hybrid Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I believe John Carlton, owner of Precision Helicopters, Grande Prairie operated them in the 80's. Also a logging company in Campbell River, B.C. had one in the late 80's/early 90's, can't think of their name off the top of my head. I heard that parts were getting hard to find, the French military was hoarding all of them. I believe also Doug Makkonen flew one at TNTA, Whitehorse at one time as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zishelix Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm aware the Precision Helicopters Inc. operated two SA.341G - c/n 1052 & 1410. Btw, Ocean Helicopters Ltd. was located in Campbell River, BC. Rings a bell? However, any pic would be appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yup, it was Ocean Helicopters. Sorry no pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zishelix Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 No problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belcourt Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Darville Copters in Grand Prairie had two or three of them in 1975-76. Herman Lorenz and Ruth Ann Page flew for Ed. There was an English chap as well, Gordon Oliver I think. Those machines were the fastest things with rotors. Nice looking helicopters but not very useful in the mountains due to low rotor discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zishelix Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 C-FEDG was with Darville Copters since 1973 until 1983: Photo taken at Latornel, south of Grande Prairie, Alberta on December 14th, 1978 Photo: Steve Aubury Vancouver April 1988, by Mike Macgowan Also a trivia: allocated false reg. N9747P while used for filming The Fly II movie in 1989 J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatDog Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Olympic in Montreal had two in the late 70s. VHC and VWC if I remember correctly. VHC was Vought helicopters demonstrator, once again if my memory bank is still plugged in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zishelix Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 RatDog, your memory is still OK. C-GVHC was indeed with Olimpic Helicopters as well as the C-GVWC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 The only reg. I remember from Dom-Peg was C-*CCZ, (don't remember if it was a F or a G.) I looked in the TC web site but records don't go back that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJM91 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I believe also Doug Makkonen flew one at TNTA, Whitehorse at one time as well. I think that was Karl Ziehe with Shirley. I believe that TNTA had a Lama which Doug and others flew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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