Young guns from the NT buy one of Australia's biggest helicopter mustering companies

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As helicopter mustering ramps up across northern Australia, a Northern Territory family takes control of a major company with more than 20 aircraft at its disposal.

One of Australia's biggest helicopter mustering companies has been bought by a Northern Territory family for an undisclosed sum.The company was established in 1976 and undertakes helicopter mustering across northern AustraliaHeli-Muster NT was established in 1976 and currently has a fleet of 20 helicopters — including 16 Robinson R22's — plus three fixed-wing aircraft.Mr Chisholm, 34, grew up on Napperby Station in the NT and started flying for Heli-Muster in 2014.

The main hangar and base for the company is located at Victoria River Downs — a 390,000-hectare cattle station near the Western Australian and NT border.Mr Chisholm said demand for heli-mustering was on the rise and the business often had choppers working over a vast area of the north, including the East Kimberley , Arnhem Land, and south towards Alice Springs.

 

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