Blackmac Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 Does anybody know what company brought the first B204B's into Canada and for what purpose?????? I do. Cheers, Don Quote
06HeliMAN Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Posted February 7, 2007 Me too! Wish the R22 sounded as cool! Would not even consider transitioning if it did Quote
volition Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 :PThe only thing I know about the B204b, is that it was the civilian version of the huey back in the 60's...way before my time!! Quote
06HeliMAN Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Posted February 7, 2007 Don't know who was first, but surely the reason is obvious; to promote the growth of helicopter pilots in canada. The Huey sound is good at this. It certainly got me Quote
volition Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 I think it was use in the canadian artic for geology in 1966...but the company is still a mystery. Quote
twinstar_ca Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 was it not autair, don, and brought in for servicing the dew line to replace the vertols?? Quote
cyclic monkey Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 I don't know why people bought helicopters back then, but a recent press release says now they do it to "realize synergies and economies of scale.....going forward". What a load of monkey dung. Why can't people speak plain English anymore ?? Just like this fine lunch item......... Quote
47G Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 Does anybody know what company brought the first B204B's into Canada and for what purpose?????? I do. Cheers, Don Would that have been Bullock Helicopters?? Quote
cap Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 I'll take a crack at this Don, although if I remember correctly, that was about the time of my coming back to the "World" and starting up again on the civilian side. Give me a break on this because half of the present world wasn't born yet........BUT you and I were already "imbibing". The first one I know of was CF-AHB which was a 204 with a Gnome engine in it and it looked weird to me because the tail-pipe exited on the rear-side of the engine cowling and not the rear as most know it. If I also remember correctly, it burned to the ground during a refuelling. Seems to me that it hadn't been in country all that long before that happened. All of the foregoing was the result of Autair Helicopters of St. Jean, PQ, owned by Power Corp. and one of the best darn helicopter companies that ever existed.......in my humble opinion. The reason for the purchase was some contract in the Arctic as I recall. Again, the memory fades for the reasons stated above. Unless John Schultz or Oddly Black jump in here to answer your question, I'm afraid that mine may have to suffice :lol:. The time-frame on all this would have to be about '66-'67. I may be out a bit here because part of what I related already I was there to witness and the rest pre-dated me by a very short time-frame. Quote
volition Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 Yea, we have the date and place, if you read the previous post, we need to confirm the company now!!! Quote
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