Northern Wings Aviation was established by Jim Ortman in Bozeman, MT. 2010. We fly charters throughout the western United States, offer flight instruction and maintain a strong focus on natural resources aviation in support of wildlife surveys and fighting forest fires.

Our pilots have a variety of experience. Owner and Director of Operations Jim spent a decade flying the Alaskan bush followed by 25 years in the airlines; a career which culminated as captain flying international operations on the Boeing 747. Chief Pilot Drew has a distinguished career flying for the US Army and has years in the USFS firefighting world. Clark and Larry had successful airline careers before returning to their roots in small aircraft. Tim and Eric both bring strong military and freight dog aviation backgrounds to the business. We are all experienced mountain pilots and flight instructors.