Child Flight

As a not-for-profit organisation, the service relied on community support and corporate sponsorship to complement a government operating grant.

[1] Founded by Bart Bassett, Dr. Andrew Berry and Jeremy Ovens to supply air transport to NETS, the service started with a twin-engine BO 105 helicopter on 19 November 1989.

It was a twin-engined Eurocopter AS365 N2 Dauphin with tricycle retractable landing gear and high-speed, long distance performance.

[4] In June 2010, another aircraft was introduced into the fleet; a Bell 412EP which provided more working space, carrying capacity and operating range than has previously been available from the BK 117.

[5] Child Flight had hoped to have the contract extended by six months, in order to sell the three aircraft without "fire sale" prices.