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Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated
Central Point,
OR,
OR
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Conceived, designed and built by Igor Sikorsky, the founder of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, the Skycrane was designed to be the powerful and highly versatile Flying Crane of heavy-lift helicopters. In 1992, at which time no commercial customers had been developed and no strong support for the continuance of the program existed within the military, Sikorsky sold its S-64 Type Certificate to Erickson. Erickson is keeping the S-64 program alive while generating a continuing stream of improvements to the aircraft, its components and its maintainability. Today, the design genius of Igor Sikorsky and the nurturing by an Erickson organizational culture totally dedicated to the S-64 has produced a true heavy-lift helicopter of unparalleled versatility, ruggedness and reliability.
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (Erickson) is the Type Certificate holder and manufacturer of the S-64 Aircrane helicopter and its attachments, including the 2,650-gallon fixed tank, Hover Snorkel, Ram Scoop Hydrofoil, and the in-flight operable Water/Foam Cannon. All such equipment has been designed, developed, manufactured, and certificated according to FAA Part 29 standards in order to be operated on our Standard Category S-64 Aircrane.
Erickson designed, developed, manufactured, and certificated a revolutionary new ram scoop hydrofoil or Sea Snorkel that allows the Helitanker to fill the 2,650-gallon tank in coastal waters and salt-water inlets as well as fresh-water sources. The addition of the Ram Scoop gave the Helitanker unparalleled flexibility in choosing refilling sources. Ericksons engineering and manufacturing stature is further reflected in its winning in 2001 the top technical award in a worldwide competitive RFP process to provide the Korean Forest Service with a true Class I Rotary-Wing Heli-tanked firefighting aircraft. The sale was concluded in February of 2002. Continuing with a commitment to provide high performance fire suppression services to protect the pristine forestlands of the Eastern Coast, The Korean Forest Service has purchased another S-64E Helitanker from Erickson Air-Crane. Delivery is expected during the first months of 2007.
A contract for the purchase of four S-64 Helitankers has been negotiated with the Italian State Forestry Corps and the First Helitanker was delivered to the Corpo Forestale Dello Stato in Rome on Oct 13th, 2004. The 2nd of four Helitankers has been delivered, and the 3rd Helitanker is in the final process of being completed.
Erickson as a Fleet Operator and
FAA Approved Repair Station JYDR439F:
Over 780 full-time employees operate, manufacture, service, and support the Aircrane worldwide. Erickson Air-Crane owns, operates, and maintains a fleet of eighteen (18) S-64 Aircrane helicopters. Erickson Air-Crane also manufactures the S-64 (as the Type Certificate Holder).
The S-64E and S-64F model Aircranes have external load capacity ratings of 20,000 and 25,000 pounds, respectively. Unique to the Aircrane is its immensely powerful hydraulics capability, so critical to its multi-role functions. Loads can be slung passively by long-line cables beneath the aircraft. The aircrafts hydraulics capability allows pilots to operate powerful hydraulics equipment hanging at the end of the long line. The Aircrane is at the forefront of the mechanization of heli-logging in North America, in good part, due to the vertical lift and the hydraulic systems capability of the aircraft.
Loads or equipment can also be attached to 26 hard-points on the aircraft. The phenomenally successful Helitanker Firefighting system makes full use of this capability. Remove the tank; add the winch and the load-pendant, and the Aircrane converts to its lifting or precision-flying role. The basic aircraft and system design provide an open-ended multi-role capability.
Erickson combines its unparallel field operational experience (Over 70,000+ flight hours in twelve countries in the last five years) with its engineering and field maintenance staff to provide superb customer applications support. Erickson Engineering is progressing with improvements to the Aircraft Torque Measurement System, the Fuel Quantity System, the Automatic Flight Control System, cockpit avionics, and life extension programs for major components, main rotors, and tail rotor blades. These improvements add value by continually lowering operating costs as well as increasing the reliability and safety of the aircraft.
Sikorsky terminated its commercial marketing efforts and sold the Aircraft Type Certificate to Erickson Air-Crane in 1992. Jack Erickson, the former owner and second-generation logger, established the Aircrane as a valuable logging tool in North America and Malaysia. The Company also established a small but profitable construction business based on the Aircranes unique precision flying capabilities with bulky, external loads. Perhaps, most significantly, the Company developed its Helitank system for Firefighting.
Erickson is seeing major marketing success with dramatic implications for the foreseeable future. The long dormant potential of the Aircrane is manifesting as a major commercial success in several stages.
First, Erickson has operated up to 9 Aircranes in the European Firefighting Market compared to none as recently as 1998. The Italian Civil Protection Authorities expect, through multi-year leases and aircraft purchases, to build and sustain a fleet of Aircranes for Firefighting and Civil Protection purposes. Erickson has been asked to continue to operate aircraft whether leased or purchased. The Aircranes summer Firefighting performance and multiple mission Emergency Response versatility has been judged second to none. Greece and Australia continue to lease Helitanker services with requests for up to 8 Helitankers during their fire seasons. Established in 1999, the Helitanker lease system with the Hellenic Fire Brigade in Greece owes its continued existence to a firm standard of reliability and performance to the extent of being compared as paraphrased by a government official; The Helitanker is to firefighting like Coca Cola is to beverages. The Black Christmas fires of 2002, saw a single S-64 Helitanker (N179AC or Elvis) become publicized as a national symbol of fire suppression efforts to save homes and critical watershed areas around Sydney from a series of arson fires. Since then, Erickson has provided up to 5 Helitankers during fire seasons with continued assurances from government fire officials that Australia will always have Elvis
Since 1993, Ericksons affiliate in British Columbia, Canadian Air-Crane has brought new technology, and new vision, Innovations such as Standing Stem Harvesting, Bundle Harvesting, and a new Total Value Harvest Plan infuse innovation with decades of experience, to not only give the customer the best value harvest system, but also provides the experience that ensures a reliable and on-time completion. With smaller diameter timber species becoming more marketable within the United States, there has been a significant amount of attention towards the Bundle Harvesting System that stacks felled timber into bundles to take maximum advantage of the lift capacity of the Aircrane. Recently, a remarkable replay of the origins of Erickson Air-Crane happened through contact with the coordinator for the U.S. Forest Service SALHI (Sale Area Layout and Harvesting Institute) program. The coordinator spoke, in an excited tone, about the promise of Bundle Harvesting and Standing Stem Harvesting and wished to know more from Erickson in order to train foresters across the U.S. in designing timber sales to match the new Erickson System. History records that Jack Erickson and Wes Lematta were the original contacts with the forest service in crafting the layout, logistics, and bid criteria for the all Helicopter Timber sales in the United States and its territories.
Third, Erickson has adopted an aggressive marketing approach to U.S. Firefighting. The use of Helicopters in Aerial Fire Suppression is seeing a timely and appropriate position in the traditional U.S. Forest Service Initial Attack Plan. Surplus military fixed wing airtankers have begun to show their age and more importantly, the risks inherent with relying on one particular aerial retardant delivery system. Erickson has repeatedly stressed the need to incorporate a lease contract system that compensates quality operations in an appropriate manner to ensure the retention of safe and effective aircraft to fight fires across the U.S. As if in response to ours and a myriad of industry and private lobby efforts, the U.S. Forest Service, as of 2004, has instituted a broader range Exclusive Use contract system for helicopters. Emphasizing a more active role in Initial Attack, the Forest Service issued more than 27 Exclusive Use contracts for heavy, medium, and light helicopters covering more than 25 operating bases spanning every region of the U.S. Previous overseas commitments limited Ericksons participation to 3 Helitankers in 2004 but, as the Forest Service Helicopter Initial Attack program matures, Erickson will endeavor to be an active partner with the Forest Service by providing all available resources to protect homes and forestlands in America.
Last, but certainly not least, Erickson Air-Cranes staple heavy lift construction market continues to flourish and evolve as new uses for the precision, lift strength, and versatility of the S-64 are still being realized since introduction in 1970. Beginning in 1971, with the purchase of the first S-64 Aircrane, Jack Erickson, founder of Erickson Air-Crane, realized the potential for large scale electrical line construction and began to demonstrate the S-64s precision tower construction capability with the nations largest utility companies. Since then, Erickson Air-Crane has helped build over 8,000 miles of powerline across the United States and Canada ranging from 110 kV H-frame towers to the larger 765 kV river crossing towers. The precision and strength required to place 10-21 thousand pound Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units demanded the Aircranes capabilities. Since 1971, Erickson has placed over 20,000 units for Fortune 500 companies, among others, in almost every major city in the United States. Today, with the successful introduction into Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia through aerial fire suppression, the S-64 is placed in a tactical position to begin sustained and well-supported construction operations reflecting the consistent and profitable model created in North America.
Direct employment inquiries to:
P.O. Box 3247
Central Point, OR, 97502
US
Company Fax: 541-664-5329
Conceived, designed and built by Igor Sikorsky, the founder of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, the Skycrane was designed to be the powerful and highly versatile Flying Crane of heavy-lift helicopters. In 1992, at which time no commercial customers had been developed and no strong support for the continuance of the program existed within the military, Sikorsky sold its S-64 Type Certificate to Erickson. Erickson is keeping the S-64 program alive while generating a continuing stream of improvements to the aircraft, its components and its maintainability. Today, the design genius of Igor Sikorsky and the nurturing by an Erickson organizational culture totally dedicated to the S-64 has produced a true heavy-lift helicopter of unparalleled versatility, ruggedness and reliability.
Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (Erickson) is the Type Certificate holder and manufacturer of the S-64 Aircrane helicopter and its attachments, including the 2,650-gallon fixed tank, Hover Snorkel, Ram Scoop Hydrofoil, and the in-flight operable Water/Foam Cannon. All such equipment has been designed, developed, manufactured, and certificated according to FAA Part 29 standards in order to be operated on our Standard Category S-64 Aircrane.
Erickson designed, developed, manufactured, and certificated a revolutionary new ram scoop hydrofoil or Sea Snorkel that allows the Helitanker to fill the 2,650-gallon tank in coastal waters and salt-water inlets as well as fresh-water sources. The addition of the Ram Scoop gave the Helitanker unparalleled flexibility in choosing refilling sources. Ericksons engineering and manufacturing stature is further reflected in its winning in 2001 the top technical award in a worldwide competitive RFP process to provide the Korean Forest Service with a true Class I Rotary-Wing Heli-tanked firefighting aircraft. The sale was concluded in February of 2002. Continuing with a commitment to provide high performance fire suppression services to protect the pristine forestlands of the Eastern Coast, The Korean Forest Service has purchased another S-64E Helitanker from Erickson Air-Crane. Delivery is expected during the first months of 2007.
A contract for the purchase of four S-64 Helitankers has been negotiated with the Italian State Forestry Corps and the First Helitanker was delivered to the Corpo Forestale Dello Stato in Rome on Oct 13th, 2004. The 2nd of four Helitankers has been delivered, and the 3rd Helitanker is in the final process of being completed.
Erickson as a Fleet Operator and
FAA Approved Repair Station JYDR439F:
Over 780 full-time employees operate, manufacture, service, and support the Aircrane worldwide. Erickson Air-Crane owns, operates, and maintains a fleet of eighteen (18) S-64 Aircrane helicopters. Erickson Air-Crane also manufactures the S-64 (as the Type Certificate Holder).
The S-64E and S-64F model Aircranes have external load capacity ratings of 20,000 and 25,000 pounds, respectively. Unique to the Aircrane is its immensely powerful hydraulics capability, so critical to its multi-role functions. Loads can be slung passively by long-line cables beneath the aircraft. The aircrafts hydraulics capability allows pilots to operate powerful hydraulics equipment hanging at the end of the long line. The Aircrane is at the forefront of the mechanization of heli-logging in North America, in good part, due to the vertical lift and the hydraulic systems capability of the aircraft.
Loads or equipment can also be attached to 26 hard-points on the aircraft. The phenomenally successful Helitanker Firefighting system makes full use of this capability. Remove the tank; add the winch and the load-pendant, and the Aircrane converts to its lifting or precision-flying role. The basic aircraft and system design provide an open-ended multi-role capability.
Erickson combines its unparallel field operational experience (Over 70,000+ flight hours in twelve countries in the last five years) with its engineering and field maintenance staff to provide superb customer applications support. Erickson Engineering is progressing with improvements to the Aircraft Torque Measurement System, the Fuel Quantity System, the Automatic Flight Control System, cockpit avionics, and life extension programs for major components, main rotors, and tail rotor blades. These improvements add value by continually lowering operating costs as well as increasing the reliability and safety of the aircraft.
Sikorsky terminated its commercial marketing efforts and sold the Aircraft Type Certificate to Erickson Air-Crane in 1992. Jack Erickson, the former owner and second-generation logger, established the Aircrane as a valuable logging tool in North America and Malaysia. The Company also established a small but profitable construction business based on the Aircranes unique precision flying capabilities with bulky, external loads. Perhaps, most significantly, the Company developed its Helitank system for Firefighting.
Erickson is seeing major marketing success with dramatic implications for the foreseeable future. The long dormant potential of the Aircrane is manifesting as a major commercial success in several stages.
First, Erickson has operated up to 9 Aircranes in the European Firefighting Market compared to none as recently as 1998. The Italian Civil Protection Authorities expect, through multi-year leases and aircraft purchases, to build and sustain a fleet of Aircranes for Firefighting and Civil Protection purposes. Erickson has been asked to continue to operate aircraft whether leased or purchased. The Aircranes summer Firefighting performance and multiple mission Emergency Response versatility has been judged second to none. Greece and Australia continue to lease Helitanker services with requests for up to 8 Helitankers during their fire seasons. Established in 1999, the Helitanker lease system with the Hellenic Fire Brigade in Greece owes its continued existence to a firm standard of reliability and performance to the extent of being compared as paraphrased by a government official; The Helitanker is to firefighting like Coca Cola is to beverages. The Black Christmas fires of 2002, saw a single S-64 Helitanker (N179AC or Elvis) become publicized as a national symbol of fire suppression efforts to save homes and critical watershed areas around Sydney from a series of arson fires. Since then, Erickson has provided up to 5 Helitankers during fire seasons with continued assurances from government fire officials that Australia will always have Elvis
Since 1993, Ericksons affiliate in British Columbia, Canadian Air-Crane has brought new technology, and new vision, Innovations such as Standing Stem Harvesting, Bundle Harvesting, and a new Total Value Harvest Plan infuse innovation with decades of experience, to not only give the customer the best value harvest system, but also provides the experience that ensures a reliable and on-time completion. With smaller diameter timber species becoming more marketable within the United States, there has been a significant amount of attention towards the Bundle Harvesting System that stacks felled timber into bundles to take maximum advantage of the lift capacity of the Aircrane. Recently, a remarkable replay of the origins of Erickson Air-Crane happened through contact with the coordinator for the U.S. Forest Service SALHI (Sale Area Layout and Harvesting Institute) program. The coordinator spoke, in an excited tone, about the promise of Bundle Harvesting and Standing Stem Harvesting and wished to know more from Erickson in order to train foresters across the U.S. in designing timber sales to match the new Erickson System. History records that Jack Erickson and Wes Lematta were the original contacts with the forest service in crafting the layout, logistics, and bid criteria for the all Helicopter Timber sales in the United States and its territories.
Third, Erickson has adopted an aggressive marketing approach to U.S. Firefighting. The use of Helicopters in Aerial Fire Suppression is seeing a timely and appropriate position in the traditional U.S. Forest Service Initial Attack Plan. Surplus military fixed wing airtankers have begun to show their age and more importantly, the risks inherent with relying on one particular aerial retardant delivery system. Erickson has repeatedly stressed the need to incorporate a lease contract system that compensates quality operations in an appropriate manner to ensure the retention of safe and effective aircraft to fight fires across the U.S. As if in response to ours and a myriad of industry and private lobby efforts, the U.S. Forest Service, as of 2004, has instituted a broader range Exclusive Use contract system for helicopters. Emphasizing a more active role in Initial Attack, the Forest Service issued more than 27 Exclusive Use contracts for heavy, medium, and light helicopters covering more than 25 operating bases spanning every region of the U.S. Previous overseas commitments limited Ericksons participation to 3 Helitankers in 2004 but, as the Forest Service Helicopter Initial Attack program matures, Erickson will endeavor to be an active partner with the Forest Service by providing all available resources to protect homes and forestlands in America.
Last, but certainly not least, Erickson Air-Cranes staple heavy lift construction market continues to flourish and evolve as new uses for the precision, lift strength, and versatility of the S-64 are still being realized since introduction in 1970. Beginning in 1971, with the purchase of the first S-64 Aircrane, Jack Erickson, founder of Erickson Air-Crane, realized the potential for large scale electrical line construction and began to demonstrate the S-64s precision tower construction capability with the nations largest utility companies. Since then, Erickson Air-Crane has helped build over 8,000 miles of powerline across the United States and Canada ranging from 110 kV H-frame towers to the larger 765 kV river crossing towers. The precision and strength required to place 10-21 thousand pound Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units demanded the Aircranes capabilities. Since 1971, Erickson has placed over 20,000 units for Fortune 500 companies, among others, in almost every major city in the United States. Today, with the successful introduction into Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia through aerial fire suppression, the S-64 is placed in a tactical position to begin sustained and well-supported construction operations reflecting the consistent and profitable model created in North America.
Direct employment inquiries to:
P.O. Box 3247
Central Point, OR, 97502
US
Company Fax: 541-664-5329
