More than just a flight 💍
VC: @mayakapouranis
Fresh out of it's 12-year inspection, ZBA is back in action with cutting-edge upgrades, including:
🚁 BLR Aerospace Fast Fin Modification for enhanced stability
🚁 Garmin Avionics Package Upgrade featuring: GTS-800 Traffic Advisory System, GTN650 XI GPS/NAV/COM, G500H TXI Primary Flight Display and a Garmin GI-275 Standby EFIS System
🚁 And a sleek new coat of paint to top it all off!
A busy few days out at the Powerline Training Facility in Pemberton this week working with one of the Hydro crews on hoist, hover exit and touch-and-go recurrent training.
With wildfire season upon us, we are diligently preparing through real scenario-based training in Whistler this week.
We are committed to supporting the community and prioritise safety and training as core values. As part of our summer ops preparations, the team are actively conducting long-line and bucketing training sessions, ready to respond to wildfire season.
📹️ a glimpse of a recent training session using a Bambi bucket to drop water on a simulated fire spark.
Read on: https://blackcombhelicopters.com/news/2024/5/2/preparing-for-wildfire-season
Ensuring the adventurers at Kees and Claire Hut stay cozy, one propane delivery at a time!
Visit https://spearheadhuts.org/ to visit the Kees and Claire Hut!
*Please note, the Spearhead Huts is only accessible by foot as it is in the Garibaldi Provincial Park. Helicopter use is permission-granted to resupply the hut.
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#blackcombhelicopters #spearheadhuts #keesandclaire
We're thrilled to announce our newest endeavor: a purpose-built Powerline Training Facility, located in Pemberton, British Columbia. This facility is a significant addition to our Advanced Training Center and highlights our unwavering commitment to safety and skill development in utility operations.
Designed to provide a controlled and safe environment for honing abilities, our training facility allows our team and clients the opportunity to practice and perfect specific tasks before applying them in the field. With realistic, hands-on training that mirrors the challenges of today's utility tasks, we're raising the bar for safety standards and operational efficiency and proficiency.
To read the full announcement, visit: https://blackcombhelicopters.com/blog
We'll be soaring over snow capped peaks this weekend in Whistler. We have a few seats left if you want to make the most of the sunshine and see why Fall is one of the most beautiful times of year to fly! To make it even better, all sightseeing tours are 15% off until Nov 17th (no code required). Flights start from $166 per person. #onlyinwhistler #whistler #explorebc #canada #fall
With the heat wave coming to an end and a cold front moving in, powerful winds have come along with it. This has lead to erratic and destructive wildfire behaviour in our backyard.
Wednesday saw the Casper Creek fire near Seton Portage (80km from Whistler) grow vehemently to the North over Carpenter Lake, burning through transmission lines and leaving the Bridge River Valley without power.
Yesterday, the winds brought extreme activity to the Downton Lake fire (80km from Whistler) pushing Bridge River Valley residents out of their homes on evacuation order.
Blackcomb Helicopters has crew and aircraft responding where possible, but little can be done in such extreme conditions. Our hearts go out to all of those affected, and we remind all of our readers to please act with great caution in the outdoors, and share support where you are able. These fires are not far from Whistler - they are devastating our neighbouring communities and affecting many. The Mclean Group Employee Fund has donated $5,000 to the Red Cross British Columbia Fires Appeal.
SLRD Evacuation Orders and Notices:
❗️Gun Lake, Lajoie Lake, Slim Creek areas
❗️Marshall Lake and north of Carpenter Lake areas
❗️Gold Bridge, Brexton and Bralorne areas
❗️Tyaughton Lake and Gun Creek Road areas
For more info follow SLRD - Squamish-Lillooet Regional District: https://www.slrd.bc.ca/emergency-program/emergency-notices
We're gearing up for a sunny weekend of Spring flying in Whistler! Come join us.
Visit blackcombhelicopters.com/whistlerhelicoptertours to book your tour.
VC: @krisdontas
Coming in hot 🔥 Helibiking is back next month!
We never get tired of the views here @gowhistler
VC: @fuelforthesole
Checking out the deep crevasses of the mighty Cheakamus with @mattysylvestr.
Want to see it for yourself? Book onto our BC Experience tour!
blackcombhelicopters.com/bc-experience
Devastating wildfires continue to burn across Western Canada with the hot and dry weather showing no end in sight. To the crews on the ground and in the air, we hope you stay safe, and thank you for the incredible work you’re doing.
We may be biased, but we think there's no better way to experience Whistler than from above!
VC: @krisdontas
We're lucky to have incredible wilderness to adventure in in B.C, but that can also mean technical rescues in tricky terrain if an injury does occur.
This particular SAR mission was to assist the extraction f an injured subject who had slipped and fallen on rocks near a Squamish river. Two technicians were inserted via hoist and the subject was extracted via ARP utilizing tagline for spin/swing control. Given the tall trees, a very high hoist was required using almost 250ft of cable, and careful maneuvering was needed to establish and maintain sufficient offset in the tagline while not exceeding its 300ft length while working around trees near the rotor disc. It was a very calm day with no wind and a long vertical climb would have been necessary to perform a dynamic departure without the use of a tagline from this location, with the risk of initiating a spin being quite high given the funneling topography we chose to remain on station and perform a static hoist extraction.
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