Blackmac Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 4 hours ago, DGP said: Hey Don...were does SkyRotors fit into the story...my buddy Ray Gilstorf told me he worked for Autair before he went to SkyRotors...he said when they locked the doors there he went with Viking...had some good stories about Viking....Mostly about Larry C.Ray did time in Africa with Viking....after Jimmies Lagoon. Sky Rotors was for formed by a gentleman from Piaseki (american) instructor and very knowledgeable on there products. The Royal Canadian Navy operated the Piaseki HUP-3 a predecessor of the HU-21 and was used on the HMCS Labrador (ice breaker). The HUP-3 was a tandem rotor with fwd and aft transmission and folding blades. During a 300 hr inspection on one HUP that had returned from Arnprior,ON, there was a requirement to check and adjust the rigging on the rotor heads, special rigging pins were to be inserted in the head to check conformity to specs. The movement of the blade pitch was controlled by screw jacks, that were controlled by inputs from the Pilot, inside the screw jacks stops were installed to eliminate max movement up or down. THE UPPER STOPS WERE NOT INSTALLED AND THIS WAS FOUND BY PULLING UP ON THE PITCH HORN TO INSERT THE RIGGING PINS. Nobody had ever pulled full pitch on the collective, in three hundred flight hours That is when I met Tom.....? I was hired by Larry Camphaug at Spartan Air Services, went to Arnprior and took a very extensive course on the H21 and proceed to the Mid-Canada Line (Knob Lake). Tandem Rotor Helicopters are the only machines you can rotate around the fwd or aft transmission, FUN. I loved landing like a DC-3 on the airstrip and taxing to the hangar. Cheers Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirlybird Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 On a technicality one could also say Great Slave Heli. Since it has changed hands to discovery air then sold off and rebranded as Great Slave heli 2018. No where near the same outfit it was that is for sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwbc Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Gateway Helicopters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jullian Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Codiac , Pegasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrkyle Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Here is a list of (mostly) west coast schools I compiled almost 15 years ago now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whippersnapr Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 hours ago, xrkyle said: Here is a list of (mostly) west coast schools I compiled almost 15 years ago now. Quite a few of those are still running? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Prism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displayname Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Dont foget the theives of northern mountain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DGP Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 9:42 AM, Iceman said: Turbowest (Ron Ellard, Fred Hobbs, Brian Johnstone etc) Does anyone know what happened to Max Sandersen...he was working for Turbo West summer of 89...met him on a fire near the Pas ...he was 70 at that time...probably long gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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