SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - OUR FLEET

Being a commercial helicopter operator our fleet is often changing as we buy and sell aircraft, crosshire from various owners and bring in different types depending on our clients needs. We also train clients in their own helicopters so we often have a varied assortment of helicopters on the flight line.

Currrently (as of June 2007) we have a training fleet of small piston helicopters consisting of R22, H300, Bell 47 and R44

We are currently phasing out our B47 and H300’s as we believe these aircraft have seen their day in this modern world of new technology and are replacing them with the R22 and R44. This will be a slow process as it takes time to sell aircraft and buy new but we currently have an R22 and an R44 available for training with more on the way.

We also have a turbine fleet available for private, aerial work (including training) and charter. This fleet consists of Bell 206 Jet Ranger / OH58 Kiowa, AS350 Squirrel and Agusta 109E Power. The B206 and the Squirrel are given at a good rate to students training for a commercial licence so that it encourages them to build that much needed turbine time.

Agusta 109E Power (pride of the fleet)

Twin engine turbine, IFR (instrument flight rules), executive configuration.
Up to 7 passengers plus pilot, true airspeed of 140kts and a gross weight of 2850kgs. Available for private, aerial work and charter operations VFR and IFR. Type training and IFR a speciality in this helicopter.

AS350D Squirrel

Single engine turbine, Night VFR, executive configuration. Seats up to 5 passengers plus pilot, true airspeed 100kts and a gross weight of 1950kgs. Available for private, aerial work and charter operations VFR.

Bell 206 Jet Ranger / OH58 Kiowa (Military)

Single engine turbine, Night VFR, utility configuration. Up to 4 passengers plus a pilot, true airspeed of 90ktsand. Available for private and aerial work operations VFR and NVFR only.

Robinson R44

Single engine piston, Night VFR, executive configuration Up to 3 passengers plus pilot, true airspeed 100kts. Available for private, aerial work and charter VFR and NVFR.

Robinson R22

Single engine piston, Day VFR, standard configuration. 1 passenger and 1 pilot, true airspeed 85kts. Available for private, aerial work and charter VFR.

Bell 47G

Single engine piston, Night VFR, standard configuration. Up to 2 passengers plus pilot, true airspeed 60kts. Available for private, aerial work and charter VFR and NVFR.

Hughes 300/ TH55

Single engine piston, VFR, standard configuration. 1 passenger plus pilot, true airspeed 65kts. Available for private, aerial work and charter VFR.


GeoSim Part Task Trainer (Helicopter Instrument Simulator)

Based on the Bell 206 Jet Ranger. CASA approved for basic instrument training, navaid training and instrument renewals. Currently being modified to include a Garmin 430 GPS interface and dual controls as well as the standard VOR, ADF and HIS.

Mike Becker