Category: Air Ambulance

A Welsh air ambulance lands on a road closed by a collision. Other ambulance and police vehicles can be seen in the distance.

NV53 UEB This Peugeot van is one of a number of identically liveried support vehicles for the Great North Air Ambulances. It is commonly used for the collection of their charity bags.



The rear view, showing the eye-catching livery that closely matches that of the aircraft (shown below).

Here is the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance G-LNAA in use.

This is G-NAAS, one of the two great north air ambulances, which is based at Blyth, Northumberland.

This is G-WYPA, one of the two great north air ambulances, in flight. Re-liveried and re-launched in March 2003, this Messerschmitt Bolkow Bohlm is based at Teesside Airport. This is the only air ambulance outside of London to carry a specialist NHS doctor on board as well as a paramedic.



The side view of the helicopter in flight. This air ambulance used to be a police helicopter for West Yorkshire Police from 1989-2001. It was built in Germany and the chief police pilot at the time flew it from the factory to West Yorkshire.



A closer look at the livery of G-WYPA.

This picture shows the first livery of G-NAAS when it was sponsored by Barbour.



Another shot of its livery in the early 1990’s.

G-NAAS: The North East Air Ambulance. These photographs were taken in the early 1990s when the aircraft was based at Kitty Brewster Industrial Estate, Blyth. This air ambulance has seen numerous liveries since its introduction and covered the whole of the North East of England.



The same helicopter in flight.



A grounded G-NAAS.



Another view of G-NAAS



Another view of G-NAAS.

This photo shows the yellow ‘Automobile Association’ livery.

Here are a few pictures of G-NAAS, the Air Ambulance covering the North-East of England:



The cockpit.



A close up.

V43 GLD This is an air support unit Daewoo Matiz. It was donated so the air-paramedics can travel by road if the helicopter is unavailable.

This is G-PASG, a Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Still in it’s familiar yellow ‘AA’ livery (even though the sponsorship has ended) it has the same colour scheme as most of the air ambulances in the UK. It’s ‘PAS’ callsign is from its owners Police Aviation Services, now known as Specialist Aviation Services.



A patient who was thrown from a horse in the North York Moors has been airlifted to hospital. They are removed from the air ambulance on a stretcher and placed in a road ambulance for the short drive to the accident and emergency department.



The three-man crew of the helicopter prepare to take off to another emergency in West Yorkshire. While the pilot begins to start the engines, the two paramedics load the equipment into the back. The pilot is employed by the ambulance service but is not medically trained.



The stretcher is pushed through from the back of the helicopter so that the head appears next to the rear-seated paramedic. All of the same equipment found on a road ambulance is to hand, but in fewer numbers to keep the weight down.



The second paramedic makes one last check of the area prior to take-off. The rotors are almost at full-speed as the pilot radios air traffic control to request priority status for the emergency journey.



Immediately after taking-off the helicopter skims over the ground at only a few feet before rising almost vertically.



A rather scenic shot of the air ambulance as it makes haste towards the sun.

The Great North Air Ambulance (G-NAAS) in flight.



The air ambulance upon landing. The co-pilot helps the pilot to land safely.



As the paramedics emerge from the air ambulance, a Durham police officer greets them.