Heavy-lift and firefighting helicopter operator based in the Okanagan, British Columbia
Coldstream Helicopters Ltd. is a family-run helicopter operator in British Columbia's Okanagan region. Its website lists a corporate office at Kelowna International Airport, with further bases in Southport, Manitoba and Caldwell, Idaho. The listing places it in Vernon, and news coverage has shown its aircraft flying from Vernon Airport.
The company's main work is heavy-lift and utility flying: wildfire and emergency response, aerial construction, oil and gas support, film and television production, and orchard protection. It also lists heli-skiing and tourism. It is not a typical passenger charter provider, so private flyers should ask directly about passenger trips.
Its website lists a fleet of Airbus AS332L/L1 Super Pumas, Bell 212 HP helicopters and AStar B2 and B3 light helicopters. Press coverage reports that the company converts Super Pumas for firefighting and added four ex-Mexican presidential Super Pumas to its fleet. Robert Gallagher is President and Accountable Executive; he has said he started the business as a maintenance organisation before it became an operator.
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Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
