4-Sep-2023Source: ADAC
[electronic translation] The ADAC air rescue has the 1,500. H135 helicopters acquired from Airbus Helicopters. The helicopter manufacturer handed over the anniversary model to the non-profit company in Donauwörth today. At the ceremony, the managing director of ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH Frédéric Bruder emphasized: “With the investment in the latest version of the H135, we are once again... Read more
20-Jun-2023Source: Volocopter
ADAC Luftrettung and Volocopter entered a collaboration partnership to customize next-generation electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) for rescue services. Two milestone agreements were signed at the Paris Air Show: one to purchase two VoloCity aircraft, and another with the intention of securing 150 additional units of Volocopter’s eVTOLs as part of this collaboration.... Read more
31-Oct-2022Source: HTM
As part of the “Flying Intervention Team” project, HTM has again been commissioned by the Munich Clinic gGmbH to carry out helicopter flights under HEMS status together with the ADAC air rescue service. The intervention team of the telemedical stroke network TEMPiS at the Munich Clinic – Harlaching is to be flown to partner... Read more
19-Oct-2021Source: ADAC Luftrettung
Successful in science and development: The non-profit ADAC Luftrettung and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have jointly researched how helicopters, drones and autonomous vehicles can be networked in order to further improve emergency medical care from the air. In a live demonstration at the Hamburg Cruise Center Steinwerder on October 13, 2021, the two organizations will... Read more
17-Aug-2021Source: Airbus Helicopters
ADAC Luftrettung, one of Europe’s biggest Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operators, has taken delivery of its first two five-bladed H145s. Furthermore, the German HEMS operator will upgrade its current fleet of 14 four-bladed H145s to the five-bladed rotor system. “By investing in new aircraft alongside the upgrade of our existing H145 fleet, we are... Read more
8-Jun-2021Source: Safran Helicopter Engines
A rescue helicopter has flown on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time, achieving a new milestone in international aviation. Operated by the German non-profit organization ADAC Luftrettung, the Airbus H145 rescue helicopter had its Arriel 2E engines ceremonially refueled with biofuel, a type of SAF, at the air rescue station at Munich’s Harlaching... Read more
17-Dec-2020Source: Volocopter
Volocopter and ADAC Luftrettung announced that ADAC Luftrettung has reserved two VoloCity electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. After publishing the results of the world’s first feasibility study about piloted multicopter use in rescue services, ADAC Luftrettung has invested in a reservation for two VoloCitys to prepare for operational tests in 2023. After two... Read more
13-Nov-2020Source: ADAC Luftrettung
The currently increasing number of COVID-19 infections is also being observed with concern at ADAC Air Rescue. The corona virus is once again facing major challenges for the non-profit organization from Munich. “The rescue service from the air is currently fully secured in Germany,” emphasizes managing director Frédéric Bruder. “With our experience from the first wave, we are... Read more
15-Oct-2020Source: Volocopter
The results of the world’s first feasibility study on the use of piloted multicopters in rescue services has concluded that air rescue with piloted multicopters is possible, makes sense, and improves the emergency medical care of the population. The 130-page study was launched at the end of 2018 by ADAC Luftrettung and sponsored by the... Read more
4-Oct-2019Source: Volocopter
Just science fiction, or soon a reality in rescuing human lives? In a feasibility study launched by ADAC Luftrettung (air rescue) at the end of 2018 and supported by the charitable ADAC foundation, a multicopter was used for the first time in a staged rescue operation. Covering everything from the alert at the ADAC Luftrettung... Read more
