A helicopter insertion course is set to take place near Baker Island starting on Monday.
Members of the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC) will be conducting the Helicopter Insertion Master (HIM) course from November 28 – 30, 2022.
A CH-146 Griffon helicopter will be flying at low levels during that time.
Canada’s National Defense outlined what will be taking place over those three days.
- On November 28, between 10:30 A.M. and 5 P.M., military personnel will be conducting rappelling from approximately 80 feet above ground level, via a CH-146 Griffon helicopter, on Baker Island, at 8 Wing Trenton.
- On November 29, between 9:30 A.M. and 5 P.M., military personnel will be conducting low hover insertion / extraction from approximately two to four feet above ground level, via a CH-146 Griffon helicopter, on Baker Island.
- On November 30, between 9:30 A.M. and 5 P.M., military personnel will be conducting helo-casting from approximately five to ten feet above ground level, via a CH-146 Griffon helicopter, into the Bay of Quinte (adjacent to Baker Island). During the helo-casting CAAWC will control local boat traffic.
Canada’s National Defense says the training allows the Canadian Armed Forces to “dispatch military personnel and equipment from towers and helicopters via rappelling, low hover insertion / extraction techniques, and during helo-casting operations.”
