| Over the years many helicopters
have been used by the radio crews in the area. One of the first was
the Bell 47 bubble front, then came the Bell 206 JetRangers, 205, 204,
& 212 for the heavier stuff, Sikorsky S58, Alouette AStar, Hughes 500,
and more that I have forgot. In the 70’s we leased a helicopter from Okanagan
Helicopters (Canadian now),a 206, and used this machine to go everywhere.
It became our taxi, and sure nicer than driving.
We had pilots like Dave Newman, Pat Casey, Les Hanberg, Ian Swan, and Dev Anderson, to name a few. We also flew with Northern Mountain helicopters in Terrace and Stewart to name a few places. Fixed wing, we used outfits like Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA), & North Coast Airlines- Planes like Beavers, Goose, Otters, Twin Otters,Cessna’s, DC3, etc. were used. We even used Max Neubacher and Terrace Air’s Cessna a few times. Some on floats, some on wheels. 
Trans Provincial's Grumman Goose This was the first Fixed Wing plane, I was ever in We flew from Terrace to Kitsault my first day on the job, in Aug 1969 Years later I flew on a Goose to Port Simpson Not sure if any of these are still flying in this area.
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