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    Top Aces provides support for Habitat for Humanity

    Top Aces recently provided generous support to the 17th annual Cycle of Hope by sponsoring one of its own - Westwind pilot Piet "10b" TenBruggencate - for the two week event held to raise funds to build a house in Winnipeg for a low-income family. Construction on the home has already begun.

    Top Aces provides support for Habitat for Humanity
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    Celebrating Aboriginal partnership milestone with $14.5 million in revenue shared to date

    The Aboriginal partnerships operated by our Northern subsidiaries Great Slave Helicopters, Air Tindi and Discovery Mining Services have reached a significant milestone in terms of the cumulative revenue earned by all First Nations, Inuit and Metis partners.
    The cumulative revenue total earned by all Aboriginal partners involved with DA operating units has now surpassed $14.5 million.

    Celebrating Aboriginal partnership milestone with $14.5 million in revenue shared to date
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    Great Slave Helicopters Northlinx partners open Yellowknife bases

    Discovery Air subsidiary Great Slave Helicopters is pleased to announce that four of its independent Northlinx partners have opened bases in Yellowknife. GSH has helped to pioneer successful aboriginal joint-ventures for nearly two decades and this announcement is the latest evolution of that profitable model for Sahtu Helicopters, Denendeh Helicopters, Superior Helicopters and Hudson Bay Helicopters.

    GSH Northlinx partners open Yellowknife bases
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    Great Slave Helicopters to donate revenue from Coast Fraser Tower fire suppression efforts to Fallen Firefighters Fund

    Discovery Air Inc. subsidiary Great Slave Helicopters (GSH) is pleased to announce it will donate all revenue from its efforts battling a fire at the Coast Fraser Tower in Yellowknife to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fund.

    Revenue from Coast Fraser Tower fire donated to Fallen Firefighters Fund
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    Great Slave Helicopters Secures Contract with Enbridge Pipelines NW Inc.

    Discovery Air Inc. is pleased to announce that its Great Slave Helicopters subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide helicopter services to Enbridge Pipelines NW Inc., operator of the pipeline running between Norman Wells, NT and Zama, Alberta.

    GSH Secures Contract with Enbridge Pipelines NW Inc.
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    Prime Minister Harper opens the Dryden Airshow.

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Dryden for the Airshow celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the City. Discovery Air and Hicks & Lawrence were proud to sponsor this terrific event. Hicks & Lawrence's Twin Commander is a great backdrop for this ceremony!

    Prime Minister Harper opens the Dryden Airshow.
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    Great Slave Helicopters Inks Fire Services Contract with Manitoba

    Discovery Air Inc. is pleased to announce that its Great Slave Helicopters subsidiary (GSH) has signed a new three-year contract with the Province of Manitoba to provide forest fire suppression support services. The deal commits one Bell medium helicopter, operated by GSH subsidiary Hudson Bay Helicopters, to the province for each fire season over the next three years, and includes both basing fees as well as a per-flight-hour charge.

    Great Slave Helicopters Inks Fire Services Contract with Manitoba
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    Great Slave Helicopters wins Two-Year Newmont Mining Contract

    The contract, operated through GSH’s majority Inuit-owned joint-venture partner Kitikmeot Helicopters, covers this year’s five-month exploration program out of the Doris Camp as well as next year’s yet-to-be-determined program. Rig moves, such as the one being initiated here, will keep a minimum of four intermediate helicopters very busy around the Doris Camp.

    Great Slave Helicopters wins Two-Year Newmont Mining Contract
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    Air Tindi Granted Diavik Diamond Mines Contract Extension

    Discovery Air Inc. is pleased to announce that Tli Cho Air, a joint-venture partnership between its subsidiary Air Tindi Ltd. and the Tlicho Investment Corporation, has been granted a one-year contract extension by Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI).

    Air Tindi Granted Diavik Diamond Mines Contract Extension
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    Great Slave Helicopters Expands to Peru

    Great Slave Helicopters (GSH), has extended its reach into South America through a one-year Master Service Agreement signed May 3 in support of ongoing oil and gas seismic exploration activity with South American Exploration LLC's Peruvian operations.

    Great Slave Helicopters Expands to Peru
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    Top Aces Red Air Force

    Top Aces pilots and maintenance staff were very busy in Bagotville last Friday as they completed a 9 turn 9.  Two Westwind aircraft and seven Alpha Jets took part in these missions.

    Top Aces Red Air Force
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    Dehcho Regional Helicopters celebrates Business of the Year Award

    Dehcho Regional Helicopters Ltd. is pleased to announce it has been selected as the 2010 Business of the Year Award winner by the NWT Chamber of Commerce. The NWT Chamber of Commerce said Dehcho Regional Helicopters was an ideal selection to receive the Award because it provides a shining example of what can be accomplished when Aboriginal partners join forces with established industry leaders to learn from each other and achieve common goals.

    Dehcho Regional Helicopters celebrates Business of the Year Award

Welcome to Discovery Air

Founded in 2004, Discovery Air Inc. is a specialty aviation services company operating across Canada and in select locations internationally. With over 130 aircraft, it is one of the largest air operators in Canada, employing 450 flight crew, maintainers and support staff to deliver a variety of air transport and logistics solutions to a wide range of government and business customers. The Company’s Government Services segment includes two subsidiaries: Top Aces Inc., which delivers airborne training and special mission services to the Canadian military; and Hicks & Lawrence, a primary supplier of airborne fire management services to the Ontario government and charter services to government agencies and corporate customers. The Company’s Northern Services segment includes three subsidiaries: Great Slave Helicopters, the second-largest VFR helicopter operator in the country; Air Tindi, a fixed-wing aircraft charter provider primarily based in Northern Canada; and Discovery Mining Services, which constructs and rents all-weather exploration camps and provides expediting and logistical support services. 

Did you know?

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    ... that Discovery Air is always looking for great ideas? If you think you have a great idea that we should examine, submit it and you could be eligible for a reward. We're giving away prizes from a DA golf shirt to a thrilling ride in an Alpha Jet! Submit your ideas to: ideas@discoveryair.com

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    ... that Air Tindi's bush pilot Darcy Milkowski was featured in the April/May 2010 edition of up here magazine? He was included in an article by Katherine Sandiford called 10 Northern Jobs You Wish Were Yours. The article features 10 people with dream jobs from Northern Canada and Darcy couldn't agree more. "You can go anywhere. Just pick a spot in the middle of the tundra and you can land there, on skis, on floats or on tires. It's amazing."

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    ...that at the Grand Opening ceremonies for the new Head Office of Discovery Air in Yellowknife, NWT the Tlicho Drummers performed a prayer song.

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    ... that DA has a number of employees who are related to each other. At Top Aces, maintenance runs in the Noreau family, as Steeve and Carol together with their dad Marc all work on the Alpha Jet and Westwind aircraft. Marc is affectionately known as "Papa Noreau."

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    ...that The Directors College of McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business has an annual award for a graduate of The Directors College who demonstrates dedication to raising the bar for professional standards in corporate governance, both through their work in the Chartered Director program and in their experience as directors. This award is named after Discovery Air's Chairman, Gil Bennett, and is called the "Gilbert Bennett Gold Standard Award"

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    ... that Fred Carmichael, an associate of Discovery Air, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2008 for his contributions and achievements as an Aboriginal leader, businessman and volunteer, as well as a committed and untiring advocate of autonomy for Native people. Great Slave Helicopters and Discovery Mining Services joint-venture partner William L. Lyall received the same honour in 2003 for championing Inuit business initiatives to create and expand economic development in northern communities.

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Feature Video

Great Slave Helicopters helping douse an apartment fire in Yellowknife

On May 25, 2010 the Coast Fraser Tower roof top in Yellowknife caught on fire. Firefighters were assisted by team at Great Slave Helicopters in using their fire suppression bucket. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
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