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Discovery Air is a Tier One sponsor of the Discovery Air Hawk One Project – Celebrating 100 years of powered flight in Canada! To learn more, please visit www.hawkone.ca.
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Headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Helicopters and its group of companies is one of the largest helicopter operators in Canada.
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Discovery Mining Services is a mining service and expediting company serving the needs of companies operating throughout Canada.
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Air Tindi operates a diversified fleet of fixed-wing aircraft and offers air ambulance, tourism, cargo transport, charter flying and scheduled service across Canada’s north.
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Discovery Air Defence Services is the prime supplier of Airborne Training services to the Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force.
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Discovery Air Inc.’s Class A common voting shares and unsecured debentures trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbols DA.A and DA.DB.A, respectively).
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Discovery Air Technical Services (DATS) is a Transport Canada Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO 23-10) with a wide range of capabilities. We are authorized to perform maintenance and modifications on all U.S. registered aircraft as listed in the U.S./Canada bilateral agreement (Ref. CFR 43.17) and under EASA 145 (European Aviation Safety Agency).
Flying Solutions
Air ambulance
24 hours a day, 365 days a year we offer dedicated Air Ambulance aircraft throughout the North and Canada. Our King Air or Lear Jet aircraft have state of the art full medical interiors, some with 2 patient capability with medical approval.
For more information, please visit the Air Tindi or Discovery Air International website.
Air movements and cargo transfer
Whether it is cargo or people that need to be moved around, Discovery Air has a solution. Governments, mining companies and expeditors use our services to get their supplies in and out of remote locations. Industry leading fixed and rotary wing charter solutions are available.
For more information, please visit the Air Tindi or GSH website.
Airborne surveys - Geophysical, Lidar, FLIR
GSH continues to fulfill long-term contracts providing bird-towing and survey flight operations in Canada, the USA, and South America.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Camp rentals and camp constuction
Whether you need to accommodate 2 or 80 people, our remote, portable, flyable all weather exploration camps can be customized for your needs. Complete with communications systems, kitchens, offices, dry/shower tents these camps have been constructed in the most remote locations in Canada.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Mining Services website.
Close air support
Our crews provide support to the Army in training for their deployments as Forward Air Controllers (FAC). Many of the FACs we have helped to train have recently deployed to Afghanistan.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Defence Services website.
Electronic warfare support
EW Training missions are conducted by highly professional crews consisting of a Discovery Air Defence Services Pilot and a DND Electronic Warfare Officer who is responsible for all pod operations.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Defence Services website.
Expediting and logistical support
Supporting your operation, we provide all season support to receive, warehouse, transport and track all of your materials and equipment. Our project teams do the planning and organizing for you – so that you can concentrate on the field work you need to do.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Mining Services website.
Fighter support
If you are looking for Red Air adversary support, our crews provide the most experienced pilots around. Primarily Fighter Weapons Instructors with thousands of hours of experience, our team delivers customized training wherever it is required.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Defence Services website.
Fire suppression
Our aerial detection team spots and detects forest fires and gives early warning to ensure the safety of Northern Ontario.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Fire Services website.
Flight Training
We provide a wide range of flight training services to meet the needs of any aspiring aviator. Our career programs serve as a pipeline of qualified and highly skilled pilots into the organization.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Aviation Academy website.
Heavy equipment and construction
Crews perform diverse type sling operations on many contracts including aerial construction sites in remote and urban environments.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Heli portable seismic
GSH continues to provide heliocopter support to seismic operations in Canada, the USA, and South America.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Infrared and visual spectrum mapping
Our systems are capable of providing low level infrared hot spot marking as well as high level visual and infrared mapping. We're able to quickly deliver an accurate, geo-rectified product in both an electronic and paper version within one hour of landing.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Fire Services website.
Maritime support
Discovery Air Defence Services often simulates an attack on a ship, either as an opposition force, or as a cruise missile. In some cases, their role is to augment the CF-18 crews in defending the ships.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Defence Services website.
Mining and exploration
Operations include transporting crews, long lining drills for core sampling activities, and hauling fuel & supplies.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Oil and gas
Pipeline integrity and fugitive emission flight patrols, essential passenger and baggage transport using OGP compliant aircraft and crews.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Scheduled and charter flights to remote locations
Air Tindi operates regular scheduled flights to locations throughout the North including Fort Simpson, Lutsel K'e, Wekweeti, Wha Ti and Gameti, along with turboprop charters throughout the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Discovery Air International offers jet charters across North America with Lear 35 and Challenger 601 aircraft.
For more information, please visit the Air Tindi or Discovery Air International website.
Target tow
Live fire targeting is available on both the Westwind and Alpha Jet fleet, with Real Time Scoring Feedback.
For more information, please visit the Discovery Air Defence Services website.
Tourism and film
Aerial photography and filming using internal or externally mounted cameras.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Utility
GSH has provided various power line integrity inspection and construction services to utility clients across Canada.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
Wildlife surveys
Aerial survey of protected species including polar bear, caribou and black bear.
For more information, please visit the GSH website.
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Both Great Slave Helicopters and Air Tindi are co-sponsors of the Government of the Northwest Territories Aviation Bursary Program that provides eight $5,000 scholarships to young Northerners looking to pursue a career in aviation within the NWT industry each year.
If you would like to concentrate on flying aircraft while knowing you are in the safest hands around, our team of maintainers will take care of all aspects of managing your fleet.
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Discovery Air Fire Services operates with four divisions
Discovery Air Fire Services has been active in the aviation industry for over 60 years and is organized into four operating divisions; Fire, Charter, Imagery and Training.
Read MoreDiscovery Air International was established to expand Discovery Air’s range of specialty aviation services domestically and internationally and will focus initially on executive charter, medevac and repatriation services out of Western Canada with its primary base and main operations based out of Calgary, Alberta.
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The Northlinx Network brings together many of the Great Slave Helicopters Aboriginal Joint-Venture Partnerships allowing all participants to benefit from pan-territorial mega-projects requiring helicopter services in the North. Presently there are twelve partnerships operating in this profitable model around the NWT and Nunavut. On top of that, Air Tindi has an additional four Aboriginal partnerships and Discovery Mining Services has two.
We are committed to providing our customers with specialty aviation solutions whenever and wherever they are required. Our pilots, maintainers, logisticians and administrators operate with precision and pride in some of the most challenging environments in the world.
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Discovery Air is committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent in aviation industry. By joining Discovery Air you will have the opportunity to participate in a unique and dynamic environment focused on growth, entrepreneurship, innovation and teamwork.
Discovery Aviation Academy is a flight school based in Sudbury, Ontario that offers many different types of pilot flight training to meet the needs of all aspiring aviators.
