Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter is a New Zealand accident and emergency rescue and transport service operated by the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust (ARHT). The trust operates two AW169 and one BK117 helicopters on behalf of the helicopter owners—the greater Auckland community. There are four "Westpac Rescue Helicopter" services in New Zealand, but they are all separate entities and only linked by the same major sponsor.
Westpac Rescue Helicopter
Westpac Rescue Helicopter during a demonstration in 2009 at the Whenuapai Air Show.
The Auckland helicopter at its base in Mechanics Bay.
Image: Prime Minister of New Zealand doing as Surf Jump at Piha
The AgustaWestland AW169 is a twin-engine, 10-seat, 4.8t helicopter developed and manufactured by the helicopter division of Leonardo. It was designed to share similarities with the larger AgustaWestland AW139 and AgustaWestland AW189.
AgustaWestland AW169
AW169 demonstrator, 2013
AW169 G-KSST operated by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance
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