All posts by: "Adrian Nance"
- WLE Logistics Southern Africa is founded!
We have a company! Great! It has taken 9 months of waiting. But now we have a legal presence in South Africa. It is WLE…
- Climate Change – Managing the Risks of Extreme Events & Disasters
In 2012, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report. It looked at the impact of the changing climate on disasters. Have…
- 2011 – Increasing helicopter response capability
Wings is aiming to improve helicopter response to disasters in southern Africa. The Hope of the Nations helicopter 5H-XSH lands near Johannesburg in South Africa.…
- 2011 – Helicopter flying through Mozambique
Adrian Nance with the map supporting Wynand Malan in Jet Ranger 5H-XSH, with the helicopter flying over Mozambique on their way south on the 1700…
- Our first affiliated helicopter!
Our first affiliated helicopter is a key milestone.
- Princess Anne on disaster logistics
In April 2011, Princess Anne spoke to a Conference. She does that all the time, so what’s so special? Well, she said: “One of the…
- HERR- The Humanitarian Emergency Response Review
On 28 March 2011 the UK Government published the Review chaired by Lord Ashdown. It is sometimes called HERR, and it was very helpful to…
- Fundraising in 2010
Adrian beats a Pantomime Horse! Fundraising in 2010 was a stamina thing! You believe in something and you need to be able to persevere in…
- A 2000 mile reconnaissance with Sergio!
‘Time spent on reconnaissance is never wasted.’ In order to make sure Wings could help in disaster response, Adrian Nance needed to see the ground…
- Volunteers have a day out – donated
Volunteers flown to a lunch in Wiltshire. Why did we do it? First this was a part of Clive Langmead’s flying to keep himself current…