Western Aerial Applications Ltd.

Western Aerial Applications Ltd. is an aerial application company based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Its website says it has more than 25 years of experience and has applied product over more than 1,500,000 hectares, or 3,706,500 acres. Aerial application is the company's only business.

Services

• Forestry: herbicide, insecticide, fertilization, GPS mapping and hydroseeding
• Public health: mosquito control
• Industrial land: right-of-way and pipeline herbicide and insecticide
• Land reclamation: seeding, fertilization and hydroseeding
• Other: fish fertilization, greenhouse shading and golf course sanding

The company also produces aerial GPS maps, including prescription layout maps and spray application maps, and highlights its experience with GPS guidance for parallel swathing.

Aircraft

The equipment page says the company owns and operates four Hiller/Soloy 12ETs, four Hiller 12Es, two Aerospatiale 315B Lamas, two Airbus AS350 B3e A-Stars, one Bell 212 BLR and one Bell 206B, plus a Cessna 180 fixed-wing aircraft for crew and support logistics. It describes the Hiller and the Lama as specialized helicopters suited to application work in forestry and agriculture.

Equipment and technology

Western Aerial says it designs and manufactures its specialty equipment in house, both airborne and ground based. It worked with Trimble Navigation on the TrimFlight II and III guidance systems, and each helicopter carries a TracMap Flight-3 GPS guidance system with custom software.

Standards and clients

Clients named include Canfor, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Western Forest Products, West Fraser and Weyerhaeuser. The company cites ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements from its clients and safety certifications including the B.C. Forest Safety Council SAFE Certification and the Alberta Forest Products Association COR program.