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Links in Category: 'Rotary Wing Links' |
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"For more than 30 years, Aero Tech has been serving private and public entities in the U.S. and overseas with aviation and aerial application services." Rotary and Fixed Wing services. |
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Aircrane, Inc. operates the S-58T country-wide in all aspects of external load work, including of course, Aerial Firefighting.
They have been in business over 16 years and are based in Winder, Georgia, USA. |
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Alpine Helicopters, is based in Kelowna, with bases in Calgary, AB and Golden BC. Operating 20 Bell 212 HP's, 4 206B3's, 7 206L3's & 7 407's. Corporate Headquarters is now in Boulder, Colorado. |
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ARIS is based in San Jose and Riverside, California. They have been in operation since 1972. They operate 1 Hughes 500D, 1 Bell 206B III, 1 As350B Astar, and 3 Sikorsky S-58T's, with another Sikorsky S-58T on the way (as of 2009). |
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Australian Helicopters is the largest Australian owned helicopter operator in the country. They operate emergency medical and rescue services, aerial surveillance, marine pilot transfer, fire-fighting, tourism and charters. |
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Billings Flying Service, based in Billings, MT operates the Puma, S-61, UH-1, and Bell 206. |
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Brim Aviation is a utility operator based in Ashland, Oregon, with branch offices in
Alaska, Arizona and Texas.
They operate MD 500's, 600's, and R-44's.
Aerial firefighting, and starting, are some of their many services. |
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Burundaiavia operates a large number of MI-8MTV-1's throughout Kazakhstan and also worldwide for SAR, Medevac, Humanitarian, and Aerial Firefighting missions, among others. They are primarily based at the Boraldai airport. |
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Canadian Helicopters is an enormous company that offers services all over Canada and internationally. They operate the S-61, S-76, AS350, AS355, Bell 206B, 206L, and 212. They also have a Mountain Course in Penticton, B.C. |
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Carson Helicopters has a large number of Sikorsky S-61's with both a tank system or buckets.
They have bases in Pennsylvania and Oregon.
In the aftermath of the 2008 accident they no longer have firefighting contracts in the US.
Overseas? Maybe. |
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CC Helicopters is based in Kamloops, B.C. with satellite bases in Lillooet, Williams Lake, and Grand Forks. They operate the Bell 206, 206L, 407, 212, and 412. Tours, fires, etc... |
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Columbia Helicopters has a large fleet of BV-107 Vertols and a couple of Boeing 234 Chinooks. Varied missions, to include firefighting.
Well done site.
Lots of information about the company. |
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Construction Helicopters, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, offers a range of services, including firefighting, using the S-58T and S-61. |
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Coulson Aircrane, operating worldwide, is based in Port Alberni, B.C. They operate the Sikorsky S-61 in Executive Transport and other Utility operations like logging and firefighting. They show 2 of 4 S-61's working fires in Australia. |
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Croman is based in White City, Oregon, USA and operates the Sikorsky S-61, Bell 206BIII Jet Ranger, Lama 315B, and Hiller 12E Soloy helicopters in many different roles. Firefighting being one of them. |
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Eagle Helicopters is based in Spokane, Washington and operates 3 AS350 helicopters in a wide variety of operations, to include fire fighting. |
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Elbow River operates heli-skiing, seismic and fire suppression in Western Alberta and BC along with Mineral Exploration throughout Canada. 3 – Bell 206L3, 1 – Bell 407, and 1 – Bell 212. Based in Calgary, Alberta. |
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Era Helicopters has permanent bases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
Although mostly known for oil industry support they do have firefighting operations. |
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Erickson Air-Crane is the world's largest operator of the S-64 Skycrane.
They have firefighting contracts worldwide. |
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Evergreen helicopters offers a wide variety of aircraft for firefighting services worldwide.
Tanker 707 (6979R) was my first season on the fires, as SIC.
We used a Bambi bucket though. |
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Firehawk/Brainerd Helicopters.
The world's only commercial operator of the S-70 (UH-60) Blackhawk. (4 of them)
Primarily firefighting, with the occasional lift job, film, or disaster relief. They also operate 3 AS350B3's. |
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Firestop is the online home of the KwaZulu-Natal Fire Protection Association (Umbrella Fire Protection Association.
They operate Ayres Turbo Thrushes, Cessna spotters, Hueys, and Mi-8's. |
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Geo-Seis is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and in operation since 1982. They have extensive international operations and a number of Department of Defense contracts. Not as much as in previous years but they still offer firefighting services. |
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Guardian Helicopters was formed in 1995 and is now based in Calgary, Alberta. They operate 15 light to medium helicopters from Bell, Eurocopter, and McDonnell Douglas throughout North America. |
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This is NOT the same company as Guardian - Canada. Guardian - USA is based in Van Nuys, California and offers everything from offshore support to charters to firefighting. They operate Bell UH-1's, 206's, and AS-350's. |
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