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Old 13th Oct 2007, 13:26
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Huge mining project in B.C. uses Mi-26s

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/f...c-609d52a0c26d

More on the Mi-26: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/f...7-8dad7f7572dc
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See you read Vertical magazine aswell. There is a big article in the latest edition about the Mi-26's involvment in Canada, through Airborne energy solutions.
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Just seen this too this morning. Canadian Air-Crane is a division of Erickson Air-Crane operating S-64 so no shock they are objecting as there aren't any other operators using anything bigger than a Shortsky.

I can't see they have a case in terms of equivalence as the interior capacity on a Mi-26 must be a boone, let alone the bigger hook capacity. Bit late to complain too, VIH have used Kamovs for years, though for lower margin logging jobs, and this must be a super-high margin contract.

Is Airborne Energy Solutions the company at Whitecourt that does helli-rigging? Who have they teamed with for the aircraft? UTAir?

But what is the '"private eye"-style surveillance' comment about?
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