   Helicopter EC130-B4
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   Registration: VH-OSA
   C/N: 3968 (2005)
   Operator: MAC rescue
   Operator Id: Rescue 53
   Location: Adelaide (YPAD), South Australia

   WEB-Link: http://www.mac.sa.gov.au/mac-rescue-helicopter


   MAC Rescue Helicopter
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   MAC is short for: (M)otor (A)ccident (C)ommission

   MAC Rescue is South Australia's rescue helicopter service and conducts more than 1,000
   missions across the state each year.

   MAC Rescue comprises three helicopters and is used by the health and emergency service
   organisations to undertake medical retrieval, policing, bushfire management and search
   and rescue tasks.

   MAC Rescue covers all areas of South Australia.

   MAC took over the sponsorship of the State Rescue Helicopter Service in July 2009,
   further strengthening its commitment to reducing the number and impact of road injuries
   and deaths from motor vehicle crashes.


   Who uses MAC Rescue ?
   ---------------------

   A number of State Government organisations use MAC Rescue:

    - SA Health (MedSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval Service) and SA Ambulance Service
      use the service to transport critically injured and ill patients from regional
      South Australia to major hospitals.

    - The SA Country Fire Service uses the service to assist fire-fighting operations
      in the country areas of South Australia.

    - SA Police use the service for crime prevention activities, search and rescue
      operations and also in the pursuit of motor vehicles and suspects.


   The MAC Rescue Helicopter Fleet
   -------------------------------

   The fleet consists of:
    - EC130 - Rescue 53 (this model)
    - BK117 - Rescue 52
    - Bell 412 - Rescue 51


   EC130 - Rescue 53
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   Single engine.

   Key missions include:

       - Police surveillance and patrols with the capacity to carry a STAR Group team
       - search and rescue over land and water
       - CFS (Country Fire Service) command and control
       - plotting of bush fires
       - aero medical back-up (1 patient)
       - neonatal retrieval (takes cot).

   see also:
   http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/about_us/what_we_do/aerial_firefighting/mac_rescue_helicopter.jsp


   Personal Notes of the Livery Editor (mhab):
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   The MAC rescue livery is quite impressive and unusual. There were not too many pictures
   available on the net as of the time of this writing.

   The model specifics of VH-OSA are an unusual V/UHF antenna and a very modern searchlight on
   the pilot's side. As of the time of this writing it took a while to find out about what type
   of searchlight it is. It is the Trakkabeam A800, manufactured by Trakka corporation
   based in Melbourne/Australia. http://www.trakkacorp.com/products/a-800
   It is of very modern design, smaller than the SX-16 of Spectrolab and - without questioning -
   state-of-the-art.

   Difficulties in editing the otherwise relatively easy VH-OSA livery were the unusual font
   used for the characteristic "MAC rescue" logo and the red-white color border which crosses
   the landing gear in a difficult angle. The texturing of this part of the model is very hard
   to handle due to the complex mapping of various small surfaces. It required some very detailed
   editing.


   last update: 2014-04-30
