Long time member Al Mcmordie’s loving wife Trish passed away Saturday afternoon with Al and his two children Janet and David at her side. On behalf of all our members and our families our deepest sympathies to Al, Janet and David. Tim Jones Team Leader
Due to the importance of the manner in which future HEMS maybe contracted out in Australia, the AHIA has decided to include this notice to all those on our listings. Included are the 2,000 + international readers and most global news and media providers. This is a free service by the AHIA to ensure we support the Australian helicopter industry as per our Charter.
Maintaining NSRs seven VHF repeater sites is constant work and it costs money…lots of money. With collaborative work from three different communications outfits we replaced all connections and have put in a new Spectra VHF low current analogue repeater at our Cathedral Mtn site. This is a fly in site at 6000 feet. A half hour after it was installed and tested it was used on a SAR call!
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Sar Matters: Survival From The Andaman Sea We are very grateful to Mohammad Mobarak Hossain for agreeing to share ….
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AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that TriState CareFlight, an air medical transport service operating in the Southwestern United States, has reached a fleet milestone of 60,000 hours.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce Life Flight Network has signed firm orders for three AW119Kx single engine helicopters, completing the 15 helicopter acquisition plan, to meet its future air medical helicopter transport requirements.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (October 21, 2013) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), will highlight two of its most popular aircraft in the Helicopter Air Ambulance (HAA) segment, the Bell 429 and Bell 407GX, on static display at the 2013 Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC). Hosted by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), AMTC will take place this year in Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 21 to 23.
– World-renowned amphibious aircraft to join Spain’s forest firefighting fleet
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Oct. 21, 2013) – Bombardier Aerospace confirmed today that, after months of negotiations, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment signed a firm purchase agreement for one Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain on October 17, 2013. Based on the list price, the contract is valued at approximately $37 million USD and includes spares, engineering support services and product enhancements. Delivery of the aircraft is expected in late November 2013.
NSR just received a very nice Thanks Giving Day donation and gift from Jian Bao who was seriously hurt on Crown Mtn and subsequently rescued by NSR HETS members and Talon Helicopters in an exceptional rescue in marginal flying conditions on Fathers Day 2012.
RNLI Portsmouth Lifeboats were requested to launch twice within only an hour of each other this Friday, marking the 100 and 101st service requests this year.