In the Fall of 1993, an isolated gravel airstrip 160 air miles north of Yellowknife named Salamida. It was the scene of a massive, two million pound airlift. This set Canada’s Northwest Territories on course to becoming a major world producer of diamonds.

At the time, aviation videographer Henry Tenby employed by NWT Air Lockheed L-100-30, and he video documented the Hercules Salamida Airlift 1993 activities of the company’s NWT Air Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules C-GHPW. The Herc tasked with hauling heavy, over-sized mining equipment between Yellowknife and Salamida in support of the nearby Koala mine site in an airlift operation which spanned several months.