Helair

The early days of Helair Ltd.

Pete Peterson’s Helair Ltd. was originally located out of his home on Keewatin Beach Road, just west of Kenora. Pete gave me my first flight from there in a G2 equipped with dual flight controls during the winter of 1967.

Why this site now?

Helair

A touch of nostalgia for the Viking Helicopters Ltd. that I knew and worked for prompted me to start this site. Judging by the number of visitors coming by, it was a wise decision.

The Dark Continent

Africa

I was headed to East Africa, but not before some small misadventures took place on the 20+ hours-long series of flights to get me there. It was all fun for a young guy from Canada.

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Pete Peterson - A Flying Story

From carrier landings in WWII; flying S-55s in Korea; Vertols and Spartan Air Services in the '50s; 47s and forest fires in the 60s; starting companies in the 70s - Pete has been there. He describes it all in his book and ends up covering much of the development of the early helicopter industry in Canada. Read the review and then download a copy of Pete's book A Flying Story.
New images submitted

Al Nelson, former Midwest GM, sent me an emal with a link to some Midwest Helicopter pictures. They're at the bottom of the page here. You can read more about Midwest Helicopters here.

Rick Tyefisher, at the time a young apprentice with Lambair Ltd. out of Thompson, has submitted some of his photos of the big show known as Dryden-18 in 1974. Thanks, Rick. View them here.
VikingAmerica - Does anyone have any information?

During the summer of 1980, Bill McKeever flew this helicopter in Hope BC. It was in Kansas City, MO the previous winter. Does anyone have any information on VikingAmerica? Please contact the author if you do.

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Due to the tremendous popularity of this site, it would be beneficial to my bandwidth if many of you would not download, day after day, multiple copies of the same image. One copy should be sufficient. I'm more than happy to be able to contribute watermarked and copyrighted images from this site for personal use. Thanks.

Helair

The early days of Helair Ltd.

Why this site now?

The Dark Continent

Pete Peterson - A Flying Story

New images submitted

VikingAmerica - Does anyone have any information?

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A note about downloads