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Business World |
March 2015
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“Our primary business is firefighting in Can-
ada, the U.S., and Australia,” says Britton
Coulson,Manager ofCoulsonAircrane. “We
use our Sikorsky S-61s and C-130s, along
with their support trailers and fuel trucks
to provide these services even in the most
remote areas. The C-130Q model, which is
a structurally equivalent to a C-130H Her-
cules with a Coulson RADS-XXL 4,000
US Gallon roll-on roll-off tanking system, is
quite a force to be reckoned with.”
“In 2007, we bought two JRM-3 Martin
Mars, which are the world’s largest flying
boats that ever went into commercial service,
and, up until two years ago, we used those
for firefighting as well.”
Britt’s passion for aviation began when he
was a child. He started working in Coul-
son’s aviation division when he was about
14 years-old, officially joining the company
after graduating from high school in 2004.
During that span, he has seen the company’s
aviation division grow to become the indus-
try leader it is today.
“We’ve been around for 28 years in heavy
lift helicopters, so everybody knows who we
are,” he says. “One of the unique things about
us is we’re the only company in the firefight-
ing business that runs large Type 1 helicop-