* The Vital Link

The Texas Medical Centre is home to one of America's busiest and most highly respected air medical programs and this year celebrates 35 years of operation. Memorial Hermann Lifeflight was the first air ambulance program to operate in the state of Texas and the second in the United States and is still the only hospital based air ambulance program in Southeast Texas transporting in excess of 3000 patients annually. 

* The Italian Job

The use of helicopters to provide emergency medical services is nothing new, but at Air Green, based in Torino, Italy they do things a little different. Rather than being a case of Italian flair, their operations are dictated by politics, funding and geography.

* All On The Line

When a life is on the line it is often up to experienced helicopter teams such as those at the Sonoma County Sheriffs Helicopter Unit - Henry One, to reach and assist those in peril, but can we safeguard the saviours.

* Bigger and Better - Welcome the 429

Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia recently became the worlds first law enforcement unit to introduce the new Bell 429 into service, replacing its 407s. How is it working out, read on and see.

* Airborne at Sunrise

When a US utility company embarked on a major powerline construction project requiring helicopter support, no one involved realised the scale of the challenges they would face or the depth and complexity of the aviation resources they would need to assemble.