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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.
In 2015, Babcock took delivery of a Eurocopter EC145, ordered the previous year for use with the East Anglian Air Ambulance. [3] They have since taken delivery of another two H145's for the Scottish Ambulance Service. Others have since entered service with East Anglian Air Ambulance and Midlands Air Ambulance. In 2018, they began operating the ...
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]
An air ambulance from Lincolnshire has completed a landmark 30,000th mission – in its 30th anniversary year. Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance has thanked the public for keeping the service running ...
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 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]
Prince William trained as a search and rescue helicopter pilot at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales, from 2010 to 2013 and then worked as a pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance from March ...
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.