NORTH Australian Helicopters (NAH) has been operating throughout Australia's northern areas for over seventeen years, being Territory owned and operated by Milton Jones since commencement of operations in 1993.
Chief pilot for NAH Frank Hoare said the company will be throwing their support behind the upcoming NT Field Days being held on September 18 and 19.
"Milton told me he thinks the Field Days will provide a perfect opportunity to support the local economy and fly the flag for business," Mr Hoare said.
"We'll be taking up three sites at the days, each covering different aspects of the business's operations including mining, tourism and mustering," he said.
"From our 40-strong fleet of helicopters we'll be displaying two Robinson R44s, two Robinson R22s and two Bell 206 Jetrangers."
As well as the main base in Katherine, NAH also has sub-bases located in Mt Isa, Darwin, Cape Crawford and Jabiru.
"We conduct operations across three states from the Northern Territory, east to the Queensland border, and across to Western Australia.
North Australian Helicopters work closely with government departments, mining industry and corporate and civil bodies and has secured substantial contracts right across Northern Australia's towns, rural, remote and isolated areas.
North Australian Helicopters, well known as NAH, services mining, gas and rural companies in Western Queensland such as Xstrata, Legend Mining, Mount lsa Mines, APT Gas Pipeline and Australian Agriculture Company which carry over 500,000 thousand head of cattle. NAH also work with various shire councils with emergency response and evacuations during both wet and dry season operations and recently contributed to the search and rescue operations in Queensland during the recent floods.
NAH also service government departments including Bushfires NT which covers: fire ignition and suppression, underslung loads and aerial mapping. We also do aerial spraying and mapping for NRETA (Department of Natural Resources, Environment). Other areas NAH specialise in include survey and data recording, surveys of newly claimed or old mine leases and many rural properties performing tasks from mustering to flood relief, feral animal eradication, flora and fauna surveys, under slung loads for relocation of fuel and goods to remote area's and several small mining claims, and tourism, chartered flights and mustering.
Safety and client satisfaction is our priority at NAH with 25 experienced pilots with local knowledge of the operational areas NAH cover.
NAH Pilots are experienced in aerial incendiary operations and feral animal eradication.
Those wanting to exhibit at the Field Days should contact Jim Pola on (07) 4759 3000 or 0408 756 438, or email him at jim.pola@fairfaxmedia.com.au to obtain a prospectus and booking form.
Alternatively, visit the NT Field Days website at www.farmonline.com.au/events/NTFieldDays/home