Viking Helicopters

Conawapa spring 1975

Helair

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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1975 pay scale

Viking Helicopters

I discovered this pay scale, so I thought I’d post it to remind us all what we were worth almost 37 years ago. I suspect that there were variations to these rates, depending on the negotiations.

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Viking’s African adventures began in 1973

Africa

In 1973, Viking Helicopters made application to the East African Civil Aviation Board to operate in Tanzania. Approval was granted in the same year. The Kenya Gazette provided the details of the application.

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Burning out

OMNR

If we were going to tackle ignition on the scale that was required, we needed a huge manufacturing capability to supply the material in its final form. We needed ping-pong balls and potassium permanganate in huge quantities, much beyond the capabilities of the commercial supplier.

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1974 On hire

OMNR

The sleepy forest fire season in northwestern Ontario finally kicked in with a vengeance, when, after a long spell of drought, dry lightning ran through the district. Dryden-16 was ignited not far from the Federal Government’s Experimental Lakes Area at Hayes Lake.

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