First aeromedical jet lands on highway

[MarkR]

This happened last month, thought it might be of interest to those that missed it:

The milestone landing of the RFDS Medi-Jet 24 on the Stuart Highway in Far North SA was performed as part of a joint training exercise conducted by the RFDS and South Australia Police (SAPOL).

Responding to a fictious motor vehicle accident scenario, the scheduled exercise comprised two components – a desktop simulation of the activation and communications procedures between SAPOL, RFDS and State Emergency Service (SES), followed by the temporary closure of the Stuart Highway by local authorities to enable the landing of RFDS and SAPOL aircraft.

The RFDS Medi-Jet 24 and SAPOL Pilatus PC12 aircraft landed on the Traeger Emergency Roadstrip near Glendambo, a designated 1200-metre landing strip incorporated into the Stuart Highway (600 kilometres north of Adelaide) designed specifically for the RFDS and other airborne emergency services.

. https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/news...ghway-landing/

[Kent Broadhead]

Luxury for the crew of the two aircarft, given the PC24 is capable of operating like this! https://youtu.be/mqDlBFUdIgE

[Adrian B]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Luxury for the crew of the two aircarft, given the PC24 is capable of operating like this! https://youtu.be/mqDlBFUdIgE

Got to love the last line of that YouTube clip

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Luxury for the crew of the two aircarft, given the PC24 is capable of operating like this! https://youtu.be/mqDlBFUdIgE

I’ve see that earlier, point is you don’t have strips everywhere you need them grass or otherwise, making provision for highways to become runways and also having the coordinating infrastructure in place to make it clear when it’s needed is no mean feat!

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by MarkR

I’ve see that earlier, point is you don’t have strips everywhere you need them grass or otherwise, making provision for highways to become runways and also having the coordinating infrastructure in place to make it clear when it’s needed is no mean feat!

No question that it's a good thing and needed. Pilatus makes some amazing utility aircraft, turbofans and turboprops.

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

No question that it's a good thing and needed. Pilatus makes some amazing utility aircraft, turbofans and turboprops.

That's why the RFDS acquired them ...