G-EHMS London's Air Ambulance Trafalgar Square Take Off

[BabyRay55]

As the engines start, if you look carefully you can see the airstream from the tail blowing a spot clear of water to the side of it. Cool video as always!

[johnnyinsnj]

Wow that's much louder than expected..is that because of the rotorless tail?

[jurek323]

@johnnyinsnj maby because surounding buildings are so close

[SOUTHWEST778]

This saved my life. thanks for the good quality video and posting, i have been on the helipad at the royal london to see it during my recovery,

not 100% whether it was ehms or hems it was august 2001,

with response to funding, it is only part funded by virgin,

[o0OJustinGoldO0o]

90% of people want to be a helicopterpilot when they see that

[Reqrezentin]

Imagine the Statue being chopped off like a Russian soldier in Chechnya.

[MITCHWILD]

Just another day in London, this Ambulance once landed right in front of my Car on the way home from work, one cold winter evening.

[wisecracked2]

Blades aren't balanced!

[tisnyne777]

And explain how you know that?

[raymondrayban]

NO TAIL ROTOR,...............

[AirSquirrel1]

its an air rotor (not sure thats the right name) , air is past through the tail boom and fired out the back at an angle, the rudder pedals control the speed of the airflow which controls the Yaw on the helicopter. yea its complicated

[Kentuckyhorse1]

nicely explained

[ilikepollo79]

It's called NOTAR which just stands for NO TAil Rotor.

[otoevst]

I didn't know Richard Branson supported Britain's medical service with helicopters. :)

[markusgl1]

all of Britains's air ambulances are paid for by firms like virgin, express newspapers etc and by members of the public putting money in buckets and tins, next time you see them collecting give them some money

[Cackles4EVA]

not all have sponsors, some work with the police, i.e. the police fund half the cost, and the other half is funded by charity

[AirSquirrel1]

well the last time I saw this helicopter it was landing in a field next to the motoway where around 4 cars were upside down and around 6 people died

[Kentuckyhorse1]

yes, vigin sponsors them.

[SonicOverlordUK]

Fantastic video quality. It's a shame our governments are too tight to even consider these services.

[Kentuckyhorse1]

Well I personally thing thats a good thing. Last thing we need is our governments trying to take them over.

[pcsbyte]

2 pilots and 4 Medics. Good Stuff.

[aussiekwv]

Has anyone notice The Virgin logo on the side?

Why hasn't Government paid for services like this?

[pcsbyte]

Visa Logo? Yeah They Are paying fore badwith.

[clarkneil1980]

aussiekwv, because the air ambulances are run by trusts and as such get no money from central government. . .

[Silumnet]

Not sure why you're getting thumbs down. Its a perfectly reasonable question actually.

[WalterWabbit]

Nice video!

Not many people can say they've landed a heli in Trafalgar Square. I'm sure they both crew looked at Nelson as they rose past him.

[garyuk17]

cool stuff

[Prasopchai]

... I've just realised how short the Explorers rotorblades are... O.o

[raymondrayban]

lovely video, if im right the second engine starts up around 2mins 3secs, and the rotors take the weight of this helei around2mins33seconds,

[cptjim]

The second engine starts at 51 seconds in the video, the change in sound at 2.03 is the pilot going from flight idle to full operating rpm. The pilot will then gradually raise the collective lever to get the helicopter light on its skids (2.33) and once stable he will continue to raise the helicopter into the air.

[nickpackham]

Fantastic video - well done!

[Nideon]

Very nice video!

[enniofranco]

Hello kertappa,

I was there at the same time and shot the same scene. But I still don't know what happened that day.

Do you have any idea of the reason of all that?

[kertappa]

Hi enniofranco, sorry I'm not sure what happened, but hopefully everyone's ok..

[pyro999maniac]

@enniofranco Heart Attack no vehicles available

[cptjim]

Thanks for sharing this, Matthew. You always seem to be in the right place at the right time! What video camera are you using?

Best regards, Jim

[kertappa]

Hi James, I was going home when I heard EHMS circling overhead. We had some pretty bad weather at the same time, lightning and hail etc..

All the videos are filmed on my Casio Exilim (EXS-600) compact camera. It's pretty good, but the only problem is you can't zoom in/out during filming without losing quality (digital zoom).

Happy flying!

[cptjim]

Yeah, it looked like the weather had been pretty bad, I hope you didn't get caught in any down pours! That camera takes some great video, my little K800i phone isn't great for vids but takes some pretty good stills. I hope all is well in good ol' Blighty! Chat soon.

[sb55mv]

Fantastic Video, great quality picture and sound.

Many thanks for taking the time to share it with us all.

[RoyLL3]

Just one word!

Awesome!!

I really like your movies from this great machine!

Keep up the good work :D

Kind regards!

[kertappa]

Thanks RoyLL3!