Helirig - helicopter lifting services in the UK and Ireland

helirig news

Sep-08           
Helirig successfully completes the first heavy-lift helicopter operation of its type in the UK.

Mar-09

The Russian built Kamov KA32 flies for the first time in the UK to assist in the installation of new digital TV antennas at the Mendip Transmitting Station near Wells in Somerset.

Sep-09

Helirig with a Swiss Super Puma facilitates the conversion from anaolgue to digital of The Wrekin TV transmitter in a single day.

Nov-09

Helirig plays a vital role in maintaining the pace of the DSO programme of switching all UK terrestrial TV from analogue to digital by 2012. Helicopter lifting now performed at 15 main TV  transmitting stations across the UK - from the Shetlands Islands in the North to Mendip in the South of England.