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DD, a well versed auditor who is a very straight shooter who I personally have a great deal of respect for. He is usually engaged by various health organisations (I believe he is somewhat the leader in his field) to audit operations that conduct provision of health service related flying operations.
Away from work a thorough gentleman with whom it is a pleasure to dine, especially when the wives get together....
Tinny, if you flick it this way I can host it for you to link to.
Regards,
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Away from work a thorough gentleman with whom it is a pleasure to dine, especially when the wives get together....
Tinny, if you flick it this way I can host it for you to link to.
Regards,
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DD, as OpsN said, John is an independent aviation consultant to lots of state governments with a specialty for aeromed. A great guy with a wealth of experience and some great stories to tell, just mention Caribou's to get him started! If John is making negative comments about Pearl's equipment, they'll have to sit up and listen - which by the sound of it they already have.
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Either they are educated as to the safety of turbine singles (Wally, settle down, ),
There can be no disputing the age of the Pearl fleet, they are old, as for the rest of the story, well they do need to sell papers! One could argue that for 12 million dollars per annum they are getting a bargain, it would be costing at least double that with new aircraft, even single engined ones!
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Get some Caravans. cheap and reliable. even have wx radar in most of them. not as fast as a PC12 but beats walking. you could get 6 of them for 12 million.
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How about a Porter/Twotter/Dornier? (delete as applicable)
See I have been paying attention!
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Get some Caravans. cheap and reliable. even have wx radar in most of them. not as fast as a PC12 but beats walking. you could get 6 of them for 12 million.
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pressurisation
RFDS central section looked at caravans about 17 years ago. The problem is without pressurisation you have to bounce around in turbulence below the transition level. You are limited to 8-9000ft, and it's ROUGH. I remember one trip in a chieftain when the two nurses had a bucket on the floor as they worked.
manymak,
No Caravans for QLD Section yet. They are ordered though.
They are not going to be used for patient retrieval however, strictly a people carrier for the clinics that are performed in North Queensland.
morno
No Caravans for QLD Section yet. They are ordered though.
They are not going to be used for patient retrieval however, strictly a people carrier for the clinics that are performed in North Queensland.
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Now if we had American air, we could wander around 12500ft like they are allowed to over there. I spend a lot of time in that area of the atmosphere, and it is about where the majority of the big lumps tend to stop being a significant problem. The van has Ox outlets though, so it could be outfitted without a drama.
Not having looked at the figures of the P too closely but I'm sure the van could carry more specialists and equipment than a PC-12, not as fast but over an hour sector, it's only 15 minutes later...
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People, before you get too carried away with the idea of a Caravan for aeromed work please note carefully U Dog's post about sea level cabin requirements.
Head and eye injury wounds require sea level cabin pressure, premmy babies require no more than 2,000' (and thats when they travel back from Adelaide).
The Caravan has its place in aviation but aeromedical work is not it.
Head and eye injury wounds require sea level cabin pressure, premmy babies require no more than 2,000' (and thats when they travel back from Adelaide).
The Caravan has its place in aviation but aeromedical work is not it.
The old Kingairs are just part of the problem the other one is finding suitable pilots with the desired experience level and retaining them!
Those Kingair's would all be up around the 20,000 to 25,000 hour mark big dollars to maintain and a lot more time in maintenance.
Those Kingair's would all be up around the 20,000 to 25,000 hour mark big dollars to maintain and a lot more time in maintenance.
Silly Old Git
Thanks for that Tinpis, an interesting read.
He really does slam Pearl Av's King Air's! For good reason though. An unreliable aeromedical outfit, is nearly as good as nothing at all.
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He really does slam Pearl Av's King Air's! For good reason though. An unreliable aeromedical outfit, is nearly as good as nothing at all.
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