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Aerospatiale SE.3160/SA.316B Alouette III No. 197
Aerospatiale SE.3160/SA.316B Alouette III No. 197 commenced SAR operations, having been fitted with inflatable flotation bags for inshore and limited overwater operations. In 1965 the Alouettes became an arm of a National Ambulance Service provided by the Irish Air Corps, which provided for the transfer of patients to hospitals with helicopter pads. One such hospital is the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dun Laoghaire, which specializes in spinal and other life-threatening injuries.
The aircraft is seen in a hangar at Baldonnel Aerodrome.
Photographed: Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Date: Circa 1985.
Aerospatiale SE.3160/SA.316B Alouette III No. 197
Aerospatiale SE.3160/SA.316B Alouette III No. 197 commenced SAR operations, having been fitted with inflatable flotation bags for inshore and limited overwater operations. In 1965 the Alouettes became an arm of a National Ambulance Service provided by the Irish Air Corps, which provided for the transfer of patients to hospitals with helicopter pads. One such hospital is the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dun Laoghaire, which specializes in spinal and other life-threatening injuries.
The aircraft is seen in a hangar at Baldonnel Aerodrome.
Photographed: Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Date: Circa 1985.