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Rega flies record number of missions in 2008

Berne, Switzerland - AW-109 "Project Da Vinci" helicopters will be taken delivered within 2010

Rega flew more than 14,000 missions in 2008, a five per cent rise on 2007. The Swiss Air Rescue organisation which flies a fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft is flying on average 39 daily missions. Of the 14,215 flights, 10,425 of these were undertaken by helicopters, the first time the number of rotary-wing missions has gone over 10,000. Rega is currently in a state of modernisation, taking...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103078
Rome, Italy, 04/17/2009 12:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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