Flying Doctor Services c.2000s

The newest addition to the RFDS fleet is the Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine turboprop with much the same performance and capacity as the Beech 200 Super King Air. The photo above shows PC-12/45 VH-FMC (c/n 109) of the RFDS Central Section, based in Adelaide, at the Mildura Airshow on 27 April 2002.

(Photos: Phil Vabre collection)

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Flying Doctor Operations - c.2000s

Typical of the equipment currently (c.2004) operated by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), Beech 200 Super King Air VH-MWQ (c/n BB-1416) of the RFDS South-Eastern Section is seen above loading a stretcher-bound passenger at Shepparton, Vic, on 18 April 2002. The aircraft had earlier departed its Melbourne/Essendon base for this hospital transfer of about 35 minutes flying time, typical of the daily routine. From Melbourne, the RFDS South-Eastern Section covers all of Victoria with occasional flights to other States on patient transfers and emergency medical services.

The newest addition to the RFDS fleet is the Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine turboprop with much the same performance and capacity as the Beech 200 Super King Air. The photo above shows PC-12/45 VH-FMC (c/n 109) of the RFDS Central Section, based in Adelaide, at the Mildura Airshow on 27 April 2002. (Photos: Phil Vabre collection) Click here to return to the start of this series of Flying Doctor photos Back to the main Items of General Interest index If this page appears without menu bars at top and left, click here