Here's VH-XXX question of the week:
Was talking to someone who had been talking to someone (you know how it goes).
They were telling me that the Victoria Police chopper only has a usable mission range of 60nm on it's fuel (120nm in total).
This seemed to me to be ridiculously small when compared to other SAR aircraft and the places I've seen it operating, such as the HEMS Bell 412.
Is this 60 mile "limit" an operational thing or a limitation of the aircraft configuration? (I realise that they need time allocated for winching etc)
