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The first air ambulance services in the UK commenced in Scotland in November 1933, with a flight from Wideford Airport, Kirkwall, Orkney. The first night time ambulance flight was undertaken in February 1939, from Wideford to the island of Sanday, using car headlights to help take off and landing.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance is a charitable service and does not normally receive direct funding from the government. In the year ending June 2023, the charity's income was £18.6 million. [1] Its expenditure was £16.8M, of which £12.9M was spent on operating the air ambulance service. [1]
The helicopter in use is a Bell 429 GlobalRanger, the first of its type to operate as an air ambulance in the UK. [11] It has a range of 400 miles (640 km) and a top speed of 150 knots (170 mph; 280 km/h), enabling it to reach anywhere in the county within a short time.
An air ambulance from Lincolnshire has completed a landmark 30,000th mission – in its 30th anniversary year. ... Chief pilot Llewis Ingamells said the charity and its supporters had achieved "an ...
The Midlands Air Ambulance was first registered as a charity in 1990, and started using the County Air Ambulance name in 1993. The role of the charity is the provision of HEMS in the Midland counties of England. [1] [2] It also provides secondary support to neighbouring counties. It responds to 2,000 potentially life saving missions every year. [3]
G-HEMZ, the former Children's Air Ambulance helicopter at Coventry Airport. Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance was launched in 2002. [18] By 12 June 2004, it had already flown its 1,000th mission. Just over two years later, on 10 October 2006, they had completed 5,000 incidents. [19]
Expenditure was £7.6M, of which £6.1M was charitable spending on the air ambulance service. [4] The charity has 53 employees, of which eight are paid between £60,000 and £90,000 a year. [4] Operational costs included pilots, service engineers, and insurances; as well as per-hour flying costs including fuel, spares, and servicing.
Later that day, William is scheduled to attend the annual fundraising gala for the London Air Ambulance—a cause close to his heart, as he was an air ambulance pilot for about two years in East ...