Geotech Aviation

Geotech Aviation is the aviation sister company of Geotech Ltd., a privately owned Canadian firm incorporated in 1981 with its corporate headquarters and research and development facility in Aurora, Ontario. While Geotech Ltd. is best known for airborne geophysical survey mapping, data processing and data interpretation, Geotech Aviation supplies and operates the aircraft that make those surveys possible. According to the company's own materials, the aviation unit operates more than 20 aircraft globally, flown by independent pilots drawn from around the world. The fleet is used for two broad categories of work. The first is mining and exploration support, including sampling, exploration staking, seismic drill moves, geophysics and specialty work. The second is utility and charter flying: aerial construction support with precise slingload placement, forestry management support such as road location, aerial tending, compliance surveys, site preparation, tree planting, free-to-grow surveys and timber cruising, plus wildlife and GPS surveys, hydro and pipeline patrols, aerial photography, infrared scanning, fire suppression and search and rescue. The company highlights long-line pilots and quick turnarounds as operational strengths. A representative aircraft in the fleet is the Airbus Helicopters AS350B3, a single-engine turbine helicopter with five passenger seats, a cruising speed of about 120 knots (222 km/h) and a range of roughly 662 km (357 nm) depending on load. Geotech describes the B3 as dependable, safe and cost-effective, adaptable to utility missions and capable of arduous sling work in hot and high conditions. Geotech Aviation sits within a group that also includes the geophysical survey business, whose proprietary VTEM™ and ZTEM™ electromagnetic systems are patented worldwide and mounted on helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The parent group serves the mining and minerals, oil and gas, groundwater and government sectors, and invests more than $2 million annually in research and development. The aviation arm is therefore best understood as the flight-operations capability behind a global airborne exploration services brand.

Geotech Aviation is the aviation sister company of Geotech Ltd., a Canadian airborne geophysical survey firm incorporated in 1981. The parent company established its corporate headquarters and research and development facility in Aurora, Ontario, and grew into what its own materials describe as the world's largest privately owned geophysics company. From the beginning, Geotech's business model depended on aircraft: its electromagnetic, magnetic, radiometric and gravity systems are mounted on helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft to map geologic features hidden beneath the earth's surface. As the survey business expanded globally, the need for reliable flight operations grew with it. Geotech Aviation was formed as the group's dedicated aviation arm, operating a fleet of more than 20 aircraft worldwide. Rather than employing a single in-house pilot corps, the company works with independent pilots from around the world, a model that gives it flexibility to deploy aircraft and crews across continents for mining, oil and gas, groundwater and government clients. The fleet's mission profile reflects the group's customer base. Mining and exploration support includes sampling, exploration staking, seismic drill moves, geophysics and specialty work. Forestry management support covers road location, aerial tending, compliance surveys, site preparation, tree planting, free-to-grow surveys and timber cruising. Other charter services include wildlife and GPS surveys, hydro and pipeline patrols, aerial photography, infrared scanning, fire suppression and search and rescue. Aerial construction support emphasizes precise slingload placement, quick turnarounds and experienced long-line pilots. A representative aircraft is the Airbus Helicopters AS350B3, a single-engine turbine helicopter with five passenger seats, a cruising speed of about 120 knots (222 km/h) and a range of roughly 662 km (357 nm) depending on load. Geotech describes the B3 as dependable, safe and cost-effective, adaptable to utility missions and capable of arduous sling work in hot and high conditions. Geotech Aviation's fortunes are tied to the parent group's proprietary technologies. Geotech holds patents worldwide for the exclusive designs of its VTEM™ (Versatile Time Domain Electromagnetic) and ZTEM™ (Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic) systems, which are deployed from the air. The group invests more than $2 million annually in research and development and serves the mining and minerals, oil and gas, groundwater and government industries. The aviation unit is therefore both a service provider in its own right and a critical enabler of the group's global survey operations.

• 1981

  Geotech Ltd., the parent company of Geotech Aviation, is incorporated in Canada.

• Geotech establishes its corporate headquarters and research and development facility in Aurora, Ontario.

• Geotech Aviation operates a global fleet of more than 20 aircraft for airborne survey and charter missions.

• Geotech holds worldwide patents for the exclusive designs of the VTEM™ and ZTEM™ systems deployed from its aircraft.

The flight-operations arm of a global airborne geophysical survey group, offering utility helicopter and fixed-wing charter capacity for exploration, forestry, construction and emergency missions.

• Airbus Helicopters AS350B3

  Single-engine turbine helicopter with 5 passenger seats, cruising speed of 120 kts / 222 km/h and range of 662 km / 357 nm depending on load; used for utility and slingload missions.

• Airborne geophysical survey flight operations

  Helicopter and fixed-wing flying in support of VTEM™, ZTEM™, magnetic, radiometric and gravity surveys.

• Utility and charter services

  Mining and exploration support, forestry management support, aerial construction, wildlife and GPS surveys, hydro and pipeline patrols, aerial photography, infrared scanning, fire suppression and search and rescue.

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2. 2Services | Geotechgeotech.ca
3. 3About Us | Geotechgeotech.ca
4. 4News Story | Geotechgeotech.ca
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