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Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 27 Sep 2008, 21:49
by Garry Russell
Just got around to wathing this link on the BBC site
I don't htink it's been mentioned
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/aerialjour ... =1&id=5302
Garry
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 28 Sep 2008, 23:37
by jab
Thanks for showing that video there Garry and for finding it. But the chap who reporting it who is he , he's in every video of that era.Am I right that a Beech Super King Air 200does the job now days? :think:
James
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 28 Sep 2008, 23:41
by Garry Russell
I would think it wouuld be an Islander on the Bara run
I can't imagine a Super King Air landing on a beach with all that salt water :o
The films were made by the BBC so there will be some common personel
Garry
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 29 Sep 2008, 00:07
by jab
Garry Russell wrote:I would think it wouuld be an Islander on the Bara run
I can't imagine a Super King Air landing on a beach with all that salt water :o
The films were made by the BBC so there will be some common personel
Garry
Yeah think Longair Islanders do the small islands off scotland, Ok no worries about the chap I find out.
James :dance:
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 00:37
by DelP
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 00:56
by Garry Russell
Ah Herons
The only Red Square aircraft to wear their names...........shows pride in their existance and rightfully so
Thanks for that Derek
Garry
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 06:25
by ajb
To update the current position, there are a couple of KingAir 200's operating many of the Air Ambulance runs. Additionally there are a couple of EC135 helicopters which I think handle the smaller islands where air strips are either too small or non-existant. I don't think that the Islander aircraft are still available. I haven't seen or heard of them over the islands for a couple of years now. BTW, I had to travel i one of the KingAir aircraft when they were first introduced as my wife needed airlifting to Inverness. Very impressive aircraft equipped with Collins Proline 21 avionics. The crew were like kids playing with a new toy!
The Scottish Air Ambulance website is
http://www.scottishambulanceservice.co.uk/
Andy
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 09:58
by Garry Russell
Thanks for the update Andy
Garry
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 15:35
by RAF_Pegasus
S! Andy
ROFLMA!
Andy, where is the concerned husband? - there is your poor wife, so ill that she requires to be airlifted to Inverness - and all that grabs your attention is the fact that the aircraft is equipped with Collins Proline 21 avionics.
Tut, tut.
I trust your good lady is fully recovered.
Regards
John
ps: FYI
There is an excellent Scottish Air Ambulance paint of the EC135 'Budgie' at UKMIL.
There are textures for G-SASC and G-SASD that use Henry Tomkiewicz's AI Beechcraft King Air B200 (which can be made flyable)
And G-SASC is available for the stunning Aeroworx Super King Air.
Re: Scottish Air Ambulance
Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 21:26
by ajb
Believe me John I was the concerned husband. In a state of complete panic when the problems started. There were 2 airlifts about a couple of years apart. The first was the most serious, indeed life threatening. The second, this time in the KingAir, was much less so, more to get a specialist hospital's opinion as they had treated her the first time. Happily everything was OK and, touching wood, still is.
I already have the Aeroworx B200 and the Scottish Air Ambulance paint for it. Superb! The helicopters I leave alone as I can't seem to get them to land in one piece usually :-(
Andy