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Conawapa spring 1975

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The proposed Conawapa generating station on the Nelson River was located approximately 18 miles downstream from the Limestone station. Midwest Helicopters was there with a Bell 206.

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Pete Peterson: A Flying Story

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Pete Peterson has been a part of the Canadian helicopter scene for many years, but did you know that he began his aviation career as a young teenager, eventually flying Corsairs off carriers in the second World War as a U.S. Marine?

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Site information

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In August of 2009 when I opened Helicopter Highlights, I was expecting to put up no more than six or eight posts and some pictures from a few jobs that I had been on and then call it a day. Then the search engines locked on.

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Comedy of errors

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Since this was to be the last trip for the winter, no additional fuel had been spotted. There was some quantity of 80/87 if it became necessary to use it to get back to Red Lake, but I hoped I could get along without it. It was not to be.

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Checking my log book…

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Back in early February of 1976 Bill was doing a job near Chapleau with CF-HEL, Helair Limited’s Bell 47 flagship. The Lycoming engine had started making metal and was declared unserviceable. Consequently Bill needed his survey crews retrieved from the bush.

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