Rio Grande Helicopters

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Rio Grande Helicopters

1-844-RIO-HELI (746-4354). We are a full service helicopter company operating out of Laredo, TX. Aerial Photography & Video: We have experience with both! OK!
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Including flying gyro stabilized camera mount. You can use your photographer or we have our own. How about an aerial photo of: your construction site, boat, ranch, home, business, hunting area, party……. The possibilities are endless! Surveys: Real Estate, Oil Field, Ranch, Ingress & Egress, Deer, Quail, Alligator, Turtle, Migratory Fish Runs, etc. We have experience doing many types of surveys.

We do hold a Texas Parks & Wildlife, Aerial Wildlife and Exotic Animal Management Permit, Number M-333. Predator Control: Is your county, land, ranch, or livestock being overrun? We love doing the predator control, we can use your licensed shooter (some restrictions apply) or our experienced, licensed shooters. We can customize a year round program for your peace of mind. Animal Capture: We have experience in both darting and netting. We have an experienced and professional crew with all equipment for the job! Scenic Flights and Rides: We offer rides and sightseeing all over. We have predetermined routes or you can customize your own! Wedding Proposals: We can do custom champagne flights to ask that special someone. How about we hover over the place of your first date? Environmental Assessment: We have previously flown professional engineering companies as well as major oil companies. Cattle/Animal Roundup: Have lots of land and cattle? You can't do it the old fashioned way quicker than you can from our helicopter! Law Enforcement/Law Enforcement Training: We have experience in law enforcement flying and we are Members of Airborne Law Enforcement Association. Radio Tracking/ Mapping: Need scientific tracking and mapping done? Call us! Monitoring & Observation: Need monitoring and observation done, one-time or many we can customize a program. Need it done discretely? Pipeline and Power line Patrol: We have the equipment to get the power line and pipeline patrol done safely and effectively. You need reliable professionals or else it can cost you a lot of money! Search & Rescue: We have experience doing search and rescue. Time may be of the essence, if we can't be airborne immediately, we will help find a reliable and honest operator that can! Public Relations, Attention, Community and Charity Events: We can do custom events for publicity. Need to raise money for charity? Let’s give helicopters rides at the big event! Rice Pollination: The helicopter has been compared to the bumble bee for many years; it can be noisy and scientifically shouldn't fly. If you need more pollination than you have bees to do the job, call us! Seismic: Need an operator you can rely on, that’s fully insured flying safe equipment using professional pilots? External Load: Our Eurocopter AS-350B3 A-Star can carry 3086 pounds externally! What do you need lifted? Frost Patrol: Worried about the freeze killing your crop? We will hover all night! Have an idea not listed? Give us a call!

02/06/2020

Couldn’t ask for a better day for a !

02/03/2020

Definitely worse ways to start a day!

01/23/2020

Not a bad way to start the day.

01/23/2020

It a bad way to start the day!

11/22/2019

The finally went away.

11/20/2019

It’s that time again!

11/09/2019

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It’s hard to complain when your starts off like this!

09/27/2019

Great start to the last survey day of the week! are part of the job and like this don’t disappoint.

09/26/2019

. Where your never disappoint!

09/26/2019

09/24/2019

Lunch break at camp.

09/23/2019

Good Morning!

09/18/2019

Good Morning !

09/17/2019

True story for the life of a wildlife aerial survey pilot.

09/16/2019

Surveys Surveys Surveys!

08/18/2019

Happy !

08/16/2019

Beautiful view of the from our .
Prepping for Survey season and praying this heat gets out of here soon!

06/29/2019

Another season of is kicking off and we’re back at it!

06/13/2019

Repositioning the big girl.

06/02/2019

Thank to the entire crew who worked tirelessly to make this happen! 1st in class, ! Now time to plane for the .
#852

06/02/2019

1st in class!! So excited to have taken on a tough Baja with an awesome outcome, no power steering last 100 miles but we still pulled through.

06/02/2019

Running hard at the .

05/31/2019

Off to check the course!
#852

02/12/2019

Quick top off then it’s .

02/07/2019

Beautiful day to survey for n .

02/04/2019

01/30/2019

Off Laredo International Airport and out to the east for some gusty crosswind take off and landing practice!

01/23/2019

After a busy survey season, this is getting a fresh Annual Inspection!

01/09/2019

Sitting in the construction line is t so bad after all!

01/02/2019

The has set on last year , to see what’s in store for in #2019

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Laredo, TX
78041

Website

http://www.riograndehelicopters.com/

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Repositioning the big girl. #riograndehelicopters #southtexas #learntofly @riograndeflightacademy #weflyplanestoo #airplanelovers #cessnasovereign

Off to check the course! #baja500 #riograndehelicopters #852 #offroadracing #scoreinternational #robinsonheli #southtexas #ensenada

🦓 better watch out! Putting it on the trailer for some wild game capture in #westtexas . #riograndehelicopters #helicopterservices #exoticanimal #capture #learntofly @riograndeflightacademy #thiscouldbeyou #southtexas #holalaredo

A little early morning #specialvfr into #sanantonio this morning. #riograndehelicopters #flightinstructor #southtexas #helicopter #holalaredo

Our newest addition to the fleet is on the trailer and on its way. #riograndehelicopters #roadtrip #robinsonr22 #southtexas #holalaredo #helicopterservices #helicoptercowboys #california #thatsawrap

This was our last fuel stop on a 5.5 hr leg from one end of the peninsula to the other. #baja1000 #riograndehelicopters #untilnexttime #helicopterservices @riograndeflightacademy

The #riograndehelicoptersracingteam getting with it at the #baja1000 . 103 is their top speed and they are currently averaging 40mph on the worlds toughest off road race! #riograndehelicopters #offroadracing #ford #mag7 #toyotires #robinsonhelicopters #holalaredo #learntofly @riograndeflightacademy

Landing in #ketchikan . #riograndehelicopters #jetlife #alaska

Doing a ground run on the #mig 15. #riograndehelicopters #holalaredo #warbirds

An warm overcast morning for a supply delivery to the ranch. #riograndehelicopters #helicoptercowboys #helicopterservices

Geiser along the road here in #iceland . Competing with old faithful, this one goes every 10-15 minutes! #riograndehelicopters #weflyairplanestoo #jetlife

Impact footage from the drivers seat. Both vehicles were doing over 60mph at impact. The other driver cut the course and our driver never saw him coming #sanfelipe250 #riograndehelicoptersracing #holalaredo

Beautiful shot of Downtown Dallas as we depart from the HAI convention back to the airport. #riograndehelicopters #helicoptercowboys #helicopterservices

One of our pilots is training a student for her instrument rating and another is departing the Laredo airport for a weekend trip out West in the jet. #holalaredo it's a beautiful day to fly! #riograndehelicopters #weflyairplanestoo

Quick video of some swamp flying done last summer in Louisiana. 110 degrees and 90% humidity but the views were well worth it! #riograndehelicopters #helicopterservices #helicoptercowboys

Beautiful day for the #fightingredhawks tô do some training in the #t45goshawk . Can't wait for the airshow in a few weeks! #helicoptercowboys #helicopterservices #riograndehelicopters

Our little fly in lunch spot during a 10 hr survey day. #helicoptercowboys #riograndehelicopters #helicopterservices

The beautiful beach in Ensenada Mexico! #riograndehelicopters #helicoptercowboys #helicopterservices

Final pre run of the #riograndehelicopters race truck before the Baja 1000!!

Just enough time to make it in before the storm hits! Here's the storm at the end of a lesson one of our #helicoptercowboys was giving to a local student pilot. Here at #riograndehelicopters, we provide premier #helicopterservices and we fly airplanes too!