All posts in: "Disaster preparations"
- 2008 – Press coverage! See the article!
Our first feature in the Press. Press coverage! Our first reconnaissance to Mozambique. In January 2008, Clive Langmead picked up Adrian Nance at Maputo the…
- 2008 – Pilot training for disaster response!
Pilot training is a routine activity, but it costs. Thanks to the generosity of Helicharter we now have a freshly re-qualified pilot ready for disaster…
- 2008 – the recession forces the closure of our Mozambican HQ!
Closure might be a good thing in bad relationships. But it is much less so when you are trying to start-up. So we are really…
- Reconnaissance – in Mozambique – 2008
Why not check out the video of our flying reconnaissance on You Tube? If you are interested in the back story, then please read on……
- Mozambican HQ – Wings’ first foreign base – 2008
We have always wanted to make fast disaster responses. So, to make sure we needed a Mozambican HQ. Why Mozambique? Well we did lost of…
- Important to the needy? A helicopter!
Important – what is important and to whom? Well you may think that building disaster response around helicopters is just boys with toys. This photo…
- Starting up – the first year
Starting a new enterprise is exciting and rewarding. Adrian Nance felt called to help deliver helicopters faster to disasters. It was when he was in…
- Where to start?
Where to start? Well, start as you mean to go on, so they say. You will recall how our initial interest was sparked. It…
- A better system for disaster response helicopters
A better system doesn’t sound very glamorous does it. But there’s a quote that really helped us in founding Wings Like Eagles: “We need a…
- A UN input – the problem is getting worse
The UN input is that climate change is having a impact on natural disasters. This is one of the threats we face says a report…