Aircraft Will Perform EMS Operations In New South Wales, Australia

Australia’s Toll Group has entered into a purchase agreement for eight AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopters.

The aircraft will fly Emergency Medical Service (EMS) missions in the Southern Region of New South Wales from the newly constructed base in Bankstown (Sydney), Orange, Wollongong and from the existing base in Canberra under a contract part of the newly established Helicopter Retrieval Network in New South Wales. The contract was signed during the Australian International Air Show at Avalon, southwest of Melbourne.

In addition to this order, Toll’s base in Bankstown, will become an AgustaWestland Authorized Training Center for the AW139 providing Australia’s first AW139 Level D Full Flight Motion Simulator. The base will also include facilities for maintenance, crew training, the latest high fidelity virtual reality crewman and integrated crew training simulator and a Full Helicopter Underwater Escape Training Facilities.

The AW139 is a new generation helicopter designed with inherent multi-role capability and flexibility of operation. The AW139 has new technology Honeywell Primus Epic fully integrated avionics package, a four-axis digital AFCS and large flat panel color displays in the cockpit, reduce pilot workload and allow the crew to concentrate on the demanding missions they are often tasked to perform.

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