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AMS - WSAR :: Devil's Peak :: 23 May 2009

Helicopter-based mountain rescue training exercise: hoist insertion and shorthaul extraction

The first AMS-WSAR mountain rescue field training exercise held with AMS's shiny new Agusta 119 air ambulance
Flight crew: Iefan Blake, Andre Oliphant

WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Roy being hoisted into simulated accident site on Devil's Peak

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Andre

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Emile

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
New AMS Agusta 119 air ambulance over Cape Town

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
New AMS Agusta 119 air ambulance over Cape Town

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Hoisting Wayne onto simulated accident site on Devil's Peak

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Hoisting Wayne onto simulated accident site on Devil's Peak

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Hoisting Wayne onto simulated accident site on Devil's Peak

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Hoisting Wayne onto simulated accident site on Devil's Peak

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Hoisting Rik onto simulated accident site on Devil's Peak

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
starting lift of rescuers on shorthaul

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
starting lift of rescuers on shorthaul

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Iefan attempting to shorthaul the mountain

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shorthaul

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
shorthaul

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
shorthaul

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Iefan & Andre

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WSAR-AMS SAR training excercise
Iefan & Andre

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showoff!

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