Chinook Helicopter Fire Fighting: Best Fire Fighting Helicopter
Billings Flying Service has been chinook helicopter fire fighting since 2014, with the CH-47D Chinook helicopter. With over 30 years of experience operating heavy lift helicopters, we were thrilled to introduce the Chinook into our fleet. Flying alongside our CH-47Ds are a UH-60A Blackhawk and Bell 206 Long Rangers. Prior rotorcraft that we have owned […]
Billings Flying Service: One of The Top Aerial Firefighting Companies, USA
Aerial firefighting is the support of ground crews with fixed wing aircraft and rotorcraft to combat wildfires. Aircraft have varying functions within aerial firefighting. Small fixed wing aircraft can transport smokejumpers to parachute into a wildfire for initial attack. Unmanned aircraft can survey a wildfire and provide information before deploying other assets. Larger fixed wing […]
10 Reasons Why The CH-47 Chinook is The Ultimate Heavy Lift Helicopter
The CH-47 Chinook is the most capable, efficient, and dynamic heavy lift helicopter in the industry today. The terms heavy lift helicopter and CH-47 Chinook go hand in hand. There is no doubt that the Chinook is widely recognized for its heavy lift helicopter capabilities. Among all heavy lift helicopters, the performance and availability of […]