Chinook and Puma helicopter crews
from RAF Benson have been teaching RAF media reservists how to operate safely
around rotary aircraft.
Loadmasters, engineers and pilots
from 28 (AC) Squadron and 230 Squadron briefed Media Reserves personnel on the
principles of air safety, allowing them to carry out their media jobs on
helicopters while keeping themselves and the crew safe.
Putting their new knowledge into
practice, the team got airborne in a Puma helicopter from 230 Squadron,
photographing and filming its crew at work.
“Air safety is absolutely
critical in everything we do, not just in my role as aircrew but also for
everyone else we work with here at RAF Benson. It’s always our number one
priority to keep us and everyone we work with safe,” explained a pilot
from 28 (AC) Squadron.
Media Reserves personnel from 7644
Squadron and 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron have been on a week of air
safety training, visiting aircrew at RAF Coningsby, RAF Benson and RAF Brize
Norton to learn about operating safely in and around various aircraft.
Words: SAC Hickinson
Images: Sqn Ldr Wasley and SAC
Sharples
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