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Bond Air Services was an operator of air ambulance and police aviation units in the UK. [8] Using mainly Eurocopter EC-135 and MBB Bo 105 helicopters, they operated from 17 bases around the UK and had two headquarters, Staverton and Glasgow City Heliport. In 2016, Bond Air Services changed its name to Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore.
Bond also operated a very similar Eurocopter EC225 LP helicopter which ditched in the North Sea on 18 February 2009, in which all 18 aboard were rescued. [3] [8] The most serious North Sea helicopter accident was the 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, when a Boeing 234 Chinook crashed, killing 45 people. [9] [10]
Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore, formerly Bond Air Services (Bond Aviation Group), is an operator of air ambulance, police, and offshore windfarm helicopters in the UK. Babcock operates a mixed fleet of light twin-engine helicopters custom designed to perform specific and specialised tasks. It operates from 17 bases around the UK.
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David Bond founded Management Aviation, [1] in 1961 to operate Hiller 12E helicopters near Cambridge for commercial services (mostly crop spraying) in the UK. By 1972 the company had entered the North Sea market, and introduced the world's first light twin-engined helicopter, Bolkow 105, in support of North Sea and Lighthouse Operations.
The newest helicopters are a heavy-duty complement to Cal Fire’s fleet of 34-year-old UH-1H Super Huey helicopters, also military surplus. The Fire Hawks are able to dump more than two-and-a ...
The Lerwick and Aith Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats and the Sumburgh based Coastguard helicopter were sent to find the downed helicopter. Two helicopters from Bond Offshore Helicopters, an RAF helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth, the passenger ferry MV Hjaltland and a cargo ship, the MS Helliar [5] also joined in the search ...
Boeing set out to shore up its sagging finances on Tuesday, announcing plans to raise up to $25 billion through stock and debt offerings and a $10 billion credit agreement with major lenders amid ...