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i was listning to sja today when i heard 6ds calling "rescue 65",does anyone know what this is?
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Yeah mate...

Rescue 65 is What 6DS call Rescue 1 (the Noisy Yellow one :) )... well thats according to my neighbour whose a paramedic so ...
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thanks milsy,i had a feeling that it was that being that the police airwing codes r 61 and 62,do you know if there are set times that rescue 1 is availible,like with polair 61?
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Im not sure mate... I kno that i can be 2 in the morning and it will fly over our house and heads down to peel heath or down south for transfers... I think its just aviblible... I kno it was up today i think it was in pinjarra lookin for the lost kid... i kno this cause i saw it fly over during english :lol:

But i will check that one for ya and get back to ya
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Mate its available 24/7. It is staffed the same as an Ambulance Station.
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iwhere is rescue 1 bassed,jandikot?
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Post by dazla »

More info for you scotty.

I was out at Jandacot Airport yesterday, they actually have two helicopters. One is the obvious yellow RAC chopper and the other is a red/blue and white chopper fitted out the same as RAC1.

When we were taxing back from the runway it took off over out heads.
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maybe they r going to put another rac chopper in service,could it have been a heli bomber for resa?
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Post by Fastlane »

It's probably the private one they were contracting initially before the current rescue chopper arrived.

The Helitac aircraft are an entirely different model of aircraft (AS350 Squirrel) and are only contracted for the fire season (from Helicopters Australia @ Perth Airport) - they are probably overseas right now.
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thanks for clearing that up fastlane
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No it appeared to be more of a back-up unit. The RAC chopper was in the shed. I would say they need two units so that if one is out of service then they have another one to use. Because they are on call 24/7 they need to always be available for a job.
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dazla wrote:No it appeared to be more of a back-up unit. The RAC chopper was in the shed. I would say they need two units so that if one is out of service then they have another one to use. Because they are on call 24/7 they need to always be available for a job.
Yeah, but its probably the aircraft they were contracting prior to the current one arriving on the scene. Be a bit expensive for them to keep an aircraft sitting there 'just in case' - likely something that is used elsewhere by the owners unless the RAC chopper is in for service..

You didnt happen to grab the registration off the aircraft at all, did you?
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That could be the case Fastlane. I didnt get the rego, I just saw and heard it take off right obove our heads. And I heard control say on the radio that a priority 1 medical aircraft was taking off and for all aircraft to standby.
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Hi guys, is there a frequency for Rescue1 which you can listen to?
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Hi guys, is there a frequency for Rescue1 which you can listen to?
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