Heliswiss
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| IATA code : | - |
| ICAO code : | HSI |
| Call sign : | HELISWISS |
| Founding: | 1953 |
| Operation stopped: | 2012 |
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Belp , Switzerland
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| Home airport : | Bern-Belp |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| Fleet size: | 14th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Heliswiss ceased operations in 2012. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Heliswiss (officially: Heliswiss, Schweizerische Helicopter AG ) was a Swiss helicopter operator based at Bern-Belp Airport in the municipality of Belp . In 2012 the entire capital was transferred to Swiss Helicopter AG , based in Chur .
history
Heliswiss, the oldest helicopter operator in Switzerland , was founded on April 17th, 1953. This was the beginning of helicopter flying in Switzerland. In the following years, a comprehensive network with various helicopter bases was built across Switzerland: Bern-Belp Airport , Samedan GR , Domat / Ems GR , Aeroporto Cantonale di Locarno , Erstfeld UR , Gampel VS , Gstaad BE and Gruyères FR .
Until the Swiss Air Rescue Service (now REGA) had set up its own helicopter network, Heliswiss had flown many rescue missions on their behalf. Heliswiss also flew its missions abroad, for example in Greenland , Suriname , North Africa and in the primeval forests of South America.
Heliswiss' first helicopter was a Bell 47 G-1. Registered in the aviation register as HB-XAG on September 23, 1953, it began flight operations on October 9, 1953. From 1963, in addition to the previously used small helicopters, large Agusta Bell 204B helicopters with an engine output of 1050 hp and a payload of up to 1500 kg were used. The first Bell 214 followed in 1979 with a load capacity of up to 2.8 t. From 1991 the Russian Kamov KA-32A12 was used.
In July 2012, Heliswiss merged with Air Grischa, Bohag, Eliticino, Heli Gotthard and Rhein Heli to form the new Swiss Helicopter AG.
fleet
(As of June 2011)
- 1 Guimbal Cabri G2
- 2 Swiss 269C
- 3 Bell 206
- 1 Eurocopter AS 350B2
- 2 Eurocopter AS 350B3
- 1 Eurocopter AS 350SD2
- 1 SA315B
- 1 AS332C1 Super Puma
- 2 Kamow KA-32A12
- 1 mil Mi-26
As of August 15, 2018, the successor company Swiss Helicopter has 29 helicopters and one drone in use, including exactly one Kamow KA-32A12.
Bases
- Bern-Belp
- Gruyères
- Gstaad (in winter)
offer
- Training (basic training, professional pilot training, mountain training, night flight)
- Charter flights
- VIP flights
- Heliskiing
- Film and photo flights
- Underload flights up to 5000 kg , assembly flights, logging
- Fire fighting
See also
literature
- Aegerter, Peter: Adventure helicopter. Experiences and pictures from my life as a helicopter mechanic and aviation photographer. Verlag Cockpit, Belp 2013, ISBN 978-3-906562-42-1 .
Web links
- Homepage Heliswiss International AG
- Heliswiss fleet list on "All about helicopters in Switzerland & Liechtenstein"
- Kamov Ka-32 Heliswiss al 45 ° di Eliticino demonstration flight in Italy (2011), youtube.com, November 17, 2012, video (11:33)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Aviation Administration - Order JO 7340.2 (PDF file, English; 4.4 MB) August 27, 2009
- ↑ a b c Entry of “Heliswiss, Schweizerische Helicopter AG” in the commercial register of the Canton of Bern ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Heliswiss celebrated its 60th birthday on Saturday, June 8, 2013 (PDF; 131 kB)
- ↑ Entry in the commercial register for the merger
- ↑ swisshelicopter.ch , accessed on October 22, 2013
- ↑ swissheli.com: Heliswiss fleet
- ↑ https://www.swisshelicopter.ch/de/ueber-uns/flotte/kamov-ka-32-a12
