1980 Sikorsky S-76A Mk. II, c/n 760074, C-GHJW, Helijet International

1980 Sikorsky S-76A Mk. II, c/n 760074, C-GHJW, Helijet International starting engines on tarmac adjacent to Helijet International’s head office, 5911 Airport Road South, at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:09 PST

1980 Sikorsky S-76A Mk. II, c/n 760074, C-GHJW, Helijet International (Helijet International Inc.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)

• titled HeliJet
• powered by two 650-shp Allison 250-C30S free turbine turboshaft engines with fully-articulated four-blade main rotor and port side four-blade anti-torque tail rotor
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), 12 passengers, all-weather medium-size air taxi
• retractable tricycle landing gear
• built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut), Stratford, Connecticut, USA at Stratford, Connecticut
• built as S-76A, powered by two 557-shp Allison 250-C30 free turbine turboshaft engines with fully-articulated four-blade main rotor and port side four-blade anti-torque tail rotor
• N1547F, further details unknown
• N586C, further details unknown but cancelled on December 1, 1989
• imported in 1989
• C-GHJW, Helijet Airways (Helijet Airways Inc.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on December 7, 1989 and cancelled on May 9, 2000
• Helijet Airways (Helijet Airways Inc.) renamed as Helijet International (Helijet International Inc.)
• registered to Helijet International on May 9, 2000
• converted to S-76A Mk. II, re-engined and avionics upgrade
• world’s highest flight time S-76 airframe of tt 37,025 hours in February 2012
• active

[Nikon Coolpix L20 point-and-shoot 10 MP digital camera, Nikkor 38–136-mm f/3.1–6.7 lens, s/n 51002451]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, January 2013

1999 Sikorsky S-76C+, c/n 760500, C-GHHJ, Helijet International

1999 Sikorsky S-76C+, c/n 760500, C-GHHJ, Helijet International on a helipad adjacent to Helijet International’s head office, 5911 Airport Road South, at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:09 PST

The Lions (West Lion at 1,646 metres, East Lion at 1,606 metres) still covered in snow, their pointed peaks just visible behind Cypress Provincial Park in the North Shore Mountains

1999 Sikorsky S-76C+, c/n 760500, C-GHHJ, Helijet International (Helijet International Inc.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)

• titled BC AMBULANCE and subtitled HeliJet in British Columbia Ambulance Service colour scheme
• operated for BCAS (British Columbia Ambulance Service)
• powered by two 787-shp Turboméca Arriel 2S1 FADEC-equipped free turbine turboshaft engines with fully-articulated four-blade main rotor and port side four-blade anti-torque tail rotor
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), one or two stretchers and four medical attendants, all-weather medium-size air ambulance
• retractable tricycle landing gear, composite blades, quiet tail rotor with curved blades, active noise and vibration control system, advanced health and usage monitoring system, Honeywell EFIS (electronic flight instrument system) and Collins Proline II avionics suite (PFD—primary flight display, MFD—multi-function display, and EICAS—engine indications and crew alerting system display), and three-screen LCD integrated instrument display system (IIDS) for engine and rotor information
• built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut), Stratford, Connecticut, USA at Stratford, Connecticut
• built as S-76C, powered by two 730-shp Turboméca Arriel 2S turboshaft engines with fully-articulated four-blade main rotor and port side four-blade anti-torque tail rotor
• 12-seat passenger configuration, corporate transport
• certificate of airworthiness issued on June 30, 1999
• N88CP, Pfizer Inc., West Trenton, New Jersey, USA on September 14, 2000 and cancelled on March 3, 2011
• imported on March 3, 2011
• converted to S-76C+, re-engined and avionics upgrade
• registered to Helijet International on April 18, 2011
• converted from 12-seat passenger configuration to air ambulance
• active

[Nikon Coolpix L20 point-and-shoot 10 MP digital camera, Nikkor 38–136-mm f/3.1–6.7 lens, s/n 51002451]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, January 2013