Huge mining project in B.C. uses Mi-26s
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Huge mining project in B.C. uses Mi-26s
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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?
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?
