This morning 5 of the Farm Stay ladies who were involved with the Charity breakfast went along to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Station at Leeds Airport. The purpose of the visit was to present the team with their cheque of the money raised at the Breakfast event.
We were joined by Ian Bell of ARC Addington who also received his cheque
We met the YAA team and had a really interesting tour, led by Lee Davidson, Chief Paramedic. We saw how the calls come in and how they are handled and what decisions are taken regarding whether or not the helicopter is deployed. We had a look in the Helicopter, which cost a whopping 2.4 million pounds!!
We also met the BBC team who are based there to film 'Helicopter Heroes' which covers every aspect of life at the station, even the paramedics wear a small camera so viewers get a real close up of their work
We saw the editing suite and learned how the programme is put together
In some ways we were very fortunate as there was very thick fog and the Helicopters were grounded today, otherwise they could have been out on a mission. There were no flights leaving or arriving at the airport this morning!!
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