March 2015
| Business World
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Established in 1985, Coulson Aircrane Ltd.
is the aviation division of the CoulsonGroup
of Companies. Highly regarded for their
versatility, Coulson Aircrane operates with-
in a wide range of industries across several
countries, including: firefighter transporta-
tion and water bucketing for fire suppression
in Australia; missile retrieval, ship-to-shore
passenger and freight transport services for
the U.S. Navy; off-shore oil and gas work in
Azerbaijan; and heli-logging and commuter
transport between Vancouver and Victoria
in Canada.
Coulson Aircrane boasts an impressive fleet
that features five Sikorsky S-61 helicopters,
making them “the longest commercial oper-
ator of that helicopter type in North Amer-
ica.” A subsidiary, Coulson Aviation (USA)
Inc, also employs the C-130 Hercules − a
world-renowned firefighting airtanker and
military transport aircraft.
