Helicopter and houses
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Helicopter and houses by James Allan as part of the Geograph project.
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Helicopter and houses
Image: © James Allan Taken: 22 Oct 2009
One of two MD 800 Explorer helicopters operated by Yorkshire Air Ambulance, an independent charity which receives no government funding. (It costs £7,200 each day to keep both helicopters maintained and in the air, which adds up to £2.6m per year.) Hawes is an isolated town and road ambulances can take a significant time to reach it, so in emergency this helicopter (based at Leeds-Bradford Airport) is called in to help get urgent cases to hospital.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.30274
Longitude
-2.200965