Charity buys third Bo105 for rat eradication on remote island
Source: HeliHub.com, 10-Oct-12
The South Georgia Heritage Trust has purchased a third Eurocopter Bo105 to add to the two it already has for rat eradication. The helicopters are involved in a five year project on the remote south Atlantic island of South Georgia, where the weather is so poor that the maximum weather window is just ten weeks [...]
Specialist Aviation Services add another MD Explorer
Source: HeliHub.com, 23-May-12
Specialist Aviation Services has added another MD Explorer to its fleet – a lease from sister company European Support Centre bvba in Belgium. SAS’s Nigel Lemon told HeliHub.com that they see greater market opportunity for the Explorer in the UK and have thus transferred it from the Belgian register – where it was OO-EMS – [...]
Specialist Aviation celebrates 100,000 MD Explorer hours
Source: Specialist Aviation Services, 18-Apr-12
Specialist Aviation Services (SAS), the UK based emergency services and utility operator, is celebrating this week having achieved 100,000 flying hours with the MD 902 Explorer. The group is the largest operator of MD902 Explorers in the world and first introduced the type into the UK in 1998 as a dual-roled Police and Air Ambulance [...]
UK: Specialist Aviation Services adds two directors
Source: HeliHub.com, 25-Jul-11
Specialist Aviation Services “SAS”, the British operator better known for its subsidiaries Police Aviation Services and Medical Aviation Services, has two new directors. Following our report on 7th July of a change in ownership (see here), we can now advise that they have added two directors as well. Previously we noted that we had an [...]
Change of owner at Specialist Aviation Services
Source: HeliHub.com, 07-Jul-11
Specialist Aviation Services “SAS”, the British operator better known for its subsidiaries Police Aviation Services and Medical Aviation Services, has been sold. Few details are currently available, and while Financial Director Jim Webster confirmed the change of ownership, he declined to provide any information to HeliHub.com beyond what is already public domain. When we asked [...]
Specialist Aviation assists South Georgia Heritage Trust in habitat restoration project
Source: Specialist Aviation Services, 29-Mar-11
UK based operator and support organisation Specialist Aviation Services has assisted South Georgia Heritage Trust in successfully completing the first phase of a 5 year project to eradicate rats which have decimated the island’s unique population of seabirds over recent decades. The project involves dropping special bait across areas of the island by helicopter for [...]
UK: Essex Air Ambulance to move from EC135 to MD Explorer
Source: HeliHub.com, 28-Apr-10
HeliHub.com understands that Essex Air Ambulance will be moving from their current Eurocopter EC135T2 to an MD Explorer, perhaps as early as June 2010. EAA already has experience of the type after operating one for their neighbouring county of Hertfordshire on similar EMS work – what better situation could you be in to compare two [...]
UK Lighthouses to be supported by MD Explorer after 30 years with Bo105
Source: Specialist Aviation Services, 21-Sep-09
UK based operator and support organisation Specialist Aviation Services has announced the award of its new multi-year lighthouse maintenance contract with Trinity House.
Specialist Aviation bucks the trend in its 25th Year
Source: Specialist Aviation Services, 19-Sep-09
UK based operator and support organisation Specialist Aviation Services is set for a bumper year, despite the current economic climate
Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance order new MD Explorer
Source: Specialist Aviation Services, 18-Sep-09
UK based operator Specialist Aviation Services is pleased to announce that Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance has signed up to a ten year air ambulance package which will see the introduction of another brand new MD Explorer to the SAS fleet next year SAS subsidiary, Medical Aviation Services will provide a turnkey operation and support [...]
