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episode 314: London Air Ambulance
Guests: Neil Jeffers, Adam Spink Host: Markus Voelter
Shownoter: Bastian Hundt
Earlier this year I visited the London Air Ambulance, a charity organization that flies two MD-902 helicopters over the UK’s capital. I chatted with their chief pilot Neil Jeffers about the flying and some of the medical aspects. My recorder then joined Neil on a short flight to their hangar at RAF Northolt. There, we met Adam Spink, a NATS air traffic controller at Heathrow, and the three of us chatted about the ATC perspective of flying helicopters (sometimes) in Heathrows’s approach.
If you want to donate to the charity, see this link.
Introduction of Neil Jeffers 00:02:05
London Air Ambulance | Royal London Hospital | RAF Northolt | Major Trauma
The Helicopters and the History of London Air Ambulance 00:04:35Fire Grenfell | ADAC | Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe | Air Medical Service | AS-365 | MD-902 | NOTAR | Performance Class (PDF) | Glass Cockpit | Biggin Hill Airport | London Heliport | Trauma Center | Airbus Helicopters H135 | BO-105 | Airbus Helicopters H145 | Venturi Effect | Coandă Effect
Flying a NOTAR Helicopter 00:20:40Helicopter Flight Controls | Dutch Role | Airbus Helicopters H120 | JetRanger | Robinson R-44 | Visual Flight Rules | Instrument Flight Rules | Night Vision Device | Avionics | Traffic Avoidance System | Weather Radar
The Medical Side 00:31:15Major Trauma | Trauma Team | Air Traffic Control | HEMS | "Stay and play" | "Scoop and run" | General anaesthesia | Blood transfusion | Open Chest Surgery | Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta | European Aviation Safety Agency | Foreign object damage
Airspace in London 00:52:10M25 Motorway | Heathrow Airport | London City Airport | Biggin Hill Airport | Air Traffic Control Tower | Runway | London Helicopter Routes (PDF) | Flight Transponder
Training, Risks and the Crew 00:57:20Threat and Error Management | Checklist | Aircraft Flight Manual | Single Point of Failure | Go Around | Instrument Rating | Crew Resource Management | Multi Crew Coordination
Flight from Royal London Hospital to RAF Northolt 01:17:55Air Traffic Control in London and a typical Mission with Adam Spink 01:27:10
Heathrow Terminal 4 | Follow-Me | Taxiway | Airspace Class