Talon Helicopters Ltd.

Talon Helicopters Ltd. is a helicopter operator based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. According to its website it was founded in 1997 by Peter Murray, who is listed as founder and president, and the company describes a perfect safety record.

Services

The home page lists search and rescue, wildfire suppression, marine pilot hoist transfers, medevac, film, precision external load work and LiDAR mapping. A separate film page describes experienced camera pilots, aerial coordinating and aircraft wrangling for productions of any size, and names studios and streaming services that Talon has worked with.

Fleet

All of the aircraft listed on the fleet page are Airbus helicopters.

• AS365N3 Dauphin: medium twin, nine passengers plus the pilot, 165 mph cruise, two Safran Arriel engines, emergency flotation, hoist and a three axis autopilot
• AS365N2 Dauphin: the same airframe family with a hoist, traffic collision alert, ADS-B, helicopter terrain awareness and warning system, and an autopilot coupled to a Garmin GTN 750 navigator
• AS355F2 TwinStar: light twin, five passengers plus the pilot, 135 mph cruise, independent dual hydraulic system
• AS350B2 AStar: single engine, five passengers plus the pilot, 135 mph cruise

The Dauphin entries note more than 6 million flight hours on type, and the AS350 and AS355 entries note more than 20 million flight hours on the series.

Team

The website introduces its operations manager and pilot, chief pilot, director of maintenance, chief engineer, operations assistant and chief financial officer, and describes the staff as a tight-knit group.