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Commercial Helicopters conducts aerial spraying for private and government organizations. We are on the preferred operators list for SA & NSW State Forests.

This work has taken our helicopter all over Australia from spraying liquid fertilizer on eucalyptus plantations in Western Australia, Patterson's Curse in the Fluro Penninsula in South Australia to Serrated Tussock in central New South Wales.

Helicopters are generally used in hilly terrain or sensitive areas because of its manoeuvrability and accurate application of chemicals.

Commercial Helicopters are heavily involved in the patrol of overhead powerlines. This work consists of annual inspections (generally carried out prior to the fire season August/September) and emergency call-out work.

The helicopter is flown at slow speed (approx 30kts or 50 km/hr) with a navigator and observer on board. The observer's job is to look for any faults in the poles and wires. All faults are noted with photos, co-ordinates, pole number and the type of fault.

From time to time we are required for slinging loads to remote, hard to get to places. Some of the jobs we have conducted are:

• slinging concrete into the cable car anchor points in the Blue Mountains near Katoomba
• slinging equipment such as signs, paving bricks and cement for NPWS.

Helicopters are a valuable tool in getting around in flood situations and from time to time our helicopters have been utilized for flood relief.

In November 2000 all our helicopters were based in Walgett because of major flooding in the Western area of NSW. Some of the jobs our helicopters were used for:

• Flying food and supplies into properties
• Checking of stock to see if they are on high ground and have enough to eat
• Slinging in hay for stranded stock
• Mustering stock to higher ground
• Aerial inspections to moniter the amounts of water flowing, thus assessing risks further downstream
• Flying personnel & explosives to certain locations to blow up banks.

A Commercial Helicopters have been involved with fire fighting for 10 years now. We were the first helicopter company in Australia to operate the ex military "Huey" helicopter and the first to operate it for fire fighting activities. It has proven to be a valuable tool for water bombing and is now an important part of fire fighting in Australia.

If required, Commercial Helicopters, can supply 6 helicopters for fire fighting:

• 3 x Bell 206 Jetrangers lifting 400lts per Bambi bucket
• 1 x Bell 206 Longranger capable of lifting 600 lts
• 2 x Bell 204 UH-1B capable of lifting 1400 lts per bucket

These aircraft are used for:

• water bombing
• air attack
• reconnaissance
• mapping
• aerial incendiary work