Universal along with Lake Else closed.

[Iceman]

Never met him, I was at Turbowest in 1998 - 1999

[rotarywrench]

Hayes Helicopters, Pat Carson Logging, and Fletcher Challenge. Whonnock, the fore runner of Helifor, and Long Beach Helicopters.

[DGP]

8 hours ago, Iceman said:

Never met him, I was at Turbowest in 1998 - 1999

Hey Iceman...Max would have been 80 in 98...probably not doing much flying.

[OTR]

Blackfish Helicopters

[Directional Gyro]

Unless I missed it; nobody brought up the O'Connor Brothers and Aero Arctic out of Yellowknife.

I met Bob's daughter (who was a flight attendant for First Air) on a flight to Gjoa Haven back in 2011; she told me some great stories about her late father, and uncle when they were running the company.

[DGP]

What was the name of the outfit along highway 11 between Hurst and Kap...was it Northstar?

[old]

2 hours ago, DGP said:

What was the name of the outfit along highway 11 between Hurst and Kap...was it Northstar?

Yes. The Goslin family owned it. Gary somebody was the ops manager. I worked there. 

[DGP]

4 hours ago, old said:

Yes. The Goslin family owned it. Gary somebody was the ops manager. I worked there. 

Thanks for that buddy...got a few more cobwebs out of the old brain! I drove by there many times going from Winnipeg to southern Ontario.

[DGP]

Now on the subject of how Canadian got started...well this may be way off base but who was Don Plant and how did he fit in to the Heli business...I thought he was the one trying to buy up all the companies...or maybe he was Dobbin's competition...

[Directional Gyro]

The Gary you refer to as the Ops Manager at Northstar; that won't have been Gary Smith?

Did they have  a few Astars, and did a couple of guys called John Lesque and Rejean Charlebois happen to fly for them?