U.S. Helicopters Inc.

U.S. Helicopters, Inc. is a helicopter operator based in Marshville, North Carolina. The company focuses on airborne media and electronic news gathering (ENG), and says it has more than 40 years in the industry, more than one million flight hours, work on more than 20 feature films and more than 30 news agencies as customers.

Services

• Electronic news gathering helicopter programs, with exclusive-use helicopters for programs across the United States
• Helicopter leasing
• Motion picture filming and aerial photography
• Helicopter charter
• Helicopter aircraft sales
• Helicopter paint and completion center
• Helicopter maintenance and refurbishment
• Microwave downlink system sales and service
• Gyro-stabilized camera system sales and service

Fleet

The fleet page centres on the Airbus AS350 AStar family. The company says the AStar offers the widest cabin in its class, which suits airborne media work, and notes that the aircraft is built in Columbus, Mississippi. It also describes gyro-stabilized camera systems used by major-market ENG clients.

Maintenance

Its maintenance page states that factory-trained, ISO and AS9110 certified airframe and engine staff handle regular and unscheduled maintenance, structural repairs, component overhauls, avionics upgrades and STC installations in-house. The shop also does structural repair on AStar airframes, with an on-site fuselage jig and tailboom repair, and complete aircraft restoration.

Careers

The website has recruitment pages for mechanics, helicopter pilots and aerial videographers.

Contact

Phone: (704) 233-5000
Mail: U.S. Helicopters, Inc., PO Box 625, Marshville, NC 28103, United States