Air Ambulance Pilot

Ex-Navy Commando pilot, feels very lucky to be able to use my skills learned from 28 years military flying to help people in desperate need.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

@W0KE_JB @HIOWAA @AirAmbulancesUK The aircraft is cleared down to minus 35 degrees centigrade.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

A beautiful but cold night tonight with the added challenge of snow on the ground.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

Happy Christmas https://t.co/LhmhCRukdc

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

Morning everyone, a beautiful, cold start to the day.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

@thinkdefence @HIOWAA @AirAmbulancesUK No all well on this occasion but if we had decided to convey a patient, it would have been difficult to load someone. Tall grass can hide objects/obstacles which could damage the underside of the aircraft, hence the risk.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

Sometimes it’s only after you land that you realise what looked OK from 500 feet is actually a bit of a jungle.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

@HEMS_Driver @HIOWAA @AirAmbulancesUK Yep, these sites are only taken when there is little choice, prompting the debate over landing further away in a better site with longer response time vs the risk of landing closer in a sub-optimal one with a quicker response time. Nothing is ever easy.

[Dave Nicholson @DavidRNicholson]

Morning engine wash with @Hems_Pilot on a stunning morning at @HIOWAA

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

This low pressure 958 is what is colloquially known as a “zebra’s arsehole”.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

Morning everyone, happy Friday.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

Sunset over Portsmouth.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

This is me trying to negotiate with a bull. It’s a good reminder to avoid landing in fields with livestock.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

A wet start to the shift today. It’s supposed to be summer!

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

@W0KE_JB @HIOWAA You’re almost there. Grid on the left, take off & land times, fuel contents below the landing time, and refuel amount on the right. The other figures on the right are engine figures for daily power checks.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

We had a really busy day yesterday, responding to 5 jobs across the county and Island. Transported 2 patients by air to hospital. It’s not often that I fill a page on my knee board. Thankfully midday was free for lunch.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

@W0KE_JB @HIOWAA I didn’t have one!

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

Had a new question tonight from a bunch of interested kids that I haven’t had before… “how do dead legs work”?

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

@morrisrd99 @HIOWAA It’s the spare whilst the main aircraft is getting depth maintenance.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

A busy couple of days across the county including the Isle of Wight and New Forest.

[Air Ambulance Pilot @Hems_Pilot]

A moonlit cloud over Southampton taken from the roof of Portsmouth QA Hospital tonight.