STANDBY
Pilots on standby 24/7
There is no after-hours. A crew is ready every day of the year, day or night.
ABOUT — GAMMA HELICOPTERS · TVG AVIATION INC.
Built in the North.
Flown everywhere.
Northern Ontario's premier helicopter company — based in Cochrane, Ontario, operating as TVG Aviation Inc., flying wherever in Canada the work is.
THE COMPANY
Northern problems, flown solutions
Cochrane sits where the road network thins and the real North begins. That's not an accident — it's the job. From here, Gamma Helicopters flies charter, long-line and utility lift, fire suppression, aerial photography, heli-fishing and agricultural operations for the people who keep the country running.
Government agencies, utilities and railways call us because we move quickly, think creatively, and get the job done economically — and because when the phone rings at 03:00, someone answers.
FLEET & SAFETY — THE STANDARD
Ready is a discipline
RESPONSE
~1-hour emergency response
For fire and emergency work, we're typically airborne in about an hour of the call.
COMPLIANCE
Government-grade compliance
We fly for government agencies and municipalities — partnerships built on compliance tailored to each contract.
An aircraft that's worked hard is maintained harder
Long-line lifts to ~2,750 lb, fire support, remote landings — northern flying asks a lot of a machine and the people around it. Every mission runs on the same discipline: thorough pre-flight, honest weather calls, and a crew that never flies a job it wouldn't put its own name on.
- LONG-LINE TO ~2,750 LB
- REMOTE-AREA OPERATIONS
- ALL-SEASON FLYING
OPERATING BASES — STAGED FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT
Hangared, fuelled, ready to move
Aircraft are hangared and staged across multiple bases, so the nearest machine is already close to the job. It's how we hold ~1-hour emergency response and reach work anywhere in Canada — mobilize from the base that gets there fastest.
YCN
HQCochrane Municipal Airport
Cochrane, ON — HQ / Northern Ontario base
9 Airport Drive, Cochrane, ON
Directions ↗CYSN
Niagara District Airport
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
468 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Directions ↗CZBA
Burlington Executive Airport
Burlington, ON
5296 Bell School Line, Burlington, ON
Directions ↗CNQ3
Welland Airpark
Fenwick, ON
435 River Rd., Fenwick, ON
Directions ↗THE FLEET — THREE AIRCRAFT, ONE STANDARD
The machines
2005
Schweizer 300CBI
A light piston helicopter with a worldwide reputation as a trainer and nimble light-utility machine — simple, tough and happy in tight places.
- PISTON SINGLE
- 3 SEATS
2013
Robinson R44 Raven I
One of the most widely flown civil helicopters in the world — a four-seat light single that covers ground quickly and works all day.
- PISTON SINGLE
- 4 SEATS
1985
Bell JetRanger B2
The JetRanger line is among the most successful light turbine helicopters ever built — a five-seat workhorse trusted for decades of utility and charter flying.
- TURBINE SINGLE
- 5 SEATS
THE CREW
Pilots who know the North
Our pilots fly the country most maps leave blank — muskeg, treeline, open water, −40° mornings. They're on standby around the clock, because the North doesn't schedule its emergencies.
SERVICE AREA — ALL OF CANADA
If it's in Canada, we fly there
Distance isn't the obstacle it used to be. For jobs beyond fuel range, the aircraft is relocated to wherever the work is — a fire line in the Rockies, a transmission corridor in Québec, a survey block on the tundra. One call starts the planning.
Trusted by utilities, railways and government
- NWT Power Corp
- Government Agencies