Originally Posted by
RVDT
Need to be careful of what is reported these days - but the fact is they got the idea from NZ who precede them by about 3 years?...
Just as well I said "reported". I did realise Victoria's Bell 206 "Angel of Mercy" helicopter ambulance service commenced even earlier. The page below indicated that had its first emergency call-out in March 1971, but it hasn't continued as same organisation to the current day:
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/ops/publ...ce-service.htm
So had the NZ service remained essentially the same operation since it was initiated, which was part of the claim made of the 'Westpac' service? In any case, 50 years is a long run for any such service.