Some of the people we've had round for tea.
Sadly when some visitors drop in to see us it’s not always under the happiest of circumstances. Being hauled off a sinking yacht in a howling SouthWesterly is not everybody’s cup of tea. But they’re hardly in a position to refuse. For our helicopter crews it’s all part of the job. And a very rewarding part too. One day it might be rescuing a climber lost or injured in the Southern Alps. The next, a pregnant woman urgently needing to be airlifted to hospital from a remote farm. You’ve read it in the papers. You’ve seen it on TV.,
But there’s nothing quite like reality to bring it home to you. Have helicopter will travel. Being a helicopter crewman doesn’t just involve serving your local community. Our overseas neighbours call on our help from time to time. As ever the scenario varies from the tragic to the bizarre. You could, for instance, be lifting tonnes of rice across tropical forests to stranded villages. Or ferrying survivors of a cyclone to shelter and safety. Even hauling out a bullock that’s stuck up to its neck in mud.
Whatever is sent to try you, you’ll need your wits about you. That’s no toy you’re flying. It’s several million dollars of precise machinery. Teamwork makes us work. Behind every helicopter crew are a host of supporters. The backroom boys and girls. Without whom we’d never get off the ground. They range from the engineers who make sure the machine you are flying stays in the air, to the avionics experts who look after your navigation equipment, so you won’t get lost. There are secretaries and supply officers and many
more besides. All of them working to make every operation run like clockwork. And when lives are involved you’ll appreciate there’s not much room for error. Especially when you’re fishing someone out of the drink. If you would like to know more about a career in the RNZAF talk to your local recruitment officer.
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More than you ever imagined. J O SAATCHI AFI92
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Rip It Up, Issue 122, 1 September 1987, Page 20
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354Some of the people we've had round for tea. Rip It Up, Issue 122, 1 September 1987, Page 20
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