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HLE 21 It Flew Over ( & quite a few times as well ) .

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The Air Ambulance flew over a few times , but it was not circling , more long elongated zig-zags so I hope this was just a training exercises as afterwards it just went back to Redhill which is a base for the KSS Air Ambulance .

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of a helicopter air ambulance covering the four English counties of Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex, which are served by the South East Coast Ambulance Service. The service is funded by the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust which is a registered charity, raising money from public and private donations in excess of £15 million every year. The charity's aircraft are based and maintained at Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey. Its headquarters and forward operating base are at Rochester Airport in Kent.

 

KSS currently operates three helicopters, two AgustaWestland AW169 G-KSST since 2017 and G-KSSC since 2018, plus a MD 902 Explorer G-KSSA, which is used as a backup. The helicopters can reach any area of the four counties within a 25-minute flight. Two previous MD 902 Explorers (G-KAAT, G-KSSH) served the trust throughout the 2000s. The MD 902 helicopters were able to fly at nearly 150 mph (130 kn; 240 km/h),

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Uploaded on March 22, 2023
Taken on March 22, 2023