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North Wales fatal helicopter crash caused by weather

08/03/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A fatal helicopter crash in North Wales last year was caused by the weather according to the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB). The Airbus Helicopters AS355 Ecureuil II, G-OHCP crashed into Rhinog Fawr mountain on the 29th March 2017 killing all on board, the pilot and 4 passengers. According to the accident [read more]

Police helicopter officer gets MBE

04/01/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A police officer from North Wales has been awarded a MBE for his services to policing. Sergeant Scott Gallagher who has worked in Police Air Support for over ten years was awarded the gong in the latest new years honours. Joining North Wales Police in 1994, Scott managed the force’s [read more]

Report says Police helicopters need urgent reform

30/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has suggested that Police helicopters in the UK need urgent reform. National Police Air Service (NPAS) has operated air support, including helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and drones, for the 43 police forces across the England & Wales since [read more]

Police Helicopters honour fallen colleagues in fly past

27/09/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) conducted a flypast of Police helicopters over St. David’s Hall in Cardiff on Sunday as part of the service of remembrance for National Police Memorial Day 2017. A fitting tribute to honour almost 4,000 fallen colleagues, police air support crews flew over the congregation [read more]

Twin Huery carrying Nissan X-Trail (Image: Peter Howlett)

Why a helicopter was flying a Nissan X-Trail car around Cardiff Bay today

18/05/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

It was seen by many but exactly why was a Twin Huey flying a Nissan X-Trail around Cardiff Bay today? It turns out it’s all to do with the UEFA Champions League Final according to Nissan’s promotions team. To be fair it was never going to be subtle flying a [read more]

5 people die in North Wales helicopter crash

29/03/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A helicopter with 5 people on board went missing near Caernarfon bay in North Wales on Wednesday en route to Dublin from Luton. North Wales Police have confirmed that the crash site has been located and the bodies of all five people on board had been found. Mountain rescue teams [read more]

New Airbus H145 for Wales Air Ambulance (Image: WAAC)

First new helicopter for Wales Air Ambulance arrives in UK

25/11/2016 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The first of 3 new helicopters for Wales Air Ambulance (WAAC) has arrived at Gloucestershire Airport. The brand new Airbus H145 helicopter is a flexible platform which has been designed to provide a large cabin with the performance needed to operate critical missions. It uses 2 Turbomeca Arriel Turboshaft engines [read more]

60 Squadron Griffin Helicopter (Wikimiedia/CC)

RAF Helicopter bursts into flames in Snowdonia

09/08/2016 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

An RAF Helicopter has burst into flames moments after being forced to land with a technical issue. Emergency services were called to a “helicopter crash” shortly before 2pm this afternoon. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed that a Griffin training helicopter “safely completed a precautionary landing in Snowdonia”. All four [read more]

G-WASN UHW Hospital Helipad (Credit Nick Harding/Aviation Wales)

New Helicopters for Wales Air Ambulance

01/03/2016 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

As Wales Air Ambulance Charity (WAAC) celebrates 15 years of flying across Wales it has announced that it will be operating 3 new helicopters from January 2017. The charity currently uses 3 Eurocopter EC135 models supplied by Bond Aviation Group. These will be replaced by Airbus H145 aircraft also supplied [read more]