Photo showing adaptability by this Alpine Helicopter using the abandoned foundation of the former Canadian National Railways freight shed as a launching pad. The machine, a regular visitor to Kitimat's Service Centre, is used by mining prospectors on exploratory sorties into the surrounding areas.
Photo showing adaptability by this Alpine Helicopter using the abandoned foundation of the former Canadian National Railways freight shed as a launching pad. The machine, a regular visitor to Kitimat's Service Centre, is used by mining prospectors on exploratory sorties into the surrounding areas.
Photo depicts Carl Agar looking up at Bill McLeod who is piloting a Sikorsky helicopter.
Notes
Fourteen Sikorsky S-55 helicopters were used as workhorses and load carriers during construction. Carl Agar and his crew with Okanagan Helicopters took men and materials to otherwise inaccessible spots. Without these helicopters, Project engineers would never have maintained the construction schedule. Photographed by Art Hundert. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Photo showing "Helicopter Canada's" director-cameraman Eugene ("Jeep") Boyko gets a send-off from Canadian Centennial Commission's John Fisher as he starts his record-making, 15,000 mile travels to film the National Film Board's Centennial documentary on Canada.
Photo showing "Helicopter Canada's" director-cameraman Eugene ("Jeep") Boyko gets a send-off from Canadian Centennial Commission's John Fisher as he starts his record-making, 15,000 mile travels to film the National Film Board's Centennial documentary on Canada.