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Meanwhile, back in Moosonee…

Midwest Helicopters

Moosonee was quite a busy place for helicopters heading south in 1968. We crossed paths with Okanagan, MidWest Helicopters and Skyrotors, respectively. Bruce McPherson was in the Midwest S55. Jack McCormack was piloting the Vertol.

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Comedy of errors

Helair

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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Stories need telling

Midwest Helicopters

A lot of the stories are the background and history of some great helicopter companies that operated in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s that are no longer around today. They and their employees pioneered inventions, techniques, operating standards and working conditions for today.

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Checking my log book…

Helair

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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The early days of Helair Ltd.

Helair

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.

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