All posts in: "Disaster response"
- 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…
- A turbine rating for Clive
This turbine helicopter has helped Clive Langmead to help us. And we have taken another step towards better disaster response. Turbine understanding! Clive is a long…
- 2007 – Under-slung or internal loads?
Under-slung loads can be quicker for the helicopter on short trips, provided the ground staff can prepare the loads and someone can recover the nets…
- A good ground crew – 2007
A good ground crew is essential to flexible and efficient helicopter operations. Surely we only need a pilot and helicopter! Well, no! Wings’ ground staff…
- Pilot Bob Gillan giving aid to the needy – 2007
Pilot Bob Gillan of Hope of the Nations is delivering non-food items. He is helping the needy on the Zambezi in 2007. Non-food items are…
- 2007 – Disaster response – the team
Disaster response 2007 To help understand disaster response 2007, we will give a bit of background. A helicopter-based disaster response team is needed when people…
- 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…
- Seed sown – 2000 floods in Mozambique
Sometimes we do not know when a seed is sown. It was like that for British charity Wings Like Eagles, it was pretty bizarre. Yes! …
