Categories
Airborne survey leads; the wider special-aviation market follows. Pick a service to see its open tenders.
Airborne survey
Airborne geophysics
Low-level airborne magnetics, gradiometry, radiometrics / gamma-spectrometry, EM / TEM and gravity surveys for geological surveys, mining and defence hydrography.
Photogrammetry, aerial mapping & LiDAR
Aerial photography flight programmes, orthophotos, photogrammetry, topographic and bathymetric LiDAR, and related airborne data capture and processing.
Special aviation services
Aerial firefighting & fire spotting
Water/retardant bombers, helicopter bucket work, air attack and forest-fire detection / surveillance patrols.
Medevac & air ambulance
Fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulance, aeromedical evacuation and patient-transfer contracts.
Agricultural & vector-control spraying
Aerial application: crop spraying, locust and mosquito control, seeding and fertilising.
Cloud seeding & weather modification
Rain enhancement, hail suppression and atmospheric research flights.
Surveillance, patrol & ISR
Maritime and border patrol, fisheries surveillance, pollution monitoring and ISR flight services.
Flight inspection & calibration
Flight inspection and calibration of navigation aids (ILS, VOR, DME), PBN procedure validation and radar checks.
Pipeline & power-line patrol
Aerial inspection of transmission lines, pipelines and linear infrastructure: visual, thermographic and LiDAR patrols.
Government charter & wet lease
Aircraft charter, ACMI / wet lease and dedicated aircraft-availability contracts for governments and agencies.
Other aerial work
Calibration flights, research flying, aerial photography for media and anything else that needs an aircraft and crew.