Child Flight

Child Flight
Child Flight Eurocopter Dauphin N2

Child Flight is an Australian helicopter service dedicated to the emergency transport of sick children. It operates two twin-engined instrument-flight rated helicopters. As a not-for-profit organisation, the service relies on community support and corporate sponsorship to complement a government operating grant.

The service is located at the Newborn Emergency Transport Service (NETS) base at Westmead in Sydney. It is the preferred helicopter transport vehicle for NETS, the emergency medical transport service for newborns children. The service employs ten pilots, an aircraft maintenance engineer and fund-raising and office staff.[1]

Founded by Bart Bassett, Dr. Andrew Berry and Jeremy Ovens to supply air transport to NETS, the service started with a twin-engined BO 105 helicopter on 19 November 1989.[2] [3] Within twelve months, a new BK 117 was delivered from the factory in Germany as the flagship of the service.

In 2000, a second helicopter was purchased to improve service continuity to NETS. It is a twin-engined Eurocopter AS 365 N2 'Dauphin' with tricycle retractable landing gear and high-speed, long distance performance.

In June 2010, another aircraft will be introduced into the fleet; a Bell 412 EP which will provide more working space, carrying capacity and operating range than has previously been available from the BK 117.

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Telstra Child Flight. http://www.telstrachildflight.org.au/Aboutus.html. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Londonderry". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/guide/lond.htm. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Dr Andrew Berry". NETS UK. http://www.netsuk.org/article/dr-andrew-berry-52.htm. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 

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