The Royal Flying Doctor Service, commonly known as the Flying Doctor, is an aeromedical retrieval service in Australia. It is a non-profit organisation that provides urgent and emergency medical trans
The Flying Doctor at Connellan's airstrip in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), c.1960s
One of the De Havilland DH.50's flown by Qantas, doing ambulance work, delivering a patient to Brisbane in 1931.
AIM [Aerial Medical Service] AMS radio, Alice Springs
AIM Aerial Medical Service Building, Alice Springs
The Pilatus PC-24 is a light business jet produced by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Following the success of the PC-12 single engine turboprop, work on the twin engine jet began in 2007 for greater
Royal Flying Doctor Service
…The Western Operations operates 16 PC-12s and 3 PC-24; and Central Operations operates 19 PC-12 and 2 PC-24. By 2021, the RFDS had received their 4 Pilatus PC-24 jets, replacing their Hawker 800XP jet. They are based at Jandakot Airport and Broome in WA and Adelaide SA. The PC-24 can fit 3 stretcher beds and two…
Pilatus PC-24 first prototype landing at Stans, 2015
PC-24 prototype during its roll-out ceremony on 1 August 2014
Type certification was granted on 7 December 2017, as placarded at the April 2018 AERO Friedrichshafen.
Viewed from below, showing moderate wing sweep with a straight trailing edge and exposed wheels