Wildcat Helicopters Inc.

Wildcat Helicopters is a helicopter operator and engineering company based at 2431 Dominion Road in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Its website says the team has over 20 years in the industry and that the company approaches work through what it calls innovation, transparency and trust.

Services

Wildcat lists five service areas.

• Fire fighting: Bell 412 and 212 aircraft modified for suppression missions
• Heli-skiing: specialized helicopters for large and small operations across Canada, flown by experienced pilots and engineers
• Critical services: Bell 412EP BLR aircraft configured for extended search, rescue and medical missions, for day and night VFR and IFR operations and compliant with H1 heliport requirements
• Heavy lift: the largest available transport category heavy lift helicopters in Canada, supplied in partnership with Columbia
• Engineering: in-house customization and maintenance, including heavy maintenance and overhaul, avionics, paint, refurbishment and fabrication at the West Kelowna facility

Fleet

The fleet page lists the Airbus H125, Bell 212 HP BLR, Bell 412 EP BLR, Columbia Chinook 234UT and Columbia 107-II Vertol. The company states it is authorized to operate under day and night VFR and IFR flight rules. Its heavy lift services are described as supporting emergency response, aerial firefighting, oil and gas, mining and exploration, construction, and forestry and logging.

Team

Named management includes Mike Michaud as president, Cheryl Michaud as chief financial officer, Patrick Renaud as vice president, Mike Westie as operations manager, Keith Bennett as chief pilot and Kyle Grover as chief engineer.