Rocky Mountain Helicopters

[Bell214]

Thanks for the Okanagan Pictures! I would book a week of heliskiing if there would be a 214... There are some pictures on the Blacktusk Website showing the 214 in Heliski Operation... Is it true that Alpine used their 214 for Heliskiing? It was Number 28007, C-GBHH. Would be nice to have some more information about that one...

[Amphibious]

Blacktusk ran a few 214B heliski trips this winter..... i miss the big girl

[NG Limited]

Thanks for the Okanagan Pictures! I would book a week of heliskiing if there would be a 214... There are some pictures on the Blacktusk Website showing the 214 in Heliski Operation... Is it true that Alpine used their 214 for Heliskiing? It was Number 28007, C-GBHH. Would be nice to have some more information about that one...

 

Alpine did heli-ski with their 214.

[Bell214]

I found some pictures in the internet and I have no idea about this 214... the pictures were taken in the states around 1985. Do you guys know something about this machine?

 

Thank you

 

 

 

 

[MMike]

Is it true that the 214 has officially been canned from USFS contracts this year? I heard at Heli-expo that PJ and some other operators were filing a protest or something...

[33InchChord]

Bell214 that is s/n 28024 N214R while owned by Chet Rasberry Inc (CRI) of Apple Valley California. Later owned and crashed by Black Tusk as C-FVJE in about 1996.

[old]

Bell214 that is s/n 28024 N214R while owned by Chet Rasberry Inc (CRI) of Apple Valley California. Later owned and crashed by Black Tusk as C-FVJE in about 1996.

Quasar operated two of them for years Helisking.setting all the hydro towers up around Squamish,Misery creek and also worked in Tuk hauling Gabions. VXA and VXC.

[Iceman72]

RMH created most of their own demise info from a friend who was on one of their last accidents when they were logging, the A/C had about half fuel onboard and when they recovered the log that had been slung off the mountain (sling shot style) and had fallen about 2000ft down the side of the hill breaking up as the log tumbled the primary log weighted in with the ship wt. 19300. You do the math 3300 O/G

[NG Limited]

Quasar operated two of them for years Helisking.setting all the hydro towers up around Squamish,Misery creek and also worked in Tuk hauling Gabions. VXA and VXC.

 

Yep, Quasar had this 214 in the CMH Monashees winter of '83.

 

 

 

[cyclic monkey]

Quasar's other 214B was working over the hill in Blue River for Weigele I think.

 

I recall that Quasar even used their 214ST for skiing at one stage.

The wheels were removed and it had skids attached.

It is a two-pilot ship, so the guide had to ride in the back with the guests.

Also, there was no ski-basket for it, so the back row of seats were removed and a wooden box was built and the skis were put into there.

 

(Aaaaah, the good-old-days before STC approvals and fire-proof materials !!!)