Hercules comes to heart transplant rescue
 

How about a bit of good PR for Lyneham.....?


From the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald:

Mercy flight crew help save life
by Zoe Mills

A HERCULES from RAF Lyneham took part in an eight-hour mission to transport a heart for an emergency transplant on Thursday.

Flight operations at the airbase received a late-night crisis call from London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, which needed assistance to transport four surgeons plus equipment to Belfast.

The team had to prepare and collect a heart to take back to London for the operation.

A Hercules C130J standby crew was called out and ready to leave within 40 minutes.

The heart was picked up from Belfast and thanks to the co-ordination and hard work of air traffic control in London, the Hercules was given a straight route into Heathrow to deliver the heart.

Flight Lieutenant Paul Flusk, co-pilot for the journey, said: "It feels good to do a job that can help to save someone's life.

"The mission was completed in under eight hours and ran very smoothly which was all down to the work of the captain, Flight Lieutenant Mark Raymond, and the rest of the team in operations and air traffic control."

Good old (or not so old in this case) Albert - Always there when you need him:ok:

Good work fellas, job well done.:D

Well done, 'Chalkie' and crew!

Thanks Beag's, that's the first mention of the "Crew" I have seen:mad:

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced

ABIW
 

Sorry when I said 'Albert' I meant the complete package including crew.

A cracking job by all involved at Lyneham as always:ok:

C130 Techie,
No dig at anyone in particular fella, it's just that the GE and ALM would have been running round with their hair on fire getting the frame ready for a prompt departure, round the route etc etc and as usual 50% of the team never get a mention. Ho hum:( Still job well done as usual!!

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced

As per SOP Lyn personnel pull out the stops. Is this the Mark Raymond I flew with on 115 sqn ? If so, glad you're still alive !!

Can only be the same chap - 'Mark, the ILS calibrator' as our ULAS students called him (when they weren't quite brave enough to call him 'Chalkie' in front of the other QFIs!). Nicht wahr, StopStart?

Now - lets have no more bitch-slapping. This was a good result for Team Lyneham - and everyone involved deserves equal praise.

I'm with you there BEags.

Hi Mark, glad you're still alive and Mrs 4f sends her love. Are you managing the imprests better these days :)

AAaargghhhh!!!!

Thought we had killed all that 'Team Lyneham' B*ll*cks.:ugh:
You must be a buddy of our ex Staish.....!!!

Managed to use the trip as an example in a lesson to the stick monkeys today!!!:D

Well done the boys and the ground crew involved!!;)

Regards;
'J' Bloke!!:cool:

I blame the speeling on the red wino!!

Accolades to the ground crew for being able to get the aircraft ready along with the rest of the people involved in the evolution.


That being said, however, what a shame the hospital has to call upon the RAF.


In the USA, the Hospital would have a standing contract with a Bizjet firm (or dedicated EMS service), have a fly team geared and trained, kit prepostioned at the airport, the aviation side would be on standby as is the RAF, and the flight would have been done under a "Lifeguard" flight plan which provides for expedited service by ATC in all phases of ground and flight operations. Helicopters would be in place at each end of the flight if needed, 24 hours per day. In most cases, organ harvesting is done and the flight begins from that location.

Ah - but in the UK our wonderful government can't afford to use all the money we piss away on the National Health Service for anything useful - they're more interested in useless computer systems which don't work, hospital administration programmes and looking after free healthcare for illegal immigrants with fraudulent National Insurance ('Social Security' for our US readers) numbers......

Hmmmm, Beags In ten thousand posts, cynical you may be.

Hmmmmm, correct you are.

But well done,nice to see a heartwarming story "ahem";)


Talk Wrench

Ahhh... how sad....So a C130 did some good...for once.

The RAF SAR crews do this regularly. Not just hearts but all sorts of casevacs...without looking for accolades!!!!

ITS THEIR JOB!!!
There's a first time for everything!

Spoken like a true "I havent a clue what I'm talking about" chum

What a fantastic load of bollocks this thread is!!

You have got to be trolling ExRAFAC, I can see no other reason for your vitriol.

I was one of the first on this thread to say a heartfelt (no pun intended) 'well done' to the team from Lyneham for a job well done.

As a front line SAR Winchman for the past 11 years I just can't see where you're coming from.

Get over yourself. The boys and girls done good.

What a fantastic load of bollocks you are...

you called?

Not Just Lyneham
 

It's Not just Lyneham that do these good deeds for Gt Ormonds
BZN bent a 3* into Paris only a few weeks ago to do exactly the same thing

From what I hear, heart recovered and child doing fine

Yes, and the hospital would add $60,000 to your medical bill.

EXRAFAC

It was a job well done by all involved - a life saved directly by their actions.

If you can't say something lauditory [sorry, big word, I know] then please keep quiet.

Now, I suggest you remove your post; when it disappears, I scrub this one...