AW169 ferry flight
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Your second helicopter’s ferry flight to the UK
Your second helicopter’s journey to relocate it to the UK is known as the ferry flight.
Transporting a high-value asset from an EU country to a non-EU country is a complex process, as numerous licences and regulations must be met. Several of the charity’s pilots, Rich Dixon, Mike Jones and Pete McCormick, carried out the ferry flight in February and shared the flying hours.
Before the flight could take place, they developed a specific route to the UK, taking into consideration factors such as challenging winter weather conditions, congestion, airport charges, security, refuelling and overnight stops.
Hear from your pilots
Pilot Mike Jones added: “The key design feature of the AW169 that makes it easy to operate is the amount of information you have at your fingertips as the pilot in the cockpit. For example, the terrain mapping on the multifunction display, having the synthetic vision on the primary flight display, it just means you can easily make decisions about the safest course of action and how to go forward in your flight, cutting down response times.”
In the environment we operate in in Cornwall we go into lots of small spaces, there is lots of challenging terrain, the powerful engines in the AW169 make it very easy to operate in those sorts of environments, it has got a nice big cabin for space to work and great visibility as well.
Pilot Rich Dixon
Your second aircraft is now at Gama Aviation in Gloucester and ready for the final stage of the process – the medical fit.
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