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Remembered

RotorTalesISSUE 01.2007CHC HELICOPTER CORPORATION EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE

This summer CHC Europe introduces the worlds first dedicated Search

and Rescue-configured Sikorsky S-92 for the UK Maritime and Coastguard

Agency (MCA) contract. July 1 marks the official start date for the contractawarded in December 2005, but much work has been going on behind the

scenes for more than year and a half. In addition to four SAR S-92s, CHC

will introduce three SAR-configured Agusta Westland AW139 aircraft.

The aircraft will be stationed at four bases in the United Kingdom. The two

northern bases, at Stornoway and Sumburgh, will use the Sikorsky S-92

and the southern bases, at Lee-on-Solent and Portland, will use the AW139.

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S-92 SAR

TAKES OFF

Cover photo by Peter J. Cooper, Falcon Aviation Photo


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exchange threats and dozens of other

complex issues.

Below is a brief update on some of

the strategic initiatives we are working on:SOX

Compliance with Section 404 of US

Sarbanes Oxley legislation is critical for

many reasons. For example, SOX provides

us with an opportunity to examine all

process and systems with a view to reducing

risk and increasing efficiency, particularly

in finance and operations. Under the SOX

initiative, we are establishing consistent

processes and controls throughout the

world, and ensuring that policies and

procedures are effective in all locations.

LeasingWe have established excellent relationships

with lease financing institutions and are

now working diligently with new partners

to lease-finance the majority of new air-

craft coming into the CHC fleet.

As well, we are negotiating with our

senior lenders to increase the companys

debt capacity to finance projects such as

the Harmonized UK SAR bid project,

Heli-One expansion at Boundary Bay,

Canada, and build-up for the New

South Wales EMS contract in Australia.

We are also looking at broadeningavailable borrowing currencies to

reduce our foreign exchange exposure.

Foreign Exchange

There are two types of foreign exchange

exposure: translational, which relates to

the conversion of one euro, NOK, GBP

and USD earnings to Canadian dollar

results, and transactional, related to

transactions within a company. We do

not hedge against translational currency

changes but we have an extensive program

to hedge transactional cashflow exposures.

This has been a big challenge for us thisyear and we are achieving significant

success in this area.

Financial Reporting

We are significantly improving the strength

of our financial reporting processes.

We are generating financial reports faster

and with greater accuracy, allowing CHC

to respond more quickly to changes in

business conditions. Our Financial

Sylvain Allard

As you all know, the

Company is going through

a period of phenomenal

growth as demand increases

for the services we provide.

One of the most importantelements of our service

is safety. This is why we have to be more

focused than ever on improving our safety

record. We must continue to make safety

improvement the number one priority

despite additional demands placed upon us.

CHC recently hosted an international

Safety and Quality Summit in Vancouver,

where we addressed this very issue and

welcomed 150 participants from outside

CHC, including our customers,

government agencies and our competitors.

I believe that fully sharing industry bestpractices is the best way to reduce accidents

and save lives and help CHC in the

process. As I have said before, if another

operator has an accident, it hurts CHC.

It impacts public perception of our

business, it prompts greater customer

scrutiny and it closes potential markets

and drives up insurance rates.

The industry accident rate as measured

by International Organization of Oil and

Gas Producers (OGP) is 1.86 accidents

per 100,000 flight hours. Our safety record

is well below that, at 0.49. We havesurpassed the 200,000 flight hour mark

this year, which is great news, but it means

that even at our current rate, we would

have one accident every year. Clearly that

is not acceptable. We need to set our target

at zero accidents.

Today we have a more open culture

in aviation and it is getting better. We try

to learn from what happened and we go

well beyond blaming the crew. Thats why

the theme of this years conference was

Building an Error-Tolerant System. That

is not to say we tolerate errors or promotea 100% no-blame culture. But we know

humans make errors. So we want to foster

a culture where we use Safety Management

System processes to build complete

transparency and create redundancies

so those errors will not result in a

catastrophic accident.

Successful Growth Requires a Culture of Transparency in Safety and Finance

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Rick Davis

CHC reported the highest

quarterly revenue figure

in the companys history

on March 14 and the

increase was significant:

17% compared to the

third quarter last year.

We are extremely proud of our European

Operations, Global Opearions and

Heli-One group who have worked hard

to achieve this growth.At the operations level, we continue

to introduce new aircraft and mange extra

training requirements, parts availability

issues and all the complications associated

with introducing new technology. At the

same time, the finance team has dealt

with an unprecedented number of lease

transactions, SOX issues, accounting policy

and regulatory changes, tax issues, foreign

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

By the time the fiscal year ends April 30,

we will have added nearly $500 million

worth of aircraft to the CHC fleet in 12

months. This represents an unprecedented

period of growth, not just for CHC,

but for our entire industry. It also means

an increased workload in pilot andengineering training, logistics support,

lease financing, inventory management

and dozens of other support functions.

It must also inspire us, individually

and as a company, to make a significant

investment in safety.

This period of growth is expected

to persist until 2010 and beyond. Global

offshore operating expenditures (OPEX)

are expected to increase 70% over the

next five years. Additionally, the UK

Harmonized Search and Rescue (SAR)

contract could more than double thesize of European civilian helicopter SAR

operations. It all adds up to the most

exciting and challenging time in the

history of the helicopter services industry.

We must be able to manage this growth

in a safe, efficient manner if we are to

prosper and strengthen our Company.

Strengthening our Processes


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CHC CORPORATE

David Gay

Director, Inventory Management & Sourcing, Heli-One

In todays competitive marketplace MROs must differentiate themselves from thecompetition in order to survive. One of the many strategies that we are pursing is the

implementation of an integrated supply chain infrastructure that will help us achieve

a sustained competitive advantage. Capturing and analyzing asset usage and repair

management history for each customers operational environment is a key strategy

that aligns with our interface with suppliers (internal & external), and ultimately aligns

with our main commitment to improve customer service levels at the bases.

Supply Chain within an MRO environment is unique and sometimes unpredictable.

While scheduled maintenance can be forecasted, we are victims of unscheduled activities.

Combined with excessively long TATs for repairs and higher than average lead times

for parts, it has become necessary to monitor almost every facet of the supply chain.

Managing asset levels has and will always be a main focus of supply chain. I am writing

to you today to ask for your continued support and understanding to minimize deficiencies

that have negatively affected our operational performances. Specifically:

Reporting Team is dealing with complex

new accounting issues in a systematic

manner and getting stronger every day

as new issues are dealt with. We are tacklingother issues, such as reducing the number

of days sales in receivables and are making

good progress.

I am extremely proud of the hard

work and dedication of our Finance Team

worldwide, including Financial Services,

Financial Reporting, Business Information,

Tax and Treasury.

As we move through this challenging

SOX year, we look forward to continued

improvements in controls and improved

efficiency of operations. We will be working

hard in this new fiscal year to develop aculture of control and cost consciousness

as we realize the benefits of the significant

investment made in our SOX compliance

process. At the same time, we must all play

our part and ensure that we review and

abide by our policies and procedure so

that we are all pulling in the same direction.

Lets help build CHC into a World Class

organization!.

While safety must remain foremost in

our minds, we must also focus on cost

structures which will allow us to continue

to grow and to make the necessary

investments in safety.

Through our Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)

compliance project, we are taking acloser look at all systems and processes,

which allows us to improve accuracy

and efficiency. In fact, we are doing for

finance what we have for many years

done for safety creating an open,

transparent system with checks, balances

and redundancies to identify human

errors before they cause problems.

Just as we constantly keep an eye open

for any situation that might compromise

safety, we must keep an eye open any

process that might compromise our cost

structure. Companies that fail to controlcosts in the up cycle are inevitably forced

to cut costs when growth cools down.

I am confident we will manage this

period of extraordinary growth in

a prudent manner, maintaining our focus

on safety and preparing the Company

for continued prosperity.

Supply Chain Focus

Ryan Flanagan

Timely return of unserviceable components removed from aircraft. While the target

is seven days we arestill experiencing some returns as great as two months. With long

lead times from repair vendors, its critical for us to route these components as soon

as possible after removal from an aircraft. In several instances we have had to purchase

additional spares to support excessive in-transit times.

Linked to this is the need to clearly document the reason for removal thereby

providing accurate info to our repair vendors which in some cases can reduce the

total cost of repair.

Timely updating of Movex with actual quantities on hand at your bases will ensure

that we have an accurate count of all corporate assets and assist in our Sox

compliance activities.

Timely updating of Movex with inbound and outbound spares will facilitatevisibility and reduce the expediting of parts that are, or are not, at a base.

Supply Chain has a symbiotic relationship with all divisions in CHC. Its similar to a relay

race where batons are handed off to your fellow colleagues so they can continue with their

portion of the race. In the end we all benefit. In the end we all win.


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Natalie HaywoodMarketing Analyst, Heli-One

Heli-One and CHC were front and centre

at the March 1-3 Helicopter Association

International (HAI) Heli-Expo trade show

in Orlando, Florida, joining Eurocopter

and Sikorsky at the shows most significant

events. The exhibition was attended by

thousands and featured more than 500

exhibitors from around the world.

During the exhibition, CHC signed an

agreement to purchase 16 EC225 aircraft

in addition to six EC225s already on order.Sylvain Allard signed the contract, along

with Eurocopter President, Lutz Bertling,

while Heli-One staff looked on. CHC is

scheduled to take delivery of the new

EC225s over a four-year period beginning

in late 2008. The new aircraft will be used

in support of various customers, bothin the North Sea and elsewhere.

As part of the agreement, Heli-One

was issued an exclusive license to repair

and overhaul EC225 components.

Heli-One will fully support the new

EC225s as they join the companys fleet.

Heli-Ones booth was located next to

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporations display

in the main exhibition hall. Traffic at the

Heli-One booth was high, and the booth

meeting rooms were host to a continuous

lineup of meetings. CHC Chairman Mark

Dobbin, along with Sylvain Allard, NeilCalvert and the executive team of Heli-One

joined Heli-Ones key personnel in

representing the company at the show.

On Day 1 of the show, Sikorsky

unveiled CHCs new search and rescue

SAR-configured Sikorsky S-92. The S-92

was introduced amidst an elaborate

HELI-ONE


Heli-One and CHCInk EC 225 Deal

Sixteen CHC EC225 helicopters are expected to be put to work between late 2008 and 2012. CHC plans to put these aircraft into service as part of theCompanys fleet renewal plan, in support of new offshore oil and gas contracts, and potentially as Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft. CHC is making this

commitment to meet the unprecedented demand from various customers including both the offshore oil and gas industry and government-sponsored SAR.The16 aircraft will supplement six EC225s currently on order. The original six, which are expected to be delivered by December 2008, will supportcontracts with TOTAL E&P UK PLC, TOTAL E&P Norge AS as well as other CHC customers in the North Sea and elsewhere.

The success of our heavy product range has always been closely linked to the success of CHC, said Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of Eurocopter.Based on the companys huge experience with the Super Puma family of helicopters, we are pleased to see the EC225 selected by CHC to serve itsclients including TOTAL E&Ps UK and Norwegian operations in the North Sea.

The EC225 is the latest and most advanced member of Eurocopters family of twin-engine, long-range helicopters. Its mission focus lies on passenger transport in particular offshore and VIP, and its versatility makes it a perfect aircraft for public service missions such as Search and Rescue (SAR). It has a maximumtake-off weight of 11 metric tons and significantly increased performance capabilities such as a new five-bladed main rotor system, a reinforced main rotorgear box, and an integrated display and piloting system.

EC225 enters market in a big way

Sikorsky video presentation featuring

turbulent seas, fog and the rumbling of

thunder. The theme: when youre in

distress at sea, a Sikorsky will be on the

way to help.

Painted in the red and white colours

of the United Kingdoms Maritime &

Coastguard Agency (MCA), the S-92 will

be operated by CHC in a 24/7 SAR role

for the MCA (see article p. 4). The aircraft

will be based in Stornoway (UK) and

is one of four that will fulfill a five-year

contract commencing July 1, 2007.

Heli-One will provide maintenance

support services for the S-92 through

the life of the contract.

Heli-Expo attendees had the chance

to tour Heli-Ones S-92; attendees were

permitted to board the aircraft and sit

in the cockpit.

Also at the show, Heli-One signed a

contract with AB Norrlandsflyg to providetwo S-76C++ aircraft, along with full

power by the hour (PBH) maintenance

support. The aircraft will be operated in

a SAR capacity for the Swedish Maritime

Agency. The contract term is for five years,

with a two-year extension option. The

contract represents a great opportunity

to partner with a new external customer,

one that is currently responsible for

all SAR activities in Sweden.

Overall, Heli-Expo 2007 was a

resounding success for Heli-One

and CHC. Heli-One gained significantexposure, both through the Heli-One

booth and through Heli-Ones signing

of the Eurocopter contract and affiliation

with the S-92 on display. In addition

to contract signings, relationships

with customers from around the

world were solidified.


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Natalie Haywood

Marketing Analyst, Heli-One

Heli-One was recently awarded contracts

with several different European Air Forces:

the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF),

the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) and

the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF).

These contract wins are exciting for

Heli-One because they reaffirm Heli-Ones

presence in the military market in Europe,

and increase the probability of moremilitary work.

Heli-One will fulfill a contract with

the RNoAF to upgrade 12 Bell 412SP

helicopters. Upgrades will include

installation of missile warning systems,

new sensors and control panels, and chaff

flare alterations. Heli-One was previously

awarded a contract to perform the same

upgrades on a batch of six aircraft, so upon

fulfillment of this contract will have

upgraded 18 aircraft for the RNoAF.

The upgrades are expected to be complete

by the end of 2007, and will be performed

at Heli-Ones facility in Stavanger, Norway.

Also for the RNoAF, Heli-One will fulfill

a contract to assist Bell Helicopter USA

in upgrading six Bell 412SP helicopters to

412HP versions. This will involve replacing

the main transmission, as well as upgrading

drive components and instrumentation.Heli-One will use upgrade kits provided

by Bell Helicopter, with completion

expected in late 2008.

A separate air force contract involves

supporting the RDAFs fleet of S-61A

helicopters. The contract involves repair

and overhaul, along with personnel

support. Heli-One will also perform

C-inspections on four aircraft. The fleet

HELI-ONE

Through the SOX compliance initiative,CHC is adding structure and clarity to

financial processes. We are implementing

close to 30 new policies in key areas,

making significant improvements to

Delegation of Authority, Authorization

for Expenditure and the Code of Ethics.

Through SOX, we also accelerated the

review and resolution of key business

risks such as: H1 inventory management

(in progress and longer-term in nature);

GSS policies and processes; Global

Operations System (full implementation

by May 2007); Financial Services internalreporting tools, Tax and Treasury processes

and Customs management processes.

The SOX initiatives are really the

foundation we can build on to meet our

strategic goals and growth of the company.

Global Operations SystemOne example of a successful SOX initiative

is the Global Operations System (GOS),

which incorporates a single web-based

technology to replace several outdated

systems, including:

Crew Scheduling System Pilot Training Database Engineering Database Electronic Crew Positioning

Report (eCPR)

The result is a centralized, streamlined

approach to the organizations daily

operational requirements that meetsregulatory requirements and provides

a foundation for a variety of new initiatives

in the coming years. The approach to the

CHC CORPORATE

Crunch Time for SOX

will be supported through Heli-Ones

facility in Stavanger, Norway.

Another European military contract

secured by Heli-One is with the RNLAF.

Heli-One will perform phase inspections

on two AS532U2 Cougar helicopters,with options to complete a further five

inspections on other aircraft. The work

was won through Heli-Ones new Dutch

entity, Heli-One Defence B.V., which was

created to provide support to the Dutch

military. The inspections will be performed

at RNLAF facilities in Woensdrecht,

and make the RNLAF one of Heli-Ones

largest military customers.

Winning contracts with three different

European militaries is extremely positive

for Heli-One. These contracts all involvedifferent services and different aircraft

a great example of the breadth of services

provided and the diversity of aircraft

supported by Heli-One. These contract

wins show that Heli-One is capable of

effectively competing in the European

military market, and are likely precursors

to future military work in Europe. Great

job Heli-One Norway and Netherlands!.

revised claims process is to create a selfexplanatory system that works much like

online banking.

Previously, GO had separate systems

to do the same job which resulted in

duplication of data and extra work for

all involved. With the period of growth

GO has seen in the past several years,

it has proven, difficult to modify these

old systems to address the now-critical

components such as workflow approval,

standard interfaces, or audit trails essential

for meeting regulatory requirements

under Sarbanes Oxley.The first phase of GOS will focus on

the training, scheduling, payroll and claims

payment of all operational personnel and

will be fully implemented by June 2007.

CHC is moving closer to full compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, whichrequires publicly traded companies to report on the company's internal control over financial reporting.Through the SOX compliance initiative, CHC is adding structure and clarity to financial processes.

H1Contracts Sign of Things to Come


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full size paint booth big enough to paint

an S92 -- a component shop area also of

about 37,000 sq. ft., an engine shop of

about 27,000 sq. ft. including a test cell,

clean room, balancing room and accessory

shop room. We will have a sheet metal

shop, composite shop, avionics shop,machine shop, CMM room, parts testing

lab, a welding shop, grinding room,

balance room, plasma spray, cleaning

rooms, including chemical tanks, state of

the art degreaser, walk in varsol and walk

in pram rooms, a room with a spray booth

and oven for doing special metal coatings

such as Rock Hard for the Sikorsky S76

Main Gear Box housings. We will be

moving the CT/T 58 engine test cell from

Port Alberni to a new home in Boundary

Bay, just outside the engine shop area.

In the future we will look at movingthe transmission test cell from Richmond,

but for the time being it will stay put.

The stores will have at least 2 vertical

carousals for storage of parts, saving space

and increasing security.

To be environmentally friendly, we will

have electric taps in all washrooms and

employ a closed loop system for the

degreaser, so water usage here will be

virtually nil. The degreaser will have

its own still to keep fluid clean and

evaporation of the expensive material

to a minimum. The hanger paint strip

and wash area, the NDT shop and

the cleaning room will each have an

evaporator to ensure we do not pollutethe water system. The water from these

areas will drain into a tank under ground

and be pumped automatically into the

evaporators, where water will be boiled

off, leaving only solid waste to dispose

of. This is not only be the most

environmentally sound way to deal

with waste, it is the most cost effective.

Waste disposal costs will be a fraction

of what they are today.

The new facility will have a full service

cafeteria, with a good variety of meals

at reasonable prices.And the best part, for those of us

who live in the valley or anywhere south

or west of Richmond, we will save about

25 minutes each way on our drive and have

no tunnel, no bridge on our commute.

Jim Campbell

Vice President Business Unit, Heli-One

Heli-Ones Boundary Bay Maintenance,

Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility site

is a beehive of activity, as the construction

phase is finally in full swing after permitand weather delays. When the site was

prepared for pre-loading two feet of soil

had to be removed to make way for heavy

sand to compact the ground. After

torrential rain, however, the result was a

beautiful lake surrounding the site, which

caused many problems as there was no

where to drain the water. As a result we

ended up pumping water from one area

to another to keep the footing holes water

free. The floor slab and walls will be

supported by these footings.

The pre-loading of the first half ofthe site was finished in early January;

the second half in March. Footings are

complete, conduits for plumbing, electrical,

data etc. have been laid throughout the

area and we hope to have a web cam set

up in the near future so you will be able

to go on line and watch the construction.

The complete facility will house about

37,000 sq. ft. of hanger area, including a


Boundary Bay MRO FacilityA Model of Environmental Efficiency

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All are looking forward to another 50 yearsin the helicopter business.

The organizing committee was headed

up by Anne Tone Obrestad, Asset Heli-One,

assisted by Brit Rosengren, Inger-Lise

Tallaksen and Per Selvaer, all Financial

Services Heli-One and Capt. Glenn

Christiansen, CHC Helikopter Service.

50 Years Strong in NorwayA Helikopter Service Celebration

Per SelvaerFinancial Services - Heli-One

In 2006 we celebrated the 50th anniversary

of Helikopter Service AS, now CHC

Helicopters and Heli-One (Norway).

Celebrations took place throughout the

year. Sunday, 3 September, the two

companies invited all employees and

pensioners with families to an Open

House and Family Day at our facilities

in Stavanger.

The event started at noon, with a

number of workshops and a large part

of the main hangar open for tours guided

by our workshop staff. This gave visitors

an excellent opportunity to visualise our

daily workplace tasks. To officially start

the celebrations, CHC Helikopter Service

Managing Director Jakob Bae wished

everyone welcome.

Most of the programme was aimed

at younger visitors, who were given the

opportunity to enter a drawing

competition, with helicopters of course

as the main theme. All contributions weredisplayed on a big board in the hangar

and winners in different age groups were

announced. A helicopter ride in a CHCs

AS332L2 was the prize for the lucky

winners. It was a hugely popular event!

In the cantina, there was live music and

entertainment for the children. Comedian

Ove Rocktroll had the audience in the palm

of his hands for at least an hour and a half,

smashing dishes, playing rock like a troll.

Face painting was another popular activity

that made this part of the day a winner.

Older kids and adults were given anopportunity to test their shooting abilities

with airguns. A local airgun club stepped

in and arranged a competition and a

ten-year old girl hit nine out of ten targets,

the best of them all!

A barbeque tent was set up and

hamburgers, ice cream and soda were

served. The day was a great success and a

crowd of more than 500 people attended.

CHC EUROPE


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Ian McLuskie

UK Interim SAR, Business Unit Leader

The MCA contract is currently held

by BHL who operate the Sikorsky S61N.

Under the new Maritime and Coastguard

Agency (MCA) UK Interim SAR contract,

CHC will re-employ the BHL air and

ground crews under TUPE arrangements,which mean the staff will undergo training

on the new aircraft types before being

re-deployed operationally. But staffing

is tight in the SAR world, and bases would

be seriously understaffed if crews were

sent off to S-92 simulators and on other

training programs for extended periods.

To ensure that SAR cover is maintained

during this training period, a CHC Interim

UK SAR Operational Transition Team

(IOTT) flying two SAR-configured S61N

on lease from BHL, will take over the SAR

duties at each of the bases in turn while

crews are trained on the new aircraft types.

The UK Interim SAR contract is broken

down into two distinctive lines of activity,

transition state and sustained state.

Transition TeamTransition Team will be activated for a

period of 18 months and will be employed

as follows:

CHC EUROPE


SAR S-92 LaunchedCHC Transition Team to Manage Safe Introduction of New Technology

S-92 SAR Takes Offcontinued from page 1

Initial S61 Type and SAR Role Training,

Jan-June 2007

Initial training conducted in Norway at

the CHC S61 training facility for S61 flight

simulator and instrument training and

subsequently at Waterford for SAR-role

training and finally in Stornoway for SAR

role consolidation training and area

familiarization.

Waterford SAR Training Facility

CHC Europe will establish an Interim UK

SAR Training Facility at Waterford inIreland to enable the specific S61N SAR

type and role training to be carried out in

a controlled environment. This is essential

in preparing IOTT for its task. The facility

will be based on a modular building system

and will provide a fully equipped classroom,

briefing and domestic facility at Waterford

as well as an operations centre. The ops

centre will manage day-to-day flying

and engineering operations initially at

Waterford but later as a mobile facility that

will be part of the IOTT flight operation

whilst rotating around the UK flight sites.

CHC Ireland Fifth Base

The transition team will effectively function

as a mobile Fifth Base operating under

the CHC Ireland IAA AOC. Operational,

engineering and administrative details

will reflect fully the CHC Ireland primacy

over this activity. The mobile Fifth Base

operations centre will be deployed on

rotation to each of the MCA sites in turn.

It will provide a centre of operational

continuity throughout the transition

period.

Sustained State

The sustained state will be progressively

achieved as each of the UK MCA Bases

undergoes the training on the new aircraft.

The trained crews on the new technology

aircraft comprised mainly of experienced

BHL SAR crews who will transfer to CHC

plus newly recruited SAR experienced

crews who will backfill any shortfall -will form the manpower pool at each of

the UK MCA bases and will deliver the

sustained SAR capability on the new S92

and AW139 aircraft for the duration

of the contract.

Rearcrew specialist training

All CHC UK Interim SAR medical training

will be conducted by the RAF College of

SAR Medicine (CoSARM), an accredited

training facility, at RAF St Mawgan.

The CoSARM courses are tailored to meet

the medical output standard required by

the MCA contract, starting with a basic

two-week residential course at CoSARM

for all CHC UK Interim SAR rearcrew.

The advanced course, designed for the

primary medically trained crewmember,

usually the winchman is an additional three

week module followed by a month of

placements in local hospital Accident and

Emergency Units or an Ambulance Unit.

Peter J. Cooper photo


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Maritime Coastguard

Agency Technical Director

Richard Parkes (left),

celebrates the launch of

the SAR-configured S-92

with CHC President and

CEO Sylvain Allard

and Sikorsky PresidentJeffrey Pino.

CHC GLOBAL

First Officer Igor Lelis, a SonAir pilot

flying with CHC on the BP contract in

Luanda, Angola helped to avert a tragedyat the capitals International Airport on

23 January 2007.

Whilst waiting to take off in turn

behind a fixed wing aircraft on the taxiway

some 300 meters from the beginning of

the runway, he heard the controller clear

the pilots in front of him Behind the

landing aircraft, line up behind. Yet when

the landing Dash 8 was only a quarter mile

away from the runway, Igor saw the other

aircraft taxi forward. Immediately he called

on the radio for the aircraft to hold/stop

and then told the Dash 8 to go-round.

The 50-seater Dash-8 ballooned into the

air and landed further down the runway

avoiding what could have been a disastrous

situation.

Igor and three other Angolan pilots

began their careers as fixed wing pilots

but were subsequently cross trained

Angolan Co-PilotHelps Avert Tragedy

onto helicopters to help fill the demands

of the offshore market.

Igor is commended for his situational

awareness and quick thinking. He was

presented with a CHC-Angola SMS

badge at the last SonAir Safety meeting.

Well done, Igor!.

First Officer Igor Lelis, above, foreground, made a

radio call that prevented disaster. In the background

is co-pilot Lukeni Costa. Bottom: Paulo (helper), Lukeni,Morne Wiid (Luanda Base Manager) and Igor.

Mike Reyno photo


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By Capt. Mark McDermott

Waterford, Ireland Wednesday January 10

was a particularly foul night on the

southeast coast of Ireland. Just after 6 pm,

the Duty Captain, Peter McKenzie-Brown

was called by Dublin Maritime Rescue

Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) to searchfor a missing fishing vessel. The crew

feared the worst given the gale force winds

and mountainous seas. Contact had been

lost with the Pere Charles, a local boat

from the nearby fishing village of Dunmore

East, which had been fishing off Hook

Head, only 14 km from the SAR Base.

CHCs Search and Rescue (SAR)

Helicopter Base at Waterford Regional

Airport is one of four CHC SAR Bases

in the Republic of Ireland which provide

a 24 hour/365 day service to the Irish

Coastguard flying the venerable S61.Waterfords area of responsibility includes

the southeastern corner of the island where

many seafarers throughout the years have

come to harm. Despite often being

regarded as one of the less busy units,

the justification for positioning a SAR

helicopter there was made abundantly

clear that Wednesday night and during

the savage week that followed.

The aircraft was scrambled and with his

co-pilot SFO Mike Farquhar and crewmen

John Manning and Brody Prideaux, Capt.

McKenzie-Brown was on scene within

18 minutes of the original call. Despite

this swift response there was no sign of

survivors. Only the EPIRB (Emergency

Position Indicating Radio Beacon), a gascylinder and an empty life-ring was found

to give any sign of the 60-ft boat, which

had sunk so rapidly with all five crew

members on board.

The search continued the following

day with the oncoming crew captained

by Mark McDermott tasked to search

the Southeast Coast in the hope of finding

any survivors who may have made it off

the vessel in time and been washed onto

the rugged shoreline. Towards the end

of the search the crew were aware of the

Dublin MRCC trying to gain two-waycommunications with another fishing

vessel, the Honey Dew II, a 72-ft fishing

vessel with a crew of four, which had been

involved in the search for the crew of the

Pere Charlesthe night before. However

with fuel running low and darkness

falling, the aircraft returned to base. They

had no sooner landed however, than the

MRCC was again on the scramble phone.

The Honey Dew IIwas overdue and

no contact could be made either by radio

or mobile phone. The crew were tasked

to try and locate the missing vessel, but

the last known contact had been at 1 am

that morning, 17 hours previous, when the

vessels skipper had reported that he was

sheltering from the high seas. It was

believed that he would be making his wayback to his home port of Kinsale 108 km

to the southwest. Therefore, the aircraft was

quickly turned round by the two duty

engineers, and the crew re-launched.

Given the vagueness of the area to be

searched, the decision had been made

by the crew to search a box 16 km wide

from the last known position, to along

the expected track to Kinsale. Shortly after

launch and with the co-pilot Captain Mike

Hennelly at the controls, Capt. McDermott

directed him to turn 30 degrees to port

to achieve a safe heading for the over-sealetdown and to close the first radar contact

within the search area, which he had just

identified and was still some 27 km distant.

This proved to be an extremely fortuitous

decision.

As the aircraft rolled to port, Winch

Operator Neville Murphy saw what looked

like a flare, below and to the left of the

aircraft. The aircraft continued its turn

as Winchman Paul Truss sat at the FLIR

operators console, swung the camera

around to find the target. The aircraft hadno sooner completed its turn towards the

flare when it extinguished, but Paul Truss

had found the target and he homed the

aircraft to the overhead, where a life raft

with two occupants could be seen.

After the initial excitement of finding

the target, the safe recovery of the two

survivors felt in many ways routine.

This was in no small measure due to

the collective experience and continual

training of the crew, however it was still

a challenging exercise given the extremely

rough sea state and Atlantic swell. Withthe aircraft in position, Neville Murphy

lowered Paul Truss into the life raft where

he found the two survivors in relatively

good shape. This despite the fact that they

had been in the life raft for almost 17

hours, as the Honey Dew IIhad sunk

shortly after its last communication. Paul

placed both casualties into the rescue

strops and, with a selflessness typical of

CHC EUROPE

SAVAGE WEEK ON SOUTHEAST COASTSeven Lost at Sea but FourSaved by CHC Ireland Crews


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This picture was taken approximatelytwo miles from the vessel and thelife raft. You can clearly see the heatsignatures of the two crewmen inthe life raft. These images are takenwith the FLIR system (forward lookinginfra red).

aircraft with the second shocked, butrelieved crewman.

The aircraft returned to base to a

veritable circus of TV cameras and Press.

To say that the events of the previous

six days had been unprecedented would

not be an exaggeration. The loss of three

vessels and seven fishermen in such a short

period of time, within such a confined

area, was a huge blow to the local

communities of which the CHC crews

are an integral part. However, some solace

could be taken from the safe recoveryof four survivors and the dedicated and

professional service, which the CHC

Ireland crews continue to provide.


rescue crewmen, waited in the life raft

until the casualties were recovered into

the aircraft. Within about five minutes

of establishing the hover over the life raft,

both the survivors and winchman were

safely onboard the helicopter.

The next decision was whether to

continue the search or expedite the transfer

of the two survivors to hospital. Despitethe language barriers present (both

crewmen were Lithuanian and spoke

very little English) it was soon established

that the survivors were adamant that the

search be continued for their two missing

comrades. The decision was made to

continue the search whilst monitoring

the condition of the two survivors. MRCC

were asked to scramble the Dublin-based

S61 to take over the search and release

the Waterford-based aircraft as soon as

possible. Despite an extensive search by

both aircraft, no further sign was found ofthe Honey Dew IIor its missing crewmen.

In the following days an intensive search

for the missing crewmen from both vessels

continued all along the Southeast Coast

with an average of five hours being flown

each day.

Then on the evening of the 16 January,

only six days after the first vessel had

foundered, and whilst the whole country

was still trying to come to terms with the

loss of life and the fact that two seaworthy

vessels had gone down within a few hoursand a few miles of each other, MRCC

called with another call-out. The fishing

vessel Renegade, which had itself been

involved in the extensive search operations,

was sinking of the Southeast Coast and

the crew were taking to the life raft. It is

hard to describe the thoughts of the duty

crew on hearing this news, but as they ran

to the aircraft the words unbelievable!

and whats going on? were clearly heard.

This time the Duty Captain was Dara

Fitzpatrick with Capt. Mark McDermott

flying as co-pilot. The vessels last knownposition was just off Tuskar Rock, a

treacherous area on the most southeasterly

point of Ireland. Thankfully, the weather

was relatively benign with a moderate swell.

The life raft and sinking vessel were spotted

by Winchman Keith Devaney on the FLIR

camera from five miles away and the

aircraft was quickly positioned to

commence the rescue, arriving only 30

minutes after the initial Mayday call had

been made.

Both crewmembers had taken the very

wise decision to evacuate their boat assoon as they realised they were taking on

more water than their pumps could cope

with. This was proven to be a prudent

move when, within minutes of the aircraft

arriving on scene the Renegade went from

being apparently stable with a slight list

to port, to being completely submerged

within a matter of seconds.

The winching operation again went

very smoothly with Keith being lowered

into the life raft by Winch Operator Neill

McAdam. As Paul had done on theprevious rescue, Keith elected to remain

in the life raft as the first survivor was

winched onboard, then came up to the

CHC is the sole provider of Searchand Rescue helicopter services tothe Irish Coast Guard, operatingand maintaining a fleet of six heavySikorsky S-61N, four of which areauto-hover helicopters, at bases inDublin, Shannon, Waterford, and Sin 24/7 operations. This contract hrecently been renewed with optionextending to 2012 and as part of tcontract renewal the aircraft are bemodified to enhance operationalcapabilities with such features as thCARSON main rotor blades, secondhoist, new generation FLIR andadditional external lights all of whicwill add significantly to the aircraftsearch capability, speed and rang

The last seconds before the Vesseldisappeared under the water.From time on scene to sinking wasless than 10 minutes.

Two crewmen visible just beforethey were lifted from the raft byRescue Winchman Keith Devaneyunder the control of Winch OpNeill McAdam.

CHC Ireland Profile


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Pui-ki (Nicole) Chan

Communications Assistant

Building on the success of the S-76 product line, Sikorsky announced a series of engine, interior and avionics upgrades on the new C++,

including more efficient Turbomeca Arriel 2S2 engines, K&N intake air filter, improved and quieter transmission and upgraded interior

equipment and electronics. The C++ offers 75 more horsepower per engine, improved dual engine and hot-high performance,

while retaining the efficient, long-range cruise of the S-76C+.

Canadas First S-76C++Arrives at Heli-One

The first Sikorsky S-76C++ in Canada, C-GHRK,arrived in Vancouver in December in CHCs new livery.


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In addition to new avionics installations, C-GHRK is being equipped with Egress railing, (used to assist in emergency evacuations)

rechargeable emergency flashlights, EXIS lighting, and the Aeroseats external Life Raft Kit. A Chadwick VXP Kit will perform helicopter

rotor track and balance, drivetrain component and engine vibration analysis. With the VXP, trained crews can evaluate the helicopters

vibration levels in flight.

Heli-One has installed Pilot & Copilot Checklist holders; passenger, and crew window vents, emergency push out windows and high back

passenger seats with four-point safety harnesses. The modifications are being carried out at Heli-Ones Maintenance facility in Richmond,

British Columbia. The modification team, led by Tony Sonnendrcker, is comprised of avionics, structural, and airframe personnel.


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Pui-ki (Nicole) Chan

Communications Assistant

The 4th annual Business Career Expo,

hosted by Simon Fraser University

Business and Sauder School of Business

was held Friday, March 2nd, 2007, at the

Vancouver Convention Exhibition Centre.

Hundreds of senior undergraduate

students, MBA students and recent alumni

from both SFU Business and Sauder

School of Business had an opportunity

to share their talents and ambitions with

CHC and 90 other Vancouver businesses.

CHC used this opportunity to increasecommunity awareness, interact and

network with future qualified candidates

and to launch the Companys new

recruitment program: Give Your Career

a Vertical Lift. CHC was one of the six top

sponsors to the 2007 Business Career Expo.

With Heli-One, Global Operations and

the Corporate Head Office located in

Vancouver since 2004, CHC is a key

player in the local employment scene. The

Human Resources department is workinghard to increase the companys reputation

as one of the regions top employers.

The CHC booth, featuring two

eye-catching displays, with a well prepared

PowerPoint show in between, attracted

a great deal of attention throughout the

show. HR Advisor, Georgia Pahou,

recruited 11 CHC volunteers to answer

questions. All CHC representatives were

prepared with a summary of opportunities

and rewards that the world leader was

offering. Laptops linked to theCHC-Ceridian recruitment website

(www.chc.ca/employment_global.php)

were readily available for a review of

job opportunities.

Both Georgia and Kyla Foley, CHC

Internal Auditor, were impressed by

the quantity and quality of the students

questions and agreed the majority had

done their homework on CHC.

CHC COPORATE

CHC has gained

recognition. The buzz

was going around

and not only becauseof the giveaways!

People recognized

a strong, entrepreneurial

company with endless

opportunities.

WORLD LEADER TOUCHES DOWN AT

Business Career Expo 2007TO GIVE YOUR CAREER A VERTICAL LIFT

Lastly, Georgia would like to give

thanks to all the volunteer recruiters,

The team did a tremendous job! Theywere enthusiastic, worked great together

as a team and ensured that CHC was

recognized. It was nice to see such great

team work with great flow! I couldnt

have done it without them..

From left to right: Christina Apolinario, Nicole Chan, David Jung,Candace Lim, Charissa Oblea, Andy Lau, Fareen Mohan, Georgia Pahou


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Atle Fiskum, left, thanked his colleagues Stian Sliper, Trygve Fjaagesund and Kristen

Nielsen for helping him win the grand prize. The only person more thrilled than Atle

was his wife Tove (at right). Tove has gone crazy and started planning the holiday

at once, Atle said. The lucky couple plan to go to Maldives in the middle of May to

celebrate their 29th anniversary (May 13) and Norways National Day.

To help CHC employees become familiar with updated company policies and a new intranet policy database,

CHC conducted an online Code of Ethics and Policies Quiz from Jan. 16 to Feb. 6, offering a trip for two,anywhere in the world (value up to US$5,000), a hand-carved mahogany helicopter model in CHCs new

livery and CHC jackets to randomly drawn eligible participants. To be eligible for the draw, participants

needed to complete the Quiz before deadline, and correctly answer a minimum of 8 out of 10 questions.

561 employees completed the quiz, with a global average score of approximately 80%.

Atle Fiskum Wins Crack the Code ContestWITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS

flight manual for it. While the EC225

wont be serving CHC at Aberdeen until

October, Hugh will be going to France

early this summer to start the training

course. Therefore, CHC will present Hughwith an EC225 aircraft model instead

of the offered AW139 although like the

customers, Hugh will have to wait a little

longer for it to roll off the assembly line.

Three additional names were drawn at

random: Guy Smith and Melissa Mansfield

of Global Operations, Richmond, and

Rolf Erik of CHC Europe, Stavanger,

won CHC jackets.

Congratulations to all the winners,

and thanks to all those who participated

in the Quiz. To review CHCs revised

version of the Code of Ethics, please visitwww.chc.ca/investor_governance.php..

Pui-Ki (Nicole) Chan

Communication Assistant

Fortunes Favorite the Trip Winner

Lady Luck smiled on Heli-Ones NorwayBase Maintenance Technician Atle Fiskum,

who won the $5000 vacation. Atles name

was drawn Wednesday Feb 7, from the 561

participants. He was awarded the prize

after the Internal Audit department verified

he had answered at least eight questions

correctly. In fact, Atle scored a perfect 10

out of 10.

When Atle went to work on Thursday

February 8, one of his colleagues told him

he was the grand prize winner. In Atles

words, I could hardly believe it was true,

even after I received the congratulationsemail from (CHC Director of SOX

Compliance) Nancy Montgomery.

But I had to trust the email, so I was

very happy and excited. I called my wife

immediately to tell her the great news.

Atle also thanked to his colleaguesfor helping him win. He admitted that

he took little time to study for the quiz

and that he and his colleagues in the

hanger gathered in front of the computer

to Crack the Codes together. I am just

the lucky one to win, Atle admitted.

Latest Aircraft ModelGoes To Its flyer

Hugh Martin of CHC European

Operations in Aberdeen won the aircraft

model. Hugh is one of the project pilots

preparing for the delivery of CHCs firstEC225, and is writing the pilots operations


CHC COPORATE


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On a blustery winter day recently,

almost all of the staff and pupils of theOranjemund Pre-Primary School (OPPS)

descended on the CHC operation as part

of an enrichment outing for the children.

Arranged through the invitation of

the CHC Base Manager, Captain Charles

Burger, the children were welcomed to

the CHC facility by First Officer Joshua

Williams who played the role of host to

this collection of three, four and five-year

old children and seven of their teachers.

Despite having to fend off obscure and

strange questions from 104 children,

Joshua managed to maintain a semblance

of composure and parried everything

thrown at him.

The children were rewarded by seeing

an S76A++ crew change flight out to one

of the De Beers Marine diamond mining

vessels. The two hour visit flew by in a

wink and the visit even made it into the

local newspaper.

On another occasion, a 30 minute

flight in a S76A++ was raffled off, adding

$10,000 to the Oranjemund Childrens

Fund. The flight was an astounding socialschool event and success. Captain Jeff

Gibson and Captain Johan Joubert flew

ZS-RKO, callsign Marine One into the

Oranjemund Primary School (OPS)

playing fields where CHC Operations

Controller Mark Bowyer had already

prepared 12 lucky schoolchildren for

their flight of a lifetime. The activities

also made it into the local newspaper,

the Sperrgebiet Gazette and prompted

this letter from Mr. Dieter Meyer, the

Principal of the Oranjemund PrimarySchool:

Friday morning, turned out to be a very

special day for twelve children who attend

the OPPS and OPS. It seemed as if

every child was going to get a chance to fly

with CHC that morning, so great was their

excitement. It didnt take long for the

chopper to land on the cricket field and

the twelve most fortunate raffle-winners

were strapped into their seats. After flying

over Oranjemund for about thirty minutes,

the magic ride had to come to an end.

The result? Twelve happy children who

experienced one of their most exciting days

at school ever. and the rest of the school?

Well, the children continued to live

helicopters for the rest of the day. Every

drawing made that day, every sentence

written, featured a red, blue and white

helicopter in some way.

The Oranjemund Childrens Fund

committee would like to use this opportunity

to thank CHC Helicopters and its staff for

this wonderful gift they have given to the

children of Oranjemund. Every cent madefrom the raffle sale that day has been paid

into the Funds account and will be used

to support needy children!

It is indeed wonderful to know that

a company such as CHC has gone into

all this trouble to make this most positive

form of investment in the life of the

Oranjemund community and its young

ones with particular needs! Hip-hip hurrah

to CHC Helicopters.

I think that the last paragraph of

the letter says it all. It all goes to show

that CHC truly does have a warm heart,and one that beats strongly when dealing

with all the deserving charities and

the magnificent communities that they

are located in, both in Africa, and in

the global village that CHC inhabits.

CHC GLOBAL

CHC DISPLAYS HER WARM HEARTto the Communities of Africa

Jay Gates

One of the defining aspects of what makes

a good company great, is how she is held

within her local community. What sets

CHC apart from the others is that on

a global basis, the company cares deeply

for the less fortunate in their midst.

The CHC base in Cape Town was

fortunate to have a small helicopter in

its fleet ideal for donating flights as a prize

in a charitable raffle, or in a fund raisingauction. The excitement that is generated

when a charity is offering 6 people the

chance of a 20 minute flight in a CHC

Longranger, around one of the worlds

most scenic peninsulas is palpable. Prime

examples from amongst the many local

charities that have benefited from this

generous example of corporate largesse

are the St. Lukes Hospice, which cares

for the terminally ill, the Woodside Trust,

which cares for Downs Syndrome

sufferers, Reach for a Dream which gives

deserving children, many with lifethreatening illnesses, the opportunity to

fly, and the St. James Church in Kenilworth

which raises money for community

outreach programmes.

In Namibia, the CHC operation in

Oranjemund has always been at the

forefront of providing an educational

service to its unique community

of children.


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The S-92 Ferry Crew

CHC Australia was recently given a major

challenge: register a new aircraft type

within Australia, train sufficient crews

(maintenance and aircrew) accordingly

and have it completed within six months.

This took a lot of organisation with

engineers and aircrew having to travel

to Florida for simulator and maintenance

training. On 10 November 2006, the

brand new S92 arrived in Adelaide from

Philadelphia. The arrival was much

anticipated and heralded a new startfor CHC Australia: this was the first of

its type in the country.

Early on Friday 2 February 2007,

nearly eight weeks after its arrival and

a lot of hard work, with her name proudly

on display, Alice (yes, named after a

version of Smokies song, and Alice

Springs, located in the centre of Australia),

finally made her maiden voyage from

Adelaide, South Australia to Broome,

Western Australia, (2481km northwest

of Adelaide). She is required there for

a short term contract which was awardedto CHC Australia for offshore oil and gas

exploration with INPEX Browse Basin.

First stop was a quick refuel at Coober

Pedy - The Opal Capital of the World,

(748km northwest of Adelaide). With

a population of only 3,500 people, Alice

managed to attract attention from the

locals who came to see her close up and

ask a few questions. Once the formalities


CHC GLOBAL

were out of the way it was on to the

next stop.

Our overnight stop was Ayers Rock,

(1315 km northwest of Adelaide). Alice

attracted more attention at the airport

with even the local police paddy wagon

coming to see her depart in the morning.

With the heat on the tarmac rising, we

departed early for Halls Creek (2145 km

west of Adelaide). The scenery was

magnificent, and we witnessed the

landscape change from barren red dirt

at Coober Pedy to the greener grassesof Broome.

We landed in Broome late afternoon

on Saturday 3 February, and the Broome-

based CHC employees and their families

were there to greet Alice. A celebration

was in hand, and (just) enough champagne

was spared to christen Alice. Not

surprisingly, the crew enjoyed, at the end

of their shift, a Crownie or two (the best

beer found in Oz) to celebrate the arrival.

The journey was enjoyed by all

on-board, particularly because we were

able to stretch our legs (standing roomonly), and the air-conditioning was very

welcome.

It is really a credit to all CHCs staff

Australia and Global - who managed

to pull this contract together, facing and

overcoming many challenges along the

way. And, of course due to this, Alice is

finally where she needs to be, in Broome,

impressing everyone who lays eyes on her.

Take Off for our new S-92IN BROOME, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

From left to right:

Maretta Catlin (Flight

Standards Officer,) Capt.

Andy Fowler, Bronwyn

Hughes (Resource Travel

Administrator), Ove Kvick

(Engineer), Ron Maurer

(Check and Training

Captain), Syd Harbour

(Engineer), Wayne Kemp(Avionics Engineer), Capt

Jason Weyling and Capt.

John Partridge


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Wendy Parsons

Financial Manager, Cape Town

The Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour

is the largest individually timed cycling

event in the world. Running for more

than 30 years, it attracts approximately

38,000 local cyclists and 2,000 international

competitors from around the globe each

year. Traditionally held on the secondweekend of March, a few of CHCs aspiring

athletes took part - among them Pieter

Burger (pilot based at George) and I

(Africa finance manager) - to cycle some

of the most scenic spots in the world.

The circular cycle tour covers 109 km of

Cape Towns peninsula and is definitely

a unique experience for participants and

spectators alike. The race follows a course

from one side of the Cape peninsula to the

other, over mountain passes with views of

both the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.

one to congratulate Toni on reaching

this milestone and wish him, on behalf

of CHC employees everywhere,

continued success.


CHC GLOBAL

Tracy Tyndall

Base Manager, CHC Africa, Malabo

On November 4th 1996 Antonio Toni

Acuche, Assistant Mechanic joined CHC

Helicopters when exploration for oil

in Equatorial Guinea waters was justbeginning. Ten years later CHC and Toni

are still together, helping to develop an

industry that will continue to bring wealth

and prosperity to Equatorial Guinea and

its people. Toni has seen a lot of changes

over the years, from Canadian Helicopters

International to CHC (Africa)-EG, to

CHC Global Operations. Base Managers

of various shapes, sizes and nationalities

have come and gone, but two things have

remained constant: the oil has not stopped

flowing and Toni has always given his best

effort.

This year alone, Tonis efforts in ground

handling operations and maintenance

contributed to 1,178 flights completed,4.03 million pounds of baggage and freight

handled and 19,261 passengers cared for.

Multiply those numbers by 10 and Tonis

contribution to our achievements in

Equatorial Guinea are considerable.

I am fortunate to have worked with

Toni in the early years and witnessed the

strain, development and achievement.

It is with great pleasure that I am the

AntonioAcuche 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

2007 is the 5th year that I have

participated, each year promising to

improve on my previous time. The winner

completed the race in less than two and a

half hours. The more laidback competitors

have been known to take up to seven hours

to cross the finish line, stopping to take

photos and making use of the many

massage and medical points en route.

Cyclists range in age from 15 to 90, ridingbicycles of all shapes, sizes and colours.

There are approximately 16 refreshment

stations and six medical points along the

route. A team of about 2,500 Capetonians

volunteer to ensure that all operations

run smoothly and efficiently on race day.

A carnival incorporating hospitality tents,

entertainment and fun awaits the cyclists,

their families and friends at the finish

at Greenpoint Stadium. The stadium is

currently under construction in preparation

for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.

CHC Cycles the CapeBelow: Wendy Parsons andhusband Andrew. Wendy finishedthe 109 km race in 3.40 hours.The 109-km Cape Argus course,

left, is known to be as gruelingas it is spectacular.

The Cycle Tour is a non-profit event,

with all proceeds going to well-known

charities where the money is used to

develop cycling in local communities

.


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Greg Wyght

Vice President, Safety & Quality

Rudy Hellingman

has just celebrated

the anniversary of

his 40th year with

the CHC/Scheiner

Group. In that

time he has been

a friend, colleague

and mentor to

many, and has been a valued team member

in the success of every operation he has

been involved with. Presently, Rudy fills

the role of Safety & Quality Manager for

Global Operations, with responsibility

over the Former Soviet Union, Middle

East and India Business Unit. In addition

to fulfilling that responsibility, Rudy has

spent the majority of his time over the last

two years helping Heli-One and CHC

Europe introduce new aircraft (AW139),

arrange aircraft movements, register/

de-register aircraft and solve general

regulatory problem for all three divisions!

Those who have worked with Rudy know

him as a high energy, high capacity, walkingencyclopedia of aviation information


CHC GLOBAL

Whats in a Call Sign?HOW ABOUT 40 YEARS OF AVIATION PASSION AND A NOD TO TWO GREAT KIDS

Barry Hill

CHC Aberdeen

Capt. Philip Walters

started flying in the Fleet

Air Arm, leaving in 1980

and entering civil avia-tion in Aberdeen with

British Caledonian

Helicopters in 1981 fly-

ing the Bell 214ST. On their demise he

joined British International Helicopters

operating the S61N out of Sumburgh and

Aberdeen. Latterly he flew the Eurocopter

332L and L2 with CHC Scotia.

Whilst flying in command of a Royal

Naval Sea King, Philip suffered what

turned out to be a tail rotor failure in the

hover. The crew survived the subsequent

ditching, but uncertain of the cause of

the crash and seeing the aircraft floating

half submerged Philip took decisive actionto puncture the remaining float with his

aircrew knife, thus consigning any evidence

to the bottom of the ocean. Fortunately

for his passengers Philips commercial

career was somewhat less exciting as he

travelled over the waters of the North Sea.

Philip was a private man who kept his

professional and private life separate.

He was an enthusiastic sailor whose first

love, after his family, was always the sea.

After a year long illness endured with

typical humour Philip died on 5th June

2006 aged 56. He is survived by his wife

Verity and daughters Lucy and Joanna.

One phrase heard repeatedly whenspeaking of Philip is a true gentleman.

He will be sadly missed but fondly

remembered by his many friends.

Captain Philip Walters 1950 2006

who also happens to be one of the most

highly regarded professionals in the

industry. That can easily be confirmed

by the National CAA in the Netherlands.

As two temporary Dutch registrations

were required for the two AW139s going

to North Denes, Rudy used his good and

long-lasting relationship with the Dutch

authorities to register the aircraft with the

initials of his two children: Immie Eveline

and Thomas Rudolf. It is an honour to

have Rudy on the Safety & Quality team,

and we are fortunate to have someone of

his caliber in the group for 40 years!

Thank you Rudy for your dedication

and hard work, but especially your

friendship and comradery! We look

forward to working with you and enjoying

your company for many more years to

come...as we watch IEH and TRH flying

by of course.


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35 Years Service

Captain Eby Klix


Bob Evans

Training Captain, Nigeria

Ebys love of aviation was inherited from

his father who in pre-war Germany was

an aircraft builder, designer and inventor.

After the war, the family emigrated to theUSA, where Ebys father switched from

commercial pilot at Lufthansa to builder

of aircraft at home, assisted by the young

Eby. Eby obtained his fixed wing PPL on

a Piper Colt in 1963. When he entered the

US Army, he became an aviation mechanic,

working his way up to a Chief Inspector

within three years, working on Mohawk

aircraft. He was finally sent to flight school

and carried out his helicopter training on

Hughes 269, Bell 47, 204 and 205 aircraft.

Because of his previous engineeringexperience he was posted to Vietnam as

the maintenance Officer on a maintenance

unit supporting 180 aircraft. When

helicopters went down, Eby was the one

who went out to the location, made an

assessment as to whether it needed to

be underslung back to base or could be

flown out, and if the latter, hed usually

fly it himself.

When he left the army, flying jobs and

good feelings about Viet Nam were hard

to come by in America so he made his way

to Europe and was taken on by Schreiner(now part of CHC) with just 1,000 hours

experience, on 1 August 1971. He was

given an Alouette 3 conversion and went

to Iran flying on seismic and gas pipeline

survey operations. He was there with

his family at a time when a normal

accompanied roster was 365 days on,

6 weeks off! In 1975 he was given a Puma

conversion on to the old SA330G and

was working on a contract for the Iranian

National Gas Company moving staff

between mountain-top microwave sites,

pipeline survey of the 1,600 mile pipeline

and doing occasional sling jobs of pipeline

sections when repairs were needed.

In 1979 after the Iranian revolution Ebywas sent out to Brunei where Schreiner

were flying a Puma for offshore operations

from Anduki. This was actually a fly-off

competition between the S61 (operated

by Bristow) and the Puma, but despite

the Puma flying for 365 days without even

a day of downtime (they had great spares

back-up!!), Bristow somehow won the

contract. Then Eby was sent to Singapore

to do some training, then ferried a Puma

via Bali, to Broome, Australia for a 6 month

contract for BP. From there he went andflew a Puma 330J in Austria building ski

lifts where the engineer was Peter Weisz,

now Technical manager for Aero in Lagos.

By this time Schreiner had managed to get

some of their Pumas in Iran released,

so Eby picked up one in Doha and ferried

it to Holland, then later ferried one to

Nigeria for the new Aero Contractors

contract for Agip. When flying the Puma

in Nigeria, one of his copilots was Patrick

Agbonlahor, now Chief Pilot for Aero.

However, at the end of 1981 the Nigerian

government cut back the number of

expatriate quotas and Eby was posted

to Indonesia where, for the next 12 years

he flew Pumas and Super Pumas on

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Captain Eby Klix

offshore, heli-rig and seismic contracts

mostly in Sumatra and Irian Jaya, but

he operated all over Indonesia and wasChief Pilot for a year.

In 1992 he did his Dauphin conversion

in Balikpapan on a 365C2 with Stan Gray

(then with IAT, now a CHC TRE in

Cameroun). From there he moved out

to Nigeria where he has remained for the

last 14 years and has at various times been

Base manager in Warri and at the Agip

Base Port Harcourt. He was originally flying

365C2 and N, then Twin Squirrels and

later converted to the S76A+ when Aero

brought their first one to Nigeria. In his

time, Eby has accumulated over 15,500hours on helicopters, which in the unlikely

event of his having flown continuously

in a 130 knot cruise, would mean hes

flown a helicopter the equivalent of 92

times around the world!.

On 1 August Captain Eby Klix will celebrate 36 years with the company. Eby is presently flying asa Line Training Captain on the S76 and Dauphin. He is a total aviation enthusiast and at 64, still goingstrong literally, as hes to be seen out running around Areta Estate after work most evenings.


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CHC EUROPE

On Wednesday December 27, 2006,

seven men lost their lives in a tragic

helicopter accident in Morecambe Bay

off the Northwest coast of England.

All of us at CHC are deeply saddened

and shocked by this accident. The crew

of the aircraft were Captain Steve Potton

and the Co-pilot was Simon Foddering,

both of CHC Scotia. The five passengers

were offshore employees Les Ahmed,

Alf Neasham, Jackie Shaw, Bob Warburtonand Keith Smith. All these men were

going about their normal business when

this tragedy occurred and are all heroes

in our eyes; they will be deeply missed.

Captain Steve Potton, 51, was respected

at CHC as a true gentleman and always

had a smile on his face even at six in

the morning said a colleague who

worked with him. Steve was affectionately

known as Spotton and would always

go out of his way to help others. It was

a pleasure to know him, a tragedy to losehim, another colleague said.

Steve had been with the company for

more than 20 years and was Chief Pilot

at Blackpool, England. Another co-worker

summed up what everybody who ever

met Steve felt; He was the nicest guy you

could ever meet - everyone is devastated.

CHC CREWMEN

Remembered and Loved

A statement from Steves family said:

Steve Potton was a fantastic husband,

father, son and friend. His tragic death has

shaken his family, friends and colleagues

who have responded with care, love and

support for his beloved wife and children.

During life, Steve Potton was a man who

gave everything freely and without

question. He was at ease in any situationand the many who met him immediately

liked and loved him for who he was:

the life and soul. We have been inundated

with condolences from throughout

England and even further afield. Steve

Potton will always be remembered in

the hearts of many especially his wife

and children.

Senior First Officer Simon Foddering,

33, joined CHC about a year ago from

the North West Air Ambulance service

and was a very experienced pilot who

started his aviation career in the army.

He had two young children and was again

and again described as a fantastic guy.

In a statement, his family said: "Simon

was a sincere, courageous and professionalindividual who had a charisma that meant

if he led you followed. He achieved many

things in his short life, namely serving

his country in the Prince of Wales

Regiment before completing his training

and becoming one of the youngest pilots

in the army air fleet and serving time in

Ireland and overseas. Simon was a devoted

and caring father and a loving boyfriend

who moved to Preston to be closer to his

son and daughter. He will be sorely missed

by family and friends.

Our hearts go out to the families ofthe other men involved in the incident

and we hope that in time they too find

peace as we hope to find.

Capt. Simon Foddering

was an experienced

pilot, father of two,

and fantastic guy.

Capt. Steve Potton,

respected as a truegentleman, would

always go out of his

way to help others.


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Welcome AboardCORPORATECanadaWes Bews - Corporate Controller, Ping Ren -

Accounts Payable Analyst, Melissa Sinclair -Manager, Internal Audit, Mark Paul Yap -Assistant Manager, Financial Reporting,Kate Watson - Senior Accountant, Zahra Kawa -Financial Accountant, Heli-One, Corporate,Kasey McCullough - Legal Secretary, LainaWhitta - Billing Officer, Workshops, Heli-One-Corporate, AngelicaBaldonado - ConsolidationAccountant, Sergio Aquino - IntermediateBusiness System Analyst, Sandra Lee - AccountsPayable Manager, Jayne Ralphs - AdministrativeAssistant, Financial Service, Kyle Roguski -Senior Accountant, Global Operations - Corporate,Irene Lee - Expatriate Tax Manager, ShirleyLamarre - Business Systems AnalystAdrien Fiesen - Receiving Inspector, Richard Yu -Data Mining Specialist, Tim Ellwyn - Component

Workshop Manager, Richard Ruiz - AME "M"Type, Alfred Wang - Tech Records Admin,Jane Wang - Tech Records Admin, Mark Myers -Program Manager, Lisa Pelechytik - TechRecords Admin, David Gay - Director, InvManagement & Sourcing, Mark Seifert -Component Shop Technician, Andrew Nevison -Director, Customer Service and Delivery,Mike Hrehorak - Component shop Technician,Derwyn Plischuk - Shipper, Michael Johnson -Apprentice Engine Shop Tech, Lisa Li - TechRecords Admin, Honeyleen Supelairo - TechRecords Admin, Nooshin Towfigh - HR Officer,Steven Bowden, Tom McBride - Director ofBusiness Units, Karen Sawatzky - TechnicalRecruiter, William Delfino - Avionics AME,

Randy Webb - Apprentice AME "S" Type,Priscilla Nand - Office Assistant, Balkar Nijjar -Storesperson, Ian Thomas - Director of BusinessInformation - Business Units

EUROPEAN OPERATIONSAberdeenRichard Telfer - Line Coordinator, GerogeSantos - Captain, Bob Findlay - TechnicalTraining Instructor, Sarah Collie - OperationsData Analyst, Lindsay Dickson - AccountsAssistant, Jennifer Stewart - Southern North SeaScheduler, Mike Reading - GSE Controller,Paula van Germert - Co-Pilot, Tom Flinterud -Co-Pilot, Evy Mackland - Scheduler - EuropeanOperations, Mitch Reid - Engineering Officer,Keith Bishop - Flight Ops Manager - SAR UK,

Tracey Claisse - Compliance Coordinator - TechSvs, Keith Ward - Aircraft Mechanic, ScottClarke - Apprentice Enginere, James Grenfell -Co-Pilot, Kevan Folan - Co-Pilot, John Dunlop -Engineering Officer - Technical Services, SolbjornTausen - Co-pilot, Timothy Cousins - Co-pilot,Per Morten Aasgard - Co-pilot, Maggie Muir -Temp Ops Data Analyst, Paul Bellshaw -Mechanic, Russ Jenkins - Technical Clerk, LouiseMarks - Tem Accounts Assistant, FinanceShelley Jennings - Accountant

BlackpoolAlan Jenkins - Co-Pilot, Matthew Greenhalgh -Co-Pilot, Niall McLeod - Aircraft Mechanic ,Mike Sutton - Chief Pilot

Den HelderJensVilman - Freelance Pilot, Andre Leegwater -Ankomend Licensed Engineer, Wilco Jasper -Platformmedewerder, Annemieke de Vries -Engineering Officer, Erik Coppens - StagiairFlight Standards, Ian Stockley - Freelance Pilot,Kees-Jan Engelenburg - Assistant OperationsOfficer, Hans Bckmann - Assistant OperationsOfficer, Bart Molenaar - Senior First Officer

DublinPhilomena Burrows - Part Time Administrator

HumbersideChris Berry - Co-Pilot, Christopher Levery -Co-Pilot, Michael Georgiou - Co-Pilot,Michael Foley - Storeman,Jane Beety - Temp Trainee Dispatch Officer,Jamie Chilcott - Trainee Ramp Dispatch,Chris Tunnicliff - Maintenance Coordinator,

North DenesKevin Shears - Storeman, Chris Stephenson -Trainee Mechanic, Michael Osborne - Co-Pilot,Richard Watt - Co-Pilot, Jeremy Spencer -Aircraft Mechanic, Tom Schmidt - Co-Pilot,Mark Brown - Co-Pilot, Stephen Brough -Cert tech

SARAndy Bochel - SAR Engineer (Transition Team),Ralph Hall - SAR Engineer (Transition Team),Timpthy Robinson - SAR Engineer (TransitionTeam), Ricky Groves - SAR Engineer (Transitionteam), Scott Lobban - SAR Engineer (Transitionteam), Eric Davidson - SAR Engineer (TransitionTeam), Stephen Christmas - SAR Captain - UKTransition Team, David Crimmen - SARCaptain - UK Transition Team, Jamie Coulton -SAR Co-Pilot - UK Transition Team, Mark Dolan- SAR Engineer (Transistion Team), Mark Hughes- Winch Operator, Mario Testa - Winch Man,Bruce Morrison - SAR Captain,Carl Taylor - SAR Consultant,Giles Duncan - Captain

ShannonJospeh Molloy - A&C Cert Technician

SligoMark Andrews - A&C Cert Technician,Kevin Logan - A&C Cert Technician

WaterfordBrody Prideaux - Winch Operator,Colm McCloughry - A&C Cert Technician,

Neil Finch - Winch OperatorGLOBAL OPERATIONS

AustraliaBarry Box - Engineer, Mark Lee - Engineer,Mark Harbour - Engineer, Gary Nuet- Engineer,Tim Fisher- Engineer, Rebecc Valentine - TechRecords, Jim Miles - Pilot, Neil Miller - Pilot,Richard Snell - Pilot, William Dielenberg - Pilot,Olga Voloditcheva - Admin, Brendon Tadgell -Pilot, Ward Bremmers - Pilot, Trevor Lewis -Pilot, Sam Liston - Pilot, Lachie Carmichael -Pilot, Sam Shearer - Pilot, Alex Crawford - Pilot,Bradley Hanley - Pilot, Richard Emmett - Pilot,

Rob Muston - Engineer, Jeffrey Mailes - Engineer,Peter Lucas - Sarquip, Loretta Hendy - BaseManager, Alison Husain - S75 Pilot, KeithBeaty- 332 Pilot, Karl Boettcher - 332 Pilot,Mathew Graham - 332 Pilot, Richard Williams -332 Pilot, Jake Turner - RCP East Sale, ReneeBoyce - Trainee Head Off, Daniel John - StoreOfficer, Gary M Roberts - LAME, Peter West -RCP Williamtown, Health Scanlon - TouringPilot, Gemma Haworth - Purchasing Officer,Trevor Parsons to FT Temp, Darwin Stores -Supervisor, Lian-Fei Cambell - LAME, TommyWillison - RCP East Sale, Stephen Nestdale -LAME, Mal Upham - Pilot, Brad Baines -Williamtown Pilot, Gordon Clarke - LAME,Mark Nicholson - Ops Dili, Martin Burton -ACP Canberra, Michael Jarrod - WilliamtownPilot, Lynda Monopoli - Administrative Officer,Rebecca Reid - Receptionist, Glenn Dicker -Apprentice, Sam Gibb - AME, Wayne King-Storesperson Darwin, Kyle Booth to FT LST,Vanessa Hutchinson - Logistics Support Officer

Cape TownWendy Parsons - Financial Manager, PeterChetty - Accountant, Craig Darries - Bookkeeper,Corne Schabort - Pilot, Marc Perkins - Pilot,Arnold Louw - Cadet Pilot,Ingemar Groenewald - Cadet Pilot

GeorgeEmile Harris - Engineering Assistant,Lucadio Pietersen - Engineering Assistant

HELI-ONENetherlandsHadi Mahboub, H - Warehouse Operator,Luis Andrade Rocha, L.D - Fright Administrator,Ronald van Bakel - Fright Administrator,Abdel Aknin, A. - Warehouse Operator, Irma

van der Baan, I.A.M. - Management Assistant,Nicolaas van Meteren - Contract Administrator,Stephen Hughes, S.J. - Warehouse Operator,John Aarse, J. - Receiving Inpector, Remco vanDiemen - Warehouse Operator, Luciano Schelts,L.G - Warehouse Operator, Cerano Zaalman,C.J. - Warehouse Operator, Willeke Luining, W.- Freight Administrator, Jeroen Metzelaar, J.G.H- Safety and Quality Auditor

HalifaxTrevor Hook HESS rep for the Americas,Terry Schofield - Stores / Baggage

NorwayPer Gunnar Edland - Unskilled worker,Lars Harald Bru - skilled worker, RagnhildHenden - Accountant Assistant, Cato Strandskog

- Engineer, Silia Alexandersen - Case Handler/Secretary, Jon Daniel Dolvik - Skilled Worker,Jan Jeramiassen - Engineer, Rune sterhus -Unskilled worker, Steinar Thompson -Forwarding clerk, Kristian Steinnes - Skilledworker, Kjetil Tjensvold - Purchaser, JohnMartin Egeland - Engineer, Martha ElizabethStouder - Purchaser, Jan Petter Gottschalksen -Skilled worker, Jane Kate Gjesdal - Forwarder,Jan Fredrik Bauge Nyborg - Skilled worker,Ole Petter Torshaug - Skilled worker, Jan ArildOmmedal - Skilled worker, Merete Krogh Hvide- Internal Auditor Sox, Mats Ole Myrlund -

Peoplearound the world


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Skilled worker, Ole Cato Paulsen - Skilled worker,Alexander Lindh - Engineer, Cecilie Olsen -Technical records administrator, VidarGiljebrekke - Stores expediteur, Else Brdvik -Accountant assistant, Dag Hetland - ComponentPlanner, Rune Veenstra - Director BusinessUnits, Anne Helen Aanonsen - Planner assistant,Guillaume Guehenenux - Commercial Director,Rolf Brun - Teamleader Major Components

Promotions/ChangesCORPORATECanadaAmanda Hobson - Senior Manager, Treasury,Charissa Oblea - Assistant Director, FinancialServicves- Corporate, Jeannie Jimenez -Application Support Analyst, John Mantas -Operations Accountant, Global Operations -Cororate, Chester Siegfred Tuason - FinancialAccountant, Global Operations Corporate

EUROPEAN OPERATIONSAberdeenDavid Clare - Deputy Chief Pilot,Graham Marshall - Snr Tech (Shift Supervisor),Steve Duthie - GSE Coordinator- Anita Bennett- Customer Support supervisor - European

Operations, Jerry Vaughan - Engineering Officer -Tech Services, David Clare - Chief Pilot,Mark Perry - Certifying Technician,Katarina Smith - Assistant Accountant,Scott Carmichael - Technical Services ManagerEurope, Rab Garriock - Environmental/SafetyManagement System, Maxine Ackerley - Captain,Andrew Smith - Captain, Ralph Wood - Captain

BlackpoolGary Robinson - Mechanic

Den HelderGeert Velthuis, G - First Officer (Behalen linecheck), Floris Zwart, F de - First Officer (Behalenline check), Simon Lourens, S - B Cat 2 LicensedEngineer, Rolf Gier, R de - B Cat 2 LicensedEngineer, Karel Keijzer, KC - B Cat 2 Licensed

Engineer, Altes Vries, AP de - Senior First OfficerRW, Dennis Groeneveld, DJ - Senior FirstOfficer RW, Ali Soltani, A - Senior First OfficerRW, Jeroen Wisse Smit, JCW - Captain RW,Emiel Brounne, E - Captain RW,Rob Duyvis, R - Logistics & Facility Manager,Erik Roozen, EF - Technical Services Manager,

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