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Technical Services

Engineering and Certification

Discovery Air has a proven track record in the design, certification and flight test fields as well as with the incorporation of aircraft modification. Expertise includes: Program Management, Structures, Military and Civil Avionics, Rotary Wing, Mission Systems, Ejection Systems as well as many additional areas.

Maintenance

Discovery Air 's operating companies are all registered as Aircraft Maintenance Organizations with Transport Canada. We provide complete levels of maintenance to our own fleets as well as those of our customers. Our maintenance is completed in house, and includes inspections and heavy maintenance.

Fleet Management

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.

Parts

Our logistics teams purchase from and supply parts to companies all over the world.

Component Repair

Our state-of-the-art component facility is a Transport Canada approved overhaul facility. Located at the Springbank Maintenance Facility west of Calgary, we specialize in component overhaul for Bell Helicopters.

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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.

  

  Discovery Mining Service annually sponsors an adult recreational soccer team in Yellowknife; whereas Air Tindi commits to two novice hockey teams – the Air Tindi Otters.

• Hicks & Lawrence operates with two divisions

  

  A division dedicated to Air Charter Services and a Fire Division. The Air Charter Services division is operated by Walsten Air, a company wholly owned by Hicks & Lawrence.

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  Great Slave Helicopters has strong partnerships with ten other Northern-based Helicopter companies, such as Denendeh Helicopters and Hudson Bay Helicopters.

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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 nine partnerships operating in this profitable model around the NWT and Nunavut, including Denendeh Helicopters, Dehcho Regional Helicopters, Sahtu Helicopters, Kitikmeot Helicopters, Gwich’in Helicopters, Havgun Helicopters, Kivalliq Aviation, Tlicho Helicopters and Akaitcho Helicopters.

  

  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.

  

  Hicks & Lawrence Limited, (“H&L”), is a Northern Ontario based Air Operator which has been active in the Canadian Aviation industry for over 50 years.

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  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.

  

  The Turbine Single Otter is one of the most versatile and dependable bush airplanes operating in the North today. This aircraft is easily converted from full-passenger to all-cargo configuration quickly, or a combination of both may be used.