{{Infobox company | name = Helog | logo = | image = K-Max Swiss.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = A Helog Helicopter | image_caption = A HELOG Heliswiss Kaman K-Max | type = | industry = Airline | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in city, state, country --> | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = Bad Reichenhall | hq_location_country = Germany | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|helog.de}} }} '''HELOG''' is a former helicopter airline company based in Germany which runs training courses in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://helog.de/about-helog/|title=ABOUT HELOG – HELOG|website=helog.de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
==Overview==
According to the company's website, it is headquartered in the Bavarian town of Bad Reichenhall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://helog.de/contact/ |title= Contact/Imprint |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=Helog |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>
Its chief project was an academy in Liberia which trains school-leavers to maintain and repair machinery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imove-germany.de/cps/rde/xchg/imove_projekt_de/hs.xsl/anbietersuche.htm?p=/output/detail/pid/613|title=iMOVE {{!}} Helog Academy e.V.|last=Berufsbildung (BIBB)|first=iMOVE beim Bundesinstitut für|website=www.imove-germany.de|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The academy is supported by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research.<ref name="Tamba">{{cite web |url=http://liberianobserver.com/news/vp-boakai-opens-helog-academy-urges-students-exercise-discipline |title=VP Boakai Opens HELOG Academy urges Students to Exercise Discipline |last=Tamba |first=Gloria T. |date=3 August 2016 |website=Daily Observer |publisher=Liberian Observer Corporation |access-date=31 January 2017 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309104153/http://liberianobserver.com/news/vp-boakai-opens-helog-academy-urges-students-exercise-discipline |url-status=dead }}</ref> Helog says it has also signed an agreement with aid agency Mercy Corps to train students how to install renewable energy systems in households.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://helog.de/other-services-2/ |title=Solar competence |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=Helog |access-date=31 January 2017 |archive-date=10 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410002945/http://helog.de/other-services-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Donors include: * HeidelbergCement, * Labdoo, and * Merck Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://helog.de/umbrella-groups/donors/ |title=Donors: We thank our Donors for their generous contributions |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=Helog |access-date=31 January 2017 |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421042840/http://helog.de/umbrella-groups/donors/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==
In its previous incarnation, Helog operated a range of aviation services, including:
:* Aerial firefighting in Germany and Switzerland, operating out of Ainring and Küssnacht.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/emergency/HELOG.htm |title=Helog Emergency Response: Appropriate Responses in Wildland Fire Emergency Situations |website=Global Fire Monitoring Center |publisher=University of Freiburg |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> :*Humanitarian aid, disaster relief, logistics and surveillance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/emergency/HELOG-EMERGENCY.pdf |title=Appropriate Responses in Emergency Situations [pamphlet] |website=Global Fire Monitoring Center [host] |publisher=Compass Holdings [Switzerland] |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> :*Hovercraft transport in Sierra Leone between Lungi International Airport and Freetown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helog-global.com/en/menu_main/intern:33/about-helog/boxnewsshow1-hovercraft |title= Helog Global - HOVERCRAFT|website=www.helog-global.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111094743/http://www.helog-global.com/en/menu_main/intern%3A33/about-helog/boxnewsshow1-hovercraft |archive-date=2011-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/25812 |title=Experience the moving palace – Helog Hovercraft | Sierra Express Media |accessdate=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905022425/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/25812 |archivedate=2011-09-05 }}</ref> Helog says that during more than 40 years of operation, it also gained experience in heavy lift and logging.<ref name="About">{{cite web |url=http://helog.de/about-helog/ |title=About Helog |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=Helog |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>
In 2009, WikiLeaks released a United Nations audit from 2007 which detailed invoices submitted by Helog.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} The UN disagreed about the availability of helicopters in Sudan during a $29 million peacekeeping contract.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} In 2010, police in Freetown became involved when a Helog helicopter was thought to have landed at a hospital without prior notice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=16062 |title=In Sierra Leone, Unexpected Helicopter lands at Choithram's Hospital |last=Turay |first=Aruna |date=18 August 2010 |website=Awareness Times |publisher=Awareness Times Sierra Leone |access-date= |quote= }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In 2012, Helog management decided to refocus their business on training.<ref name="About" /> In August 2016, Helog opened its academy in Liberia.<ref name="Tamba" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Helog}} * [http://helog.de/ Official site] * [http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-zfx.htm Swiss Helicopter History (photographs)] * [https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/4807-Helog-Academy#company-information United Nations Global Compact]
Category:Helicopter airlines