All posts by: "Adrian Nance"

  1. 2013 – Thanks for the aid – both ways!

    We needed a good aid team to deliver help in 2013. Thanks for the aid! Here, a volunteer and our trustee Clive Langmead thanks Manuel…

  2. 2013 – Disaster surveys we did

    Surveys proved to be our main tasking. Are surveys important? It sounds unglamorous to some.  But surveys are a key part of what we call…

  3. 2013 – Aid cargo we delivered

    Aid Cargo – what is it? This photograph is an example of the sort of aid cargo we fly to people affected by disasters. If…

  4. Our ally in Mozambique – Sergio Ido!

    In Mozambique we have a key ally, Sergio Ido. He has been a friend of ours since 2007. In 2013 he was Wings Like Eagles’…

  5. The 2013 disaster response team assembles

    This is our disaster response team getting together. Clive Langmead (a Wings Trustee) meets Andrew Shipton (our helicopter pilot) to take the helicopter to Mozambique…

  6. Aid pilot Andrew Shipton – our helicopter pilot!

    Aid pilot Andrew Shipton is a fantastic part of our team.  He was our pilot for our 2013 flood response. Andrew Shipton is a current…

  7. Our 2013 response – and Wings’ ground coordinator, Clive Langmead!

    Our 2013 response was in a new area for us.  The Limpopo flooded.  The river is is southern Mozambique and many people live on the…

  8. Safe and airworthy!

    Our imported helicopter has passed all its inspections and has been declared safe and airworthy on the South African register.  She is no longer 5H-XSH…

  9. South African import – it’s done

    Today we paid the taxes for the helicopter to come out of the customs bond and be a South African import. We feel great! We…

  10. Speaking out for aviation in disasters

    By kind invitation our Chief Executive Adrian Nance has been speaking out about aviation, and our work in disasters. Speaking Out – the RAeS He…