bell 205A1, CP; Bob Cansfield, CE Pres; Tony Bembridge, GM
Lincoln, NB E3B 9G1 (1) Bell 407, (1) Bell 206LR Fleet: (1) B212, (3) MD500E, (1) EC Fleet: (3) B206B3, (1) B206LR, (1)
Tel: 506-446-6920 120 B AS350BA, (2) HU500D, (1) B204B, (1)
Fax: 506-446-6971 AS350B3
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com

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c/o Atco-Frontec,
Cambridge Bay Airport
Cambridge Bay, NU X0B 0C0
Tel: 867-983-2962
website:
www.canadianhelicopters.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
Hall Beach, NU X0E 0V0
Tel: 705-494-6011 ext 4832
website:
www.canadianhelicopters.com
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
PO Box 1510, Building 1081,
Crystal II Drive
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Tel: 867-979-0511
Fax: 867-979-4601
website:
www.canadianhelicopters.com
217$5,2
%58&(3(1,168/$+(/,&237(56/7'
4 Pierce Street South, RR3
Wiarton, ON N0H 2T0
Tel: 519-270-2252
Website:
www.brucepeninsulahelicopters.com
e-mail:
&(17(11,$/&2//(*($33/,('$576
7(&+12/2*<
School of Transportation,
Aerospace Dept.
PO Box 631, Station A
Scarborough, ON M1K 5E9
Tel: 416-289-5000
Fax: 416-752-9958
website: www.centennialcollege.ca
e-mail:
mdecoste@centennialcollege.ca
Main Base: Scarborough, ON
Key Personnel: Traci K. Brittain, Chair;
J. Milks, Coordinator Quality Assurance
Fleet: (1) B206B, (1) B47D-1, (1)
B47G-2
&(175$/+(/,&237(56,1&
58 Emily Street
Parry Sound, ON P2A 2P5
Tel: 705-774-9228
Fax: 705-774-9099
website: www.centralhelicopters.ca
e-mail: info@centralhelicopters.ca
Key Personnel: Michael Feldman,
Pres; Scott Jacklin, Ops Mgr/DOM
Fleet: (1) BH06B, (1) BH06L-1
&21)('(5$7,21&2//(*(2)
$33/,('$576 7(&+12/2*<
PO Box 398
Thunder Bay, ON P7C 4W1
Tel: 807-473-2400
Fax: 807-475-4526
(;3(',7,21+(/,&237(56
190 Hwy 11 West
Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0
Tel: 705-272-5755
Toll Free: 1-866-572-5755
Fax: 705-272-5752
e-mail:
todd@expeditionhelicopters.com
Main Base: Cochrane, ON
Key Personnel: Todd Calaiezzi,
President; Chad Calaiezzi, Ops Mgr;
Guylain Mainville, D.O.M.
Fleet: (1) Bell 206 Jet Ranger 2-LR,
(1) Bell 205A1, (1) Bell 206L3, (2)
AStar 350BA+, (4) AStar 350SD2, (1)
AStar D, (1) Bell 206LR
)25(67+(/,&237(56,1&
422 Anderson Road
Kenora, ON P9N 0E7
Tel: 807-548-5647
Toll Free: 1-888-764-4001
Fax: 807-548-8362
website: www.foresthelicopters.com
e-mail: info@foresthelicopters.com
Main Base: Kenora
Key Personnel: Bart Stevenson,
President
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B, (6) AS350
)2856($6216$9,$7,21/7'
60 Carl Hall Road, Unit 1
Toronto, ON M3K 2C1
Tel: 905-671-9644
*5($7/$.(6+(/,&237(5&253
4881 Fountain St. N., PO Box 300
Breslau, ON N0B 1M0
Tel: 519-648-3732
Toll Free: 1-877-648-3732
Fax: 519-648-2816
website: www.greatlakeshelicopter.ca
e-mail: info@greatlakeshelicopter.ca
Main Base: Region of Waterloo
International Airport
Key Personnel: Bill Leyburne,
President; Nick Booth, CFI; Jo Anne
Leyburne, Sales & Marketing
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B, (2) Robinson
R22, (1) Robinson R44
+(/,&237(5&203$1<,1&7+(
Toronto City Centre Airport, West
Executive Lounge, Suite 212
Toronto, ON M5V 1A1
Tel: 416-203-3280
Toll Free: 1-888-445-8542
Fax: 416-203-3282
website:
www.TheHelicopterCompany.com
e-mail:
kevin@TheHelicopterCompany.com
Main Base: CYTZ-Toronto City Centre
Airport
Key Personnel: Julia Smith, Pres;
Kevin Smith, Vice Pres & Chief Pilot
Fleet: (1) Bell 206BIII
+(/,&237(575$1632576(59,&(6
info@brucepeninsulahelicopters.com
Key Personnel: George Burnside,
Chief Pilot.
&$/('21+(/,&237(56/7'
633018, Grey Co. Rd. 9
Dundalk, ON N0C 1B0
Tel: 519-923-3563
Fax: 519-923-0468
website: caledonhelicopters.com
Personnel: Andrew Dobb.
Fleet: (2) Bell 47
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56
,17(51$7,21$/)/,*+76&+22/
2833 - 16th Ave., Box 210, Hangar 11A
Markham, ON L3R 0P8
Tel: 905-415-8090
Toll Free: 1-888-FLY-HELI
Fax: 905-415-8129
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
e-mail: buttonville.school@
canadianhelicopters.com
Main Base: Toronto Buttonville
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B, (3) RH22, (1)
RH44, Air Ambulance
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
Toronto City Centre Airport, Hangar
4A, PO Box 310
Toronto ON M5V 1A1
Tel: 416-203-9213
Fax: 416-203-9214
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
Fleet: Air Ambulance
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
website: www.confederationc.on.ca
e-mail: aviation@confederationc.on.ca
Key Personnel: Bob Marsonet
Fleet: (1) Bell G3B1, (2) Bell OH-58
Kiowa
'$<$9,$7,216(59,&(6
2500 Elm Street
Copper Cliff, ON P0M 1N0
Tel: 705-682-2000
Fax: 705-682-0554
website: www.williamday.com
e-mail: john.vanzon@daygroup.ca
Main Base: Sudbury, Ontario
Key Personnel: Harry Weigelt, Ops
Mgr; John Van Zon, CP, OPS MGR.
Fleet: (1) AS350B2, (1) B206L3, (1)
Eagle 212S
(1%5,'*(3,3(/,1(6,1&
Box 8, 1550 Airport Road
Sarnia, ON N7W 1B6
Tel: 519-542-1283
Fax: 519-542-2879
website: www.enbridge.com
Main Base: Sarnia
Key Personnel: Mark Lapointe,
Aviation Manager; Ken Demoskoff,
Maintenance Manager; Barry Guthrie,
Pilot/Engineer; Dean Bass, Chief Pilot,
Rotary; Paul Carney, Engineer.
Fleet: (1) EC120
Fax: 905-671-9536
website:
www.fourseasonsaviation.com
e-mail:
hlcptr@fourseasonsaviation.com
Main Base: c/o Rotor City Inc.,
Downsview Airport
Key Personnel: David Tommasini,
President.
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B, (1) AW109E, (1)
AS 350B2, (1) AW 119KE, (1) AS
355F1, (1) DHC-2 Beaver MK-1
*$7(:$<+(/,&237(56/7'
PO Box 1111
North Bay, ON P1B 8K4
Tel: 705-474-4214
Toll Free: 1-888-474-4214
Fax: 705-474-1813
website: www.gatewayhelicopters.com
e-mail: info@gatewayhelicopters.com
Main Base: North Bay
Key Personnel: David Lauzon, Pres/
Ops Mgr; Tim Ferguson, PRM
Fleet: (3) Bell 206B II, (1) Bell 206B
III, (1) Bell 204B, (3) ASTAR 350B3,
(1) ASTAR 350B2, (2) ASTAR 350BA+,
(5) Bell 206 LR+
&$1$'$,1&
Carp Airport, PO Box 250
Carp, ON K0A 1L0
Tel: 613-839-5868
Toll Free: 1-866-412-9894
Fax: 613-839-2976
website: www.htsc.ca
e-mail: lavoym@htsc.ca
Main Base: Carp ON, Moosonee ON,
LaRonge SK, Trois Rivieres QC,
Natashquan QC, Rankin Inlet NV
Key Personnel: Luc Pilon, President;
Michael D. Lavoy, VP, Marketing &
Communications; Murray Cheslock,
Director of Operations; Michel
Bussieres, Chief Pilot; Nelson Bill,
DOM
Fleet: Bell 206, Bell 206LS, Bell 204,
Bell 205, Bell 212, Bell 214ST, S61N,
S61R, MD520N, AS350BA, AS350B2
+(/,&237(56&$1$'$
1378770 Ontario Inc.
50 Terminal Street Comp 8,
North Bay Airport
North Bay, ON P1B 8G2
Tel: 705-494-4354
Toll Free: 1-877-688-4354
Fax: 705-494-4758
website: www.helicopterscanada.com
e-mail:
jsullivan@helicopterscanada.com
Main Base: North Bay
Key Personnel: Jeff Sullivan, President
Fleet: (1) Robinson 22 Beta, (2)
Robinson R44 Raven II, (1) Bell
Jetranger, (1) Bell Long Ranger III

+<'5221(+(/,&237(56(59,&(6
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport
224 7th Line North, RR 2
Oro Station, ON L0L 2E0
Tel: 705-487-5825
Fax: 705-487-5256
Email: doug.reilly@hyrdoone.com
Main Base: Lake Simcoe Regional
Airport, ON
Key Personnel: Doug Reilly, Ops Mgr;
R. Tapper, Maintenance Supervisor;
J.Bosomworth, CP.
Fleet: (1) B206L1, (4) AS350B2, (3)
AS350B3
-(73257,1&
520 - 9300 Airport Road
Mount Hope, ON L0R 1W0
Tel: 905-679-2400
Toll Free: 1-888-887-7713
Fax: 905-679-2810
website: www.jetport.com
Main Base: Hamilton International
Airport, ON
Key Personnel: Roger Adair, Director
of Aviation; Jeff Fullerton, Chief Pilot
Rotary Wing; Todd DiPaolo, Director
of Operations
Fleet: (1) AS 355FX2
1$7,21$/+(/,&237(56
1,$*$5$+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
PO Box 636, 3731 Victoria Avenue
Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6V5
Tel: 905-357-5672
Fax: 905-374-2856
website: www.niagarahelicopters.com
e-mail: info@niagarahelicopters.com
Key Personnel: Ruedi Hafen,
President & Chief Pilot; RenÈ Huessy,
Operations Manager.
Fleet: (5) Bell 407
217$5,20,1,675<2)1$785$/
5(6285&(6$9,$7,216(59,&(6
RR #1, Box 2, 475 Airport Road
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K6
Tel: 705-779-2149
Fax: 705-779-2652
website: www.mnr.gov.on.ca
e-mail: bob.crowell@ontario.ca
Main Base: Sault Ste. Marie
Key Personnel: Mike OíBrien, GM; R.
Crowell, Ops Mgr; Tim Bovingdon, CE
Fleet: (7) EC130B4
217$5,23529,1&,$/32/,&(
$9,$7,216(59,&(6+(/,&237(581,7
777 Memorial Avenue
Orillia, ON L3V 7V3
Tel: 705-329-7525
23(5$7256',5(&725<
6$8*((1+(/,&237(56/7'
RR 1
Hanover, ON N4N 3B8
Tel: 519-369-3413
Fax: 519-369-2911
e-mail:
saugeenhelicopters@hotmail.com
Main Base: Hanover
Key Personnel: Murray McDonald,
Pres; Bob Watson, Sec/Treas;
Filomena McDonald, Office Manager/
Sales.
Fleet: (1) Bell 206BIII
6,/9(5/,1(+(/,&237(56,1&
18898 Holland Landing Road
Holland Landing, ON L9N 1L3
Tel: 905-853-0969
Fax: 905-853-2801
website: www.silverlinehelicopters.com
e-mail: irogers@silverlinehelicopters.com
Main Base: Holland Landing Airpark
(CLA4)
Key Personnel: Ian Rogers, President,
CP/Ops
Fleet: (2) Bell 206, (2) Schweizer 300,
(1) EC 130 B4, (1) BH06L3, (2) R-44 (II)
67$1'$5'$*+(/,&237(5,1&
RR 3
:,6.$,5+(/,&237(56
520 Orville Wieben Crescent
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6M9
Tel: 807-475-4510
Toll Free: 1-800-579-4510
Fax: 807-473-5485
website: www.wiskair.com
e-mail: info@wiskair.com
Main Bases: Thunder Bay ON,
Dryden ON
Key Personnel: Mark Wiskemann,
President; Kevin Robins, DOM.
Fleet: (2) Bell 206 Long Rangers, (2)
Bell 407, B206L-1
<25.5(*,21$/32/,&(
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, ON L3Y 4W5
Tel: 905-773-1221, ext 7751
Toll Free: 1-866-876-5423
Fax: 905-841-0445
website: www.police.york.on.ca
Fleet: (1) EC120B
=,00(5$,56(59,&(6,1&
9706 Burk Line
Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0
Tel: 519-676-9550
Toll Free: 1-800-665-5485
Fax: 519-676-9552
1,$*$5$%$6( Fax: 705-329-7523
PO Box 129
Virgil, ON L0S 1T0
Tel: 905-641-2222
Toll Free: 1-800-491-3117
Fax: 905-641-9674
website: www.nationalhelicopters.com
e-mail:
niagaratours@nationalhelicopters.com
Main Base: Bolton, ON
Key Personnel: Ben Allan, Base
Manager
Fleet: (2) B206B3, (1) B206L
1$7,21$/+(/,&237(56,1&
11339 Albion Vaughan Road
Kleinburg, ON L0J 1C0
Tel: 905-893-2727
Toll Free: 1-866-361-1100
Fax: 905-893-2700
website: www.nationalhelicopters.com
e-mail: info@nationalhelicopters.com
Main Base: Kleinburg
Key Personnel: Dan Munro, Pres;
Andrew Dunt, Ops/CFI, Joseph
Rodrigues, DOM
Fleet: (4) B206L-1, (5) B206B, (2)
EC120B, (3) R22, (3) R44, (1) B430,
(1) A109
1$7,21$/5(6($5&+&281&,/
,$5)5/
Bldg U-61, Uplands
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Tel: 613-991-5738
Fax: 613-952-1704
website: www.nrcaerospace.com
Key Personnel: Stewart Baillie,
Director; Rob Erdos, CP; Sid Smith,
Manager, Aircraft Maintenance
Fleet: (1) Bell 205A1, (1) Bell 206B,
(1) Bell 412
Main Bases: Orillia & Sudbury, ON
Fleet: (2) AS355F2
48(675$/+(/,&237(56/7'
350 Comet Private, Suite 120
Ottawa, ON K1V 9B4
Tel: 613-723-2929
Fax: 613-723-1268
website: www.questralhelicopters.com
e-mail: troy@questralhelicopters.com
Main Base: CYOW
Key Personnel: Troy Fisher, Ops Mgr;
Tosh Serafini, DOM
Fleet: (2) AS350B2, (1) AS350BA, (1)
AS350B, (1) AS350B3
5&03$,56(59,&(%5$1&+
1200 Vanier Parkway
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2
Tel: 613-998-0364
Fax: 613-998-0365
Bases: Edmonton AB, Kamloops BC,
Kelowna BC, London ON, Moncton
NB, Montreal QC, Vancouver BC,
Comox, BC.
6$1'(5*(23+<6,&6/7'
260 Hunt Club Road
Ottawa, ON K1V 1C1
website: www.sgl.com
e-mail: info@sgl.com
Main Base: Y0W
Key Personnel: Dave Vipond, Aviation
Ops Manager; Andre Lafontaine,
Chief Pilot; Brian Simms, Chief Pilot
Heli; Gerry McGrath, DOM.
Fleet: (8) Cessna Caravan, (1) Cessna
606, (2) BN2B Islander, (3) DA 42, (1)
AS 350 B3
October/November/December 2010 +(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRP
Princeton, ON N0J 1V0 website: www.zimmerair.com
Toll Free: 1-877-902-6335 e-mail: info@zimmerair.com
Fax: 519-458-8278 Main Base: Blenheim
e-mail: standard@classes.com Sub Base: Thunder Bay
Main Base: Princeton Key Personnel: Paul Zimmer, Pres/
Key Personnel: Harold F. Bielefeld, CE/CP Ops Mgr; Tim Nelson, CP
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B Fleet: (2) Bell 206B, (1) AS350, (2)
R44-II, (1) AS355F1, (1) AS 350D, (1)
7$57(1(48,30(17/,0,7(' AS 355 F2
6199 Shawson Drive
Mississauga ON L5T 1E5 48(%(&
Tel: 905-670-1704
Fax: 905-670-4790 $0(5,&$1,521 0(7$/
Fleet: (1) Bell 206B +(/,&237(56
9100 boul Henri-Bourassa Est
:,/'(51(66+(/,&237(56/7' Montreal, QC H1E 2S4
PO Box 259, Wawa Municipal Airport Tel: 514-494-2000
Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 Toll Free: 1-800-361-0783
Tel: 705-856-1660 Fax: 514-494-3008
Toll Free: 1-888-554-3662 Key Personnel: Herb Black, President
Fax: 705-856-0274 Fleet: (1) AS350BA
website:
www.wildernesshelicopters.com &$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
e-mail: heli@wilderness.on.ca 1215 Montée Pilon
Main Bases: Wawa, Chapleau, ON, Les Cèdres, QC J7T 1G1
Marathon, ON Tel: 450-452-3000
Key Personnel: Blair Mills, Ops Mgr/ Fax: 450-452-2472
PRM; Rob Burns, CP website:
Fleet: (3) Bell 206L3, (1) Bell 206LR, www.canadianhelicopters.com
(1) Bell 206L-4 e-mail: montreal.office@
canadianhelicopters.com
Key Personnel: Jean-Pierre Blais,
President; Don Wall, Senior Vice
President; Ed Bergnach, Vice
President & Director of Maintenance;
Mark Olsen, VO of Operations, Syvain
Seguin, VP Safety & Quality.

 23(5$7256',5(&725<
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
PO Box 65, Chevery Airport
Chevery, QC G0G 1G0
Tel: 418-787-2218
Fax: 418-787-2289
website: w
ww.canadianhelicopters.com
Main Base: Les Cèdres, QC
&$1$',$1+(/,&237(56/,0,7('
)/,*+775$,1,1*
619, 6th Ave., Jean Lesage
International Airport, Sainte-Foy
Quèbec City, QC G2G 2T4
Tel: 418-871-2579
Fax: 418-871-4476
website: www.canadianhelicopters.com
e-mail: quebec.school@
canadianhelicopters.com
Main Base: Quebec City
Key Personnel: Danny Ricard, Base
Manager, dricard@canadianhelicop-
ters.com; Christopher Stapor, Base
Engineer, cstapor@canadianhelicop-
ters.com; Daniel Martin, CFI
Fleet: (3) R22, (2) R44, (1) Bell 206B,
(1) AS350D, (1) AS355
&$6&$'(6,1&
404 Marie-Victorin Blvd., PO Box 30
Kingsey Falls, QC J0A 1B0
Tel: 819-357-6182
Fax: 819-363-5786
Key Personnel: Jean Francois
*8$5',$1+(/,&237(56/3
42, 7e rue
Val dor QC J9P 0G6
Tel: 819-860-3255
Toll Free: 1-866-730-6333
Fax: 403-730-6312
e-mail:
gkowal@guardianhelicopters.com/
chiefpilot@guardianhelicopters.com
Key Personnel: Graydon Kowal,
Operations Manager; Bruce Macdonald,
Chief Pilot; Brent Allard, PRM
Fleet: (2) Bell 205A-1, (1) Bell 206L1/3,
(3) AS350BA, (3) Bell206B, (1)
AS350B2, (2) AS350B3, (1) MD 530F
*5283(&/5
1173 6e Avenue
Grand-Mere, QC G9T 2J4
Tel: 819-538-1707
Fax: 819-538-0498
website: www.groupeclr.com
e-mail: fpaquin@groupeclr.com
Key Personnel: Francis Paquin,
President
Fleet: (1) Hughes 500D
+(/,(;3/25(,1&
30 Avenue Banville
La Sarre, QC J9Z 3C8
Tel: 819-333-4354
Fax: 819-333-4800
website: www.heliexplore.ca
e-mail: heliexplore@cablevision.qc.ca
+(/,(;&(/,1&
CP 188, 1970 Rue Decoste
Sept Iles, QC G4R 4K5
Tel: 418-962-7126
Toll Free: 1-877-962-7126
Fax: 418-962-9809
website: www.helixcel.com
e-mail: info@helixcel.com
Main Base: Sept-Iles, QC
Key Personnel: Benoit Allard,
President; Jean Goyette, Dir.
Fleet: (6) AS350BA, (8) AS350B2, (3)
AS350 BA+, (4) Bell 205A1, (1)
AS350B, (1) AS355FX, (1) Bell 214 B1
+(/,,17(5,1&+(/,&5$)7,1&
6500 de la Savanne
St Hubert, QC J3Y 8Y9
Tel: 450-468-3431, Bell Service
Center: 450-550-2355
Fax: 450-468-5497
website: www.helicraft.qc.ca
www. heli-inter.com
e-mail: info@heli-inter.com, Flight
Training Center: envol@helicraft.qc.ca
Main Base: Montreal/St Hubert
Helicraft (CTG2)
Sub Base: Malartic QC
Key Personnel: Benoit Allard,
President; Patrice BelleRose,
Operations Manager; Pierre Demont,
Chief Pilot; Claude Gilbert, Director of
Maintenance; Alexandre Quesnel,
Chief Flight Instructor; Manon
+(/,&2352
2327 De l’Aèroport,
St-Mathieu de Beloeil, QC J3G 0C9
Tel: 450-536-0880
Fax: 450-536-2594
website: www.helicopro.com
e-mail: ecolefox@videotron.ca
Main Base: St-Mathieu de Beloeil
Personnel: Christian Assad, DOP;
Pierre Lamontagne, DOM
Fleet: (2) R44, (2) HU30, (1) BH06, (1)
BH222
+(/,&237(5(:+$3&+,:(0/7'
CP 699, 10 rue des prises d’eau
Radisson, QC J0Y 2X0
Tel: 819- 638-7904
Fax: 819-638-7424
e-mail: whapchiwem@tlb.sympatico.ca
Main Base: Radisson, QC
Key Personnel: Michel Cote, GM;
Stacy Lamoureux, CP
Fleet: (2) AS 350BA, (1) B206L
+(/,&237(5(675$16,7/7((
300 rue St-Exupery, CP 322
Val d’Or, QC J9P 4P4
Tel: 819-825-5915
Fax: 819-825-7720
website: www.lino.comm/~transit
e-mail: transit.lino.com
Main Base: Val d’Or
Fleet: (1) B206 L1
Lafleche, Pilot/Engineer
Fleet: (1) Bell 407
&(175(48(%(&2,6'()250$7,21
$(521$87,48(
CP 100, 1Rue de l’Aèroport
St-Honore, QC G0V 1L0
Tel: 418-673-3421
Fax: 418-673-3950
website: www.cqfa.ca
e-mail: cqfa@cegep-chicoutimi.qc.ca
Key Personnel: Serge Boucher,
Director; Pierre Decelles, Studies
Director; Pierre Asselin, Chief Flying
Instructor - Helicopters
Fleet: (2) B206B
)25(679,//(+(/,&237(56
128, Route 385
Forestville, QC G0T 1E0
Tel: 418-435-2310
Fax: 418-435-2310
Key Personnel: Guy Tremblay, Pres/
Ops Mgr
Fleet: AS300, HU500D, B206B,
B206L, AStar350
+(/,&237(56PDJD]LQHFRPOctober/November/December 2010
Main Base: La Sarre
Key Personnel: Stephane Noel,
President
Fleet: (2) Astar 350BA+, (1) Astar 350
FX2
+(/,(;35(66,1&
708, 7th Avenue,
Int’l Airport Jean-Lesage
Quèbec City, QC G2G 2T6
Tel: 418-877-5890
Fax: 418-877-5891
website: www.heliexpress.com
e-mail: heliexpress@qc.aira.com
Main Base: QuÈbec City
Key Personnel: Mathieu Gingras,
CEO/Ops Mgr; Martin Barrett, DOM
Fleet: (5) AS350BA, (2) AS350B2, (1)
AS350D, (1) Bell 205
+(/,%25($/,1&
279, Blvd Vigneault, P.O Box 3,
Sept-Iles, QC G4R 4K3
Tel: 418-962-7256
Fax: 418-962-7250
e-mail: cs@heli-boreal.ca
Key Personnel: Carol Soucy, CEO/CP/
Ops Mgr; Michel Seguin, CP; Thierry
Brie, Maintenance Manager/CE;
Jean-Yves Lacasse, V.P.
Fleet: (1) AS350BA, (2) AS350B2, (1)
AS350BA+, (1) EC 120B
Laporte, Controller +(/,72:&$579$1$,5
Fleet: (22+) Astar350D/B/BA/B2/B3/ 877 A Alphonse-Desrochers,
SD2, (2) AS355 Twinstar FX2R, (2) St. Nicolas, QC G7A 5K6
BH206 Long Ranger, (1) Jet Ranger Tel: 418-561-4512
III, (4) BH205-17, (2) Robinson R44, Fax: 418-836-4575
(4) Robinson R22, (3) Hughes 300CBI website: www.helitowcart.com
e-mail: info@helitowcart.com
+(/,:$6.,1& Main Base: Quebec City, QC
10 route 117, CP 700 Key Personnel: Lucien Barbeau;
Malarctic, QC J0Y 1Z0 Nathalie Barbeau; Bruno Martel
Tel: 819-757-3030 Fleet: (4) R44, (3) R22
Fax: 819-757-3303
e-mail: info@heli-wask.com ,1127(&+(;(&$,5($9,$7,21
Main Base: Marlartic, QC *5283
Key Personnel: Michel Rochette, Ops 10225 Ryan Avenue
Mgr; Philippe Leynaert, CP Dorval, QC H9P 1A2
Fleet: (1) AS350BA Tel: 514-636-7070
Fax: 514-636-8573
website: www.innotech-execaire.com
+e/,&2,1&
11865 rue Bernard
.237$,5
Quebec City, QC G2A 4C7
Marina Venise, 110 rue Venise
Tel: 418-564-9370
Laval, QC H7L 2E8
Fax: 418-845-0953
Tel: 450-625-1680
e-mail: helisphere@videotron.ca
Fax: 450-625-8733
Main Base: Quèbec CYQB Aèroport
Key Personnel: Martin Delisle, Ops
Key Personnel: Dany Veilleux, President.
Mgr/CP/Pres
Fleet: (1) AS350 B3, (1) EC130 Fleet: (2) R44
/$&203$*1,(75(0%/$</7((
941 Boulevard Mgr de Laval, C.P. 3054
Baie St-Paul, QC G3Z 2W1
Tel: 418-435-2310
Fax: 418-435-2310
Key Personnel: Guy Tremblay, Pres

/(6+(/,&237(5(6$%,7,%,/7((
341 Route 111 West, PO Box 188
La Sarre, QC J9Z 2X5
Tel: 819-333-4047
Fax: 819-333-9894
website: www.abitibihelicopters.com
e-mail: info@heliabitibi.com
Main Base: La Sarre, QC;
Other Base: Calgary, AB
Key Personnel: Betrand Perron,
President, b.perron@heliabitibi.com,
403-247-9591; Pierre Michaud,
Eastern Manager, p.michaud@heliabiti-
bi.com, 819-333-4047; Robert
Fauteux, Oil & Gas Marketing Manager,
r.fauteux@heliabitibi.com, 403-247-
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360 Airport Road,
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Tel: 418-668-3046
Toll Free: 1-866-425-3046
Fax: 418-668-0654
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Main Bases: Alma
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Tel: 819-377-4382, Emergency/After
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Fax: 819-377-5030
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Fax: 418-843-1012
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e-mail: steevegroslouis@
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President; Steve Labranche, CP/PRM
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Fax: 430-730-6312
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La Ronge, SK S0J 1L0 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9
Tel: 306-425-3100 Tel: 867-668-5888
Fax: 306-425-4116 Fax: 867-668-7875
website: website: www.fireweedhelicopters.ca
www.northcentralhelicopters.com Key Personnel: Bruno Meili,
Main Base: La Ronge, SK President; Brian Reimer, Director of
Fleet: (1) Bell 206 B, (2) Bell 206 LR, Maintenance.
(2) Bell 204 B, (3) Bell 205 A-1, Fleet: (1) Bell 204C, (2) Bell 206L4,
(1) Bell 206L3 (1) MD500D, (1)
(2) AS 350BA
MD520N
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PO Box 547 PO Box 26
Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1Y4 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9
Tel: 306-236-4090 Tel: 867-668-5888
Fax: 306-236-3427 Fax: 867-668-7875
Key Personnel: Cecile Mistickokat, e-mail:
Pres; Darrell Roney, Ops Mgr/CP fireweedhelicopters@northwestel.net
Fleet: (1) Bell 206 Main Bases: Dawson City, YT Tel:
867-993-5700, Fax: 867-993-6839;
75$16:(67$,5 Mayo, YT Tel: 867-996-2100, Fax:
PO Box 100 867-996-2105
Prince Albert, SK S6V 5R4 Key Personnel: Scott Dewindt, Base
Tel: 306-764-1404 Manager
Toll Free: 1-800-667-9356
Fax: 306-763-1313 +(/,'<1$0,&6/7'
website: www.transwestair.com PO Box 4
e-mail: bmitchell@transwestair.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9
Main Base: Prince Albert Tel: 867-668-3536
Key Personnel: Jim Glass, Managing Fax: 867-668-5637
Partner; Pat Campling, Managing e-mail: helidynamics@northwestel.net
Partner; Blake Mitchell, Dir - Fleet: (4) B206B, (2) B206L-3, (2) B407
Helicopter Ops; Wayne Pitre, CP.
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Fleet: (3) Bell 206, (2) Bell 407, (1)
PO Box 2128
Bell 206 LIV, (1) Bell 205 A1+ Haines Junction, YT Y0B 1L0
Tel: 867-634-2224
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Fax: 867-634-2226
e-mail: kluaneheli@northwestel.net
3$663257+e/,&2 6(59,&(6
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3320, Blériot Street, Suite 10
Mascouche, QC J7K 3C1
Tel: 450-474-4888
Toll Free: 1-888-810-5290
Fax: 450-474-6323
website: www.passport-helico.com
e-mail: info@passport-helico.com
Main Base: Mascouche
Other Base: 2343, Chemin de
l’Aèroport, St-Mathieu de Beloeil, QC
J3G 4S5 Tel: 450-464-5290,
888-810-5290
Key Personnel: Yves Leroux, Pres/Ops
Mgr; Patrick Lafleur, CP/CFI; Guy
Lambert, DOM
Fleet: (6) R22, (11) R44, (1) AStar
chiefpilot@guardianhelicopters.com
Key Personnel: Graydon Kowal,
Operations Manager; Bruce Macdonald,
Chief Pilot; Brent Allard, PRM
Fleet: (2) Bell 205A-1, (1) Bell 206L1/3,
(3) AS350BA, (3) Bell206B, (1)
AS350B2, (2) AS350B3, (1) MD 530F
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Yorkton, SK S3N 3X3
Tel: 306-783-5438
Fax: 306-782-3590
Key Personnel: R.W. Parker, Pres/Ops
Mgr/CP; L.M. Marchenski, CE
Fleet: (3) AS350, (2) B205A-1-17, (1)
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Fax: 867-668-6201
e-mail: capitalheli@northwestel.net
Key Personnel: Delmar Washington,
President
Fleet: (2) Bell206B, (1) R44 Raven II
Main Base: Haines Junction, YT
Key Personnel: Bill Karman, Pres/Ops
Mgr/CP
Fleet: (1) AS350B3, (1) AS350B1, (1)
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75$161257++(/,&237(56
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Tel: 867-668-2177
Fax: 867-668-3420
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Declining
Piloting Skills?
Determining a Game Plan
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iven that American youth are not much different from
their counterparts north of the border, it might be infor-
mative to consider a report by the U.S. National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that warns future
pilots may not be up to snuff. And no, this doesn’t mean
they’re shunning oral tobacco and taking up smoking.
The NTSB study concluded there are signs future pilots will be less
experienced, less ethical and in short supply. For anyone conversant
with the laws of supply and demand, the short supply of pilots (and for
that matter technicians) will result in less qualified individuals available
for working from cockpit seats and shop benches. As a result, standards
will be lowered closer to the level of “any warm body will do. . .”
Panel members determined there are far fewer military pilots leav-
ing for jobs with airlines and college graduates shun careers in aviation
because they see aviation as an “economic dead end.” Exacerbating this
issue is the fact U.S. airlines will need to find 42,900 additional aviators
over the next decade due to retirements and estimated expansion,
according to well-known aviation expert, Judy Tarver.
Add in the fact that American teens find airline careers unattractive,
you can subsequently assume few will want to become helicopter driv-
ers when they consider operations are subject to demanding hours of
work, low-level flying through inclement weather and mediocre long-
term living conditions in the field – not to mention direct contact with
challenging clients. Moreover, there isn’t a system of unions in place to
¶¶
Standards will be lowered
closer to the level of ‘any warm
¶¶
body will do . . .’
represent their interests. So, what would be the attraction?
Frequent readers of my column will recall my almost constant urg-
ing for pilots to follow safety guidelines and fly with as much skill as
possible to minimize risks. But it’s not just about safety. It’s also about
pride and professionalism, personal satisfaction and elevating the pub-
lic’s opinion of our industry. Personally, I never much liked our indus-
try’s pilots being called “glorified taxi drivers” or “over-rated Caterpillar
operators” by those that don’t understand the profession.
When I run across individuals who conduct their flights in a care-
less manner, I am repulsed because observers will lump all pilots into
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the same abysmal class. How do you feel about your professionalism?
Are helicopter operations just a job – just a means to get by? Do you
cut corners and “bend” regulations, perhaps calling it efficiency, to get
each task over with as quickly as possible so you can get home – or to
the bar? If so, you fit the NTSB’s forecast for the future of our industry.
Incidentally, I’m not just referring to young members of our flying
fraternity because there are a lot of old timers who fit the mold
described here. Frankly, it’s appalling when a highly experienced pilot
lacks professionalism and, even worse, when he recounts close calls to
low-time pilots – the hero stories where he used superior skills to nar-
rowly avoid catastrophe.
Newbies to the industry should also take these stories with a grain
of salt as they are often exaggerated for effect. Close brushes with disas-
ter are like playing Russian roulette and should never be condoned.
There’s a very real sentiment that Americans are disillusioned
with the increase in high-profile accidents recently and are urging
pilots and air traffic controllers to “consistently strive for a high-
level of professionalism.” Tony Kern, author of five books on pilot
performance, observes that safety levels are “eroding because of an
attitude of casual compliance” prevalent among pilots. The NTSB is
asking the FAA to: “(1) Evaluate prior flight check failures for pilot
applicants before hiring, and (2) provide training and additional
oversight that considers full performance histories for flight crew-
members demonstrating pilot deficiencies.”
The NTSB report outlines such
key safety issues as: flight crew train-
ing and experience; sterile cockpit
compliance; pilot training records;
remedial training for pilots; and
fatigue management.
Because our helicopter accident
rate is too high, we can anticipate
Transport Canada will increase safe-
ty demands/regulations on our
industry. So, as pilots and operators,
the choice is yours. Do you want to avoid excessive regulation,
additional oversight, burdensome paperwork, public scrutiny and
the resulting loss of acceptance and revenue or let TC load us
down? Perhaps there is a silver lining to doing nothing since the
loss of business will potentially eliminate some competition and
the perceived pilot/engineer shortages.
After 45 years of flying, Ken Armstrong is still passionate about aviation
and feels blessed to be Canadian — and to have lived and shared the best
of times on our planet.
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