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Old 23rd Jan 2009, 03:11
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Te_Kahu
 
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Mike. That rings a vague bell. However, the current pad, which has been in use for some years, is on the roof of the main hospital building. A new pad is about to be commissioned a top a new main building. Ironically it is lower than the current pad and on the windward side of it. You will have to come around the old building, or at least approach from the side of it, to get on to the new pad in a Northerly.

Roam. Indeed. It does seem more than a little ironic to me that for all Hugh Jone's huffing and puffing over the years about twin engine ops over built up areas; he provides nothing more than a VFR service to the Life Flight Trust and allows the A119 to operate in and out of there.

My understanding is that the current regs don't require Class 1, but you have to be able to get yourself out of trouble if you lose an engine.

What do you think of the new pad?

TK
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