flowersinmyhair talks too much about air ambulances
Hello, I am a volunteer for the study help team so I am here to talk about air ambulances, obviously. (It's because I'm autistic, and that's my special interest). I'm not expecting anyone to care, it's mainly for me.
There are 21 air ambulance charities in the UK:
Cornwall Air Ambulance
The Air Ambulance Service (which is divided into the Children's Air Ambulance; Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance; and Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance)
Devon Air Ambulance
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
East Anglian Air Ambulance
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
Great North Air Ambulance
Great Western Air Ambulance
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
London's Air Ambulance
Magpas Air Ambulance
Midlands Air Ambulance
North West Air Ambulance
Northern Ireland Air Ambulance
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance
Thames Valley Air Ambulance
Wales Air Ambulance
Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
There is one air ambulance service that is not a charity and that is Scotland Ambulance Service air ambulances - they operate both helicopters and aeroplanes (more to transport patients from remote places to more appropriate hospitals).
There is much more I can (and will say) but only so much will fit into one post.
There are 21 air ambulance charities in the UK:
Cornwall Air Ambulance
The Air Ambulance Service (which is divided into the Children's Air Ambulance; Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance; and Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance)
Devon Air Ambulance
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
East Anglian Air Ambulance
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
Great North Air Ambulance
Great Western Air Ambulance
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
London's Air Ambulance
Magpas Air Ambulance
Midlands Air Ambulance
North West Air Ambulance
Northern Ireland Air Ambulance
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance
Thames Valley Air Ambulance
Wales Air Ambulance
Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
There is one air ambulance service that is not a charity and that is Scotland Ambulance Service air ambulances - they operate both helicopters and aeroplanes (more to transport patients from remote places to more appropriate hospitals).
There is much more I can (and will say) but only so much will fit into one post.
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Cornwall Air Ambulance has an AW169 helicopter G-CWRL and uses the callsign Helimed 01. They were the first air ambulance charity in the UK, and was founded in 1987. Helimed 01 is currently based at Newquay Airport. They are currently fundraising for a second aircraft.
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My friend saw an air ambulance land at Old Trafford during a cricket match. It came down whilst they were still playing!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44438133
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44438133
Yorkshire Air Ambulance recently (December 2024) received its third Airbus H145D3 G-YAIR, joining G-YORX and G-YAAA. It will allow the charity to have another aircraft when the others go in for maintenance or training. This means that the aircraft could fly from both Topcliffe and Northolt, using callsign Helimed 98 or Helimed 99 depending on the location.
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by Muttley79My friend saw an air ambulance land at Old Trafford during a cricket match. It came down whilst they were still playing!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44438133
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44438133
It features in this episode of Ambulance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00053ll/ambulance-series-4-episode-8?seriesId=b0bp551l
The newest air ambulance charity is Northern Ireland Air Ambulance which was founded in 2017.
I live in Leeds and the hospital (LGI) has a helipad for the air ambulance. I love seeing it take off and land!
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by CatusStarbrightI live in Leeds and the hospital (LGI) has a helipad for the air ambulance. I love seeing it take off and land!
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by flowersinmyhairIt is a major trauma centre, and I would guess the most common air ambulance to see would be Yorkshire Air Ambulance (but you may occasionally get North West or maybe even Great North sometimes).
Yes, my friend was airlifted here once when she had a nasty horse-riding injury!
I've only ever seen yellow ones if that helps.
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by CatusStarbrightYes, my friend was airlifted here once when she had a nasty horse-riding injury!
I've only ever seen yellow ones if that helps.
I've only ever seen yellow ones if that helps.
The Children's Air Ambulance operates two AgustaWestland AW169 which are used for transferring seriously unwell children between hospitals. G-NICU is based at Oxford Airport and uses callsign Helimed 80 and G-CPTZ is based at Retford Gamston Airport and uses callsign Helimed 81. The Children's Air Ambulance was founded in 2012. Sadly, on 2nd January their charity shop in Newark, Nottinghamshire was burgled, causing damage of up to £6000 - enough to fund two missions.
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Quite a few years ago, (I understand they've been retired from service now), I saw a Sea King helicopter land in a park nearby to hospital. I was absolutely amazed at how big they are, around 55ft long, (just over 17m). Very impressive to see something bigger than a double decker bus hover and land.
Quite a few years ago, (I understand they've been retired from service now), I saw a Sea King helicopter land in a park nearby to hospital. I was absolutely amazed at how big they are, around 55ft long, (just over 17m). Very impressive to see something bigger than a double decker bus hover and land.
Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance are based at Coventry Airport and they fly an AgustaWestland AW109SP - registration G-WNAS, manufactured in 2020. It uses callsign Helimed 53. The air ambulance was initially founded in 2002 and then later became part of the Air Ambulance Service.
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Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance is also operated by the Air Ambulance Service. It was founded in 2008 and is based at Nottingham Heliport. They operate an AgustaWestland AW109SP, registration G-DRLA, manufactured in 2020. They use callsign Helimed 54.
In air ambulance news Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance have only attended 2 incidents in their helicopter in the last 30 days. The other incidents (at least 50) were attended by critical care car and patients would have been transported to hospital via land ambulance.
Devon Air Ambulance was founded in 1986, but did not become operational until 1992. They operate from two bases: Eaglescott Airfield and Exeter Airport. A Eurocopter EC135 (registration G-DAAN, manufactured 2012) is operated at Eaglescott, using callsign Helimed 71 and an Airbus H145D2 (G-DAAS, manufactured 2020) is operated from Exeter using callsign Helimed 70. They fly up until 2am (and start flying from 7am) and part of night flying they have community landing sites where helicopters can land during hours of darkness - they now have over 200!
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance was founded in 1999 and became operational in March 2000. They are based at Henstridge Airfield and operate an AgustaWestland AW169, G-DSAA (manufactured 2016). Their callsign is Helimed 10. Dorset and Somerset were the first air ambulance in the UK to operate an AW169. Recently they have been using a leased aircraft G-MGPS, which was formerly used by Magpas Air Ambulance until their helicopter provider was sold last year.
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Hiya that's a cool fact
My one is that my family supports a charity (i think its the local one) and we had magpas come right next to my school once (it was the leisure center next door) and it has a new base near where I live (was an RAF base)
My one is that my family supports a charity (i think its the local one) and we had magpas come right next to my school once (it was the leisure center next door) and it has a new base near where I live (was an RAF base)
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by TrickiaHiya that's a cool fact
My one is that my family supports a charity (i think its the local one) and we had magpas come right next to my school once (it was the leisure center next door) and it has a new base near where I live (was an RAF base)
My one is that my family supports a charity (i think its the local one) and we had magpas come right next to my school once (it was the leisure center next door) and it has a new base near where I live (was an RAF base)
- that's not far from where I'm originally from so we would occasionally get Magpas in Lincolnshire. Magpas were left without a helicopter for several months last year because the company they were leasing from was sold in pre-pack administration. I really like the livery of the helicopter as well!At the start of this year Midlands Air Ambulance brought a new helicopter into service. It is an Airbus H145D3, registration G-HMAA and was manufactured in 2024. It has already been called out on over 10 missions since being brought online on 1st January. This means Midlands now own all three of their helicopters and are no longer leasing from Babcock. It is based at Tatenhill Airfield and uses callsign Helimed 09.
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