There are things YOU DON'T KNOW about RESCUE HELICOPTERS! Explained by CAPTAIN JOE
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With more than 50 rescue helicopters and 37 stations, the non-profit ADAC Luftrettung is one of the largest air rescue organizations in Europe. The ADAC rescue helicopters are part of the German rescue service system, are always requested from the control center via the emergency number 112 and are on the spot for any accident victim or sick person in an emergency. "Against time and for life" is the guiding principle of ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH because especially in the case of serious injuries or illnesses, the faster the patient is transported to a suitable hospital or treated on site by the emergency physician, the better their chances of survival or convalescence.
Our life-saving work during the flood of the century in the Ahrtal (Ahr Valley) in 2021 was particularly in the public eye: At the height of the flood disaster, up to six ADAC rescue helicopters were active in the flooded areas. In total, our flying Yellow Angels completed more than 200 rescue missions in July and August 2021, including 111 winch rescues. The special helicopter "Christoph 23 Bravo", which was specially deployed to the Ahr Valley, flew 36 special missions with rescue winches in the first few hours to save people from roofs or from houses and squares trapped by water.
00:00 Introduction
00:31 1st Emergency Call
03:11 Where is the pilot sitting
03:29 Picking up the doctor
05:28 Weather and Notams
07:57 2nd Emergency Call at Night
10:14 Talking about Take-off and Landing
12:10 Refuelling a helicopter
13:31 Final Words + Outro
Intro Song:
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Outro Song:
Joakim Karud & Dyalla - Wish you were here www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXrxB...
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INTERVIEW VIDEO: For everyone asking where the interview video is between Jens and me, it’s going online next Thursday 02.02. at 19:00 UTC. See you guys there
and the outside check ?:)
Capitain Joe, estão usando seu perfil e fotos para dar golpes, enviei por e-mail para você, porém, não obtive resposta
Danke für deine großartigen Videos! Grüße aus Österreich🙃
If you really want to see some daring stuff you should check out actual Search & Rescue with the Irish Coast Guard! Out into the Atlantic at night..
So where is the interview video? (04.02.)😅
I lived in Germany in the 1980s. They were one of the few "costless" helicopter rescue services in the World. Their is a memorial on the A1 with a Christop helicopter mounted there. One thing is that every nation has some sort of rescue service and, unfortunately, I have had to avail myself after a serious fall while hiking. Thank you, A.D.A.C. for leading the way.
The memorial is a Bo105 at "Kamener Kreuz", where the motorways A1 and A2 meet, just as you said.
A dumb question: what do mean "coastless" helicopter? That is only used on the mainland?
@@paoloviti6156 "at no cost", meaning the medical passenger won't be charged.
@@paoloviti6156 The word was costless. That means the service is provided at no cost to the patient. It's more important that the patient be transported than be checked for the ability to pay. A.D.A.C. members pay for the maintenance of the helicopters.
@@mildlemon7866 thanks for the clarification 👍 👍
I love how respectfully you treated this video with the patients but also being able to show us what it is like
a big factor probably was german privacy laws/data protection laws. but joe seems to be the type of person to respect the patients privacy even without those laws
The only helicopter flight I ever made was in the back of a yellow "Christoph"... Sadly I have no memory of it as I was unconscious. Thank you to all these people giving their best every day saving lives!
All off the emergency helicopters in Germany and Luxembourg and maybe other adjacent countries too, have the name Christoph-(Number) or Christophus because Christoph is a Saint for the ones conducting vehicles and the saviour of the travelling people
That takes some SKILL to land on that platform exactly where he needs to in order for the rotor to clear the doors as it rolls back inside! Excellent video, Captain Joe!! These rescue folks don't get enough credit for what they do.
10-15years ago I watched Medicopter 117 on telly. I was and I am still impressed with these aircrafts and it's staff members.
I was hoping Joe would mention the show, but at least people in the comments did :)
More than 10 years ago I spent a day flying with a BK117 EMS helicopter. It was amazing!
Unlike 99% of the other short documentaries on rescue helicopters I really appreciate that you focused on the pilot's work for the most part. It's really rare to see that part of it as the attention of every TV camera usually lies on the medical team's work. As a helicopter pilot myself I really got a kick out of your commentary, it's lovely to hear your genuine amazement of things that seem completely natural to us chopper jocks, like e.g. lots of planning on the go, all the things to consider when selecting a landing zone or actually cleaning our own aircraft (Btw the oil stains on the uniform usually allows you to tell helicopter pilots apart from airplane pilots on the ramp!). And it's a good reminder to use every chance to broaden your horizon.
Living close to a big hospital, we have helicopters crossing over our house occasionally (they actually moved the landing pad, now it's more rare). I have full admiration for these pilots, as I have seen rescue helicopters land in impossible places. Thanks to all the crews of these important service!
What a great and inspiring video, one of the best yet in the channel. There is no career more noble than those who help people in their hour of need. And flying to do it is just divine. The doctors, pilots, paramedics, mechanics, everyone involved in those operations are true heroes. They are angels who descend from the sky to help people in need.
At the firefighters, when we are called to secure a landing spot of the rescue helicopter, we have to be really quick after the alarm. During the pandemic, helis were used more frequently, as the nearby hospitals, in reach of cars, were full and the patient had to be flown else where.
As a paramedic, I look up to these guys. they are the best of the best at what they do and its awe inspiring to watch them save lives. thank you for what you do.
Really impressive how these rescue operations are tighly coordinated. ADAC surely does a stellar job of heli maintenance too. Joe, you may also try to get a ride with the Swiss mountain rescue Rega! They can fly in IFR conditions and they have lots of equipment for dealing with icing and bad weather with their current fleet. They snatch people off of glaciers and mountain sides throughout the year.
I was a patient in a similar model, and indeed the flight was amazingly smooth and stable. Didn't know what to expect, and it was my first helicopter flight ever, so no comparison with other helicopters.
Captain Jo! This was a fantastic video. We have the same rescue heli's here in Norway. I can see them every day flying over my house in Oslo several times. They are doing a great job. There was a terrible accidend at Solihøgda near by Oslo for some years a go with an ambulance helicopter hitting some powerlines because the map was too old to show this lines at the map. They tried to save a truckdriver with a heartattack. Instead, the helicopter crashed on the place and killed 3 people in the heli. Very sad story. Something like this, has never happened again. And I hope it not will happen anytime at all. This people are doing a great job!!!! The best to you and of course the Germam rescueteem!! 🙂
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Ikke glem SAR QUEEN!
I serviced Ventilators and Heart pump equipment and a client was a Rescue Chopper, great people! Also way cool that they could use a vent or heart pump "On the Fly" Har har har. The rescue helicopter site was pretty remote from the Phoenix Area. It was interesting to learn that they are not based out of the city to avoid dealing with air traffic clearance for takeoffs and landing from base. Easier to deal with it on the fly as you approach the rescue site. Also increased your odds of being close to remote rescue areas in the mountains where people hike.
Thanks for this Joe. I've been amazed at other vids on KZhead where ADAC choppers landed in some very challenging spots, including a small village street and a mountain highway. These pilots and medical crews are amazing!
I amazed how the pilot let it look easy to land on such a tiny platform!
I think that if you have the experience those pilots have. That it somehow does become easy. As in they know there helicopter so well they could almost fly blind.
This "tiny platform" is bigger than some of the off-airport landing zones I have seen them make in my years in EMS. My favourite was when they came in over the lake, came down to just above the waves and landed sideways _under_ the big trees with the skids on either side of a sandbox in the yard.
Absolutely great video, Joe! Thanks to share these amazing heli operations that save lives! Congrats from Portugal 🙂👍🇵🇹
Thank you for this video with the crews from ADAC. I work flight dispatch for a hospital based HEMS- helicopter EMS service in the US. We operate Bell 407, EC135 & EC155. The pilots and the medical crews are definitely a unique and awe inspiring bunch. Weather is usually our biggest issue with flights otherwise are crews are ready to go 24/7. It is interesting how different countries operate rescue helicopters and I enjoy the insight into this one for sure as ADAC is a world class organization an one we all could learn a few things from. Their Hangar base is pretty cool as well with the on rails trolley system they have.
Fantastic video Joe! Nice to see the appreciation from you to the crew.
Hallo Captain, einfach wieder ein ausgezeichnetes und aufschlussreiches Video von Ihnen! Besten Dank dafür 😊👍🏼
My mood always goes up hearing the good ol “dear friends and followers” 😊
As a Paramedic I found this video to be amazing ! To see the operations of a medic helicopter in another country compared to my country is always fascinating to learn from. Great vid 👍
Love the glass flight deck. Would like to see some of the life saving equipment aboard. Thank you for a great intro.
Amazing high quality video! Very very well explained! Thank you Captain
Excellent video! Thank you!!! This gives you a good reason to go into MSFS and start helicopter flying!
Thanks for a great video Joe - informative, respectful but light hearted in places where you were like a kid let loose in a toy shop! I knew that air ambulance pilots had to very good but you illustrated so well some of the special skills that they use. Thank you.
I can see how it would be easy to develop a deep admiration and respect for those who have chosen this profession…
A really great informative video. I flew with Army Air on occassion, not as a pilot, but rather an observer. I miss flying around with them. I've been around a number of medical evacs as well, and the quiet tension is undeniable. Everyone was usually exhausted after a tense deployment. But they were as professional as the team you depicted here. I actually knew the techniques for taking off, and landing by observing our crew, and talking with them. I never made it to Ft. Rucker though for pilot training. Oh well. I just really appreciated this video right now. Thanks. Cpt. Joe.
Pretty cool to see this perspective! I've been a paramedic for most of the last year during the civil service we have to do in Austria. During that time I've had a few occasions where we needed an emergency doctor quickly. In rural areas, of course, flying is normally a lot faster than driving with a car to a lot of locations - especially if something happens in the mountains. All the encounters were very professional and the helicopter crews are indeed very calm in every situation. Awesome to see what happens after we provided first aid for the patients!
In Venezuela I flew in the predecessor of this helicopter, the Bö 105, an excellent machine.
A big shout out to al the rescue workers. What a nice job to be a rescue helicopter pilot. Nice to have you back Joe.
Haha, imagine you would have to clean your 747 yourself each time. 😁 But as always great video showing our „Christoph's“ doing their very important work 👍 Always save flights to them 👍
Very interesting and informative, especially since it's out of your normal fixed wing arena. Thanks to you and the ADAC team.
Love that design of that hanger with all the open light, I haven't seen any like that over here in the states.
Excellent Insight, thanks Joe and the Crews involved.
The way how Captain Joe speaks with so much joy and positivity and moral is just excellent. I managed to watch this video relaxingly and at ease with his friendly and joyful manner. Keep it up Capt!
Another great and interesting video Joe! Keep it up!
Not all helicopters have the PIC (pilot in command) in the right seat. I learned in a model that was left seat, and Aurbus even have a small single engine model(H130) that is left seat, so they can fit in more pax. H145 is a lovely machine. These guys do an incredible job. Loved this video. Had no idea some operated worh night vision goggles!
The main reason why the H130 has its pilot's seat on the left is that it was mainly made for helicopter sightseeing and has 3 seats in the front (instead of the usual 2). Since the seats are much closer together and the center console is also very small, there is a high risk that passengers will accidentally or panic grab the pilot's collective lever (the control that makes the helicopter climb and descend). Since helicopter pilots are used to having their left hand on the collective, you cannot easily change its position. So they changed the pilot's position to put the collective out of reach for passengers and reduce the risk.
@@jens_ru correct. But as I said the helicopter I originally learned to fly in (Hughes 300b) was flown from the left for mostly CoG reasons. Also, similar to the EC130 it allowed two passengers if the right hand collective was removed.
@@MeppyMan Hughes/Schweizer 300, Bell 47 and Hughes/MD 500 are indeed flown from the left seat depending on the version. However, only if there are two passengerseats beside the pilot. In the case of versions with only one seat, the pilot sits on the right again. Since I've never flown the 300 and I don't have the manual, I can't judge whether the CoG also has something to do with it. Interesting topic in any case.
@@jens_ru fuel tank was on the right on the b model. I can assure we always flew it from the left as I did the 500s I flew.
@@jens_ru maybe a long shot: Eb0la from Herne?
Well explained
This was so fascinating! thank you for the video
Excelente reportaje. Contigo se aprende muchas cosas, que otros pilotos ó aviadores no muestran. Saludos desde Bogotá Colombia
Wonderful work Captain Joe! Those of us in the medical field appreciate this!
Fantastic! Welcome back, Joe! Great video! I got driven to the hospital in North Carolina in 2001 because the helicopter had another mission. Sorry I missed the trip. Glad you got to go as a passenger, not a patient.
Dear Joe, Jens and others, thanks for this inspiring video! I've seen this one and the interview, and today I had the chance to talk to a colleague of Jens and learn some additional things I wondered about. I think it was a relief for him that I wasn't person 903 asking him about the same elementary/rudimentary things, because the videos taught me so much already. Probably because of that, we ended up talking about things waaaay different from helicopters. You people are awesome and I have the deepest respect for what you do! And thanks once again Joe for making these videos - everything I said in the previous sentence is about you too!
I didn't want this video to ever end. Love from a med student and pilot in Iceland.
Amazing video as always, Captain Joe going out of his way to film a great video for his viewers!
Well explained captain
Thank you very much for this very impressive Video!👍
Great job these guys do, sorry to hear about patient 2.
Thank you for this video. I work as a flight nurse on a ec135 in the US. Was interesting to see the similarities and differences between HEMS in the two countries.
I actually work near the Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm and hear the helicopter fairly often. Thanks for showing :)
This content ist so interesting! Please continue on producing with ADAC Luftrettung!!
Thanks you Captain - very informative AND entertaining. One aspect I find quite remarkable too is that, after receiving an alert, the helicopter is airborne in less than 5 minutes. Every second counts!
There are additional reasons for keeping some translational speed. In descent it prevents "settling with power'. That's a condition where the aircraft generates a vortex ring (like a smoke ring). The vortex creates a strong downdraft in the centre, where the helicopter is and can slam the helicopter into the ground. It also makes it possible to enter autorotation more easily, and with less loss of altitude. Again, helping to avoid slamming into the ground. This means that vertical takeoff and landing are the most dangerous ways of flying, and should be avoided wherever possible.
...as indicated in the "height-velocity diagram" which is part of any helicopter's operating manual.
@@mildlemon7866 or as my instructor called it, "the dead man's curve"
@@gasdive as a aerial work / utility pilot: the money making curve ;)
@@chrisr8996 sure. I had the choice of two instructors. The one I liked a lot, the one who called it the dead man's curve. He retired about 10 years ago, in his 70's. Ending a career that spanned tens of thousands of hours from combat in Vietnam through to SAR and finally years buzzing around in R22s (that a lot of pilots think are too dangerous to fly) The one I wasn't so keen on. He had a tail rotor gearbox failure while hovering at about 100 ft. The fuel tanks split on impact and he burned to death. I guess he was about 23ish. I'm happy to stay out of the crosshatch part of the height - velocity diagram.
@@gasdive Absolutely, no need to go into it if you don't have to and if you do, you try to mitigate the risk wherever possible. It just lies in the nature of some of the jobs.
Very interesting and informative video. Thanks very much.
Absolutely brilliant video - your enthusiasm is infectious and made this a really special insight into a critical job.
great to watch! Thank You for this!
Absolutely amazing! 😊👍
Thank you for the great insights. It's a dream job - no matter on which of the three CREW seats you sit on (preference would be the pilot's seat of course)
Awesome video. Much respect for all first responders
Great Video! I am deeply impressed by the work of heli pilots, and especially rescue helicopters. Would love to be a part of the Crew! Huge respect to the guys, and thanks that they are capable of saving lives!
It's really fun to watch you exploring the rescue helicopter operation when you're just full of excitement and passion about the topic!
One of your best videos Joe. Well done.
Hey Joe!!! You have great videos.... love them.... but upload more man, keep it up!!!
Wath an impressive video! Thanks Joe for puting this effort in to a prouction like this! I just have to give full thumb rating 5/5 with a star on this one! 😎👍👍👍👍👍 💥
This was awesome! The flying club that I train out of is right next to the hangar for the rescue helicopter service in my city. They operate a similar aircraft and I often watch them coming in and out. Thank you for the inside view 😁
Stunning. Every time I watch one of your videos, I want to learn to fly. Thank you and continued success. 🙏
Wonderful video and explanation, thankyou.
Interesting to see the use of a moveable deck (and the complexity of take off and landing associated with that) to get around the limitations of a skid based landing gear. Here in Australia we generally use the agusta 175 as the HEMS platform of choice and that’s a wheeled landing gear system. Main benefit being it can be stowed in a regular aircraft hanger and towed out to the pad by a standard tug rather than needing all this additional dedicated equipment that’s shown in this video.
My uncle was a pilot for life flight for over 25 years. Got to hear all about operations and stories. We got to check out the hanger and roof tops of hospitals. Back years ago the pilots got to take passengers at the end of the night for a ride back to the airport hanger, those were some fun times to see the city and part of the mountains from the air. He got to do search and rescue missions alot and hoist people out of the mountains to safety. They got to work alot with fire departments, search and rescue, ski patrol.
Interesting episode. I always heard that helicopters, rather would have some airspeed during landing and take off in case of a tailrotor failure. Then the tailfin will still make some stability.
really interesting, thank you!
Great video captain Thanks!
Awesome video Joe! Thank you!
The Fireman at 11:09 knows how to proper guide in a helicopter. Either he was former military or they had a real good instructor at their fire station.
That was a great video. The air rescue helicopters and crews are amazing.
Absolutely great video ! Very impressive
G,day Captain Joe from Sydney Australia. Great story and very informative. The helicopter operations really reduce the transport time for patients, getting them to specialist services. 🍸🤔
What a great video, thanks for sharing - of course we’re huge fans of the H145 🚁
Great vid.
Fascinating video!
Capt Joe, wow... I have to tell you that you have gotten me through my VOR, HOLDs, and everything else you have given me more knowledge about FOR MY 🚁 INSTRUMENT CERT. Now I see you excecitement in 🚁 flight and I know you'll see what has driven me to this career path. As a retired. US AIRMARSHAL and Bodyguard for Matt Damon and an Israeli Dignitary for 20 years. This is my new love and passion. Congratulations FROM the United States and THANK YOU!
a great video again ! Well done !
That was a amazing video ❤ thank u x
Great to see you in a different aircraft Joey! Beautiful aerial view of the Ulm Minster, world's tallest church tower and birthplace of Albert Einstein!
Joe, this is a really impressive and professional video, you've made. Respectful for involved patients, and a lot very interesting technical details, that you explain. I think it's definitely a different between flying a helicopter or B747
As an Air-Medical Dispatcher this a really cool video, I get to see the other side of the radio. My service here in Buffalo, NY we fly the Bell 429
Great video Captain well done.
Excellent video! Thank you.
Huge respect for all the emergency personnel in general but this set up is really amazing. Good to know to have these guys always having our back's. Unfortunately, there is not enough appreciation for the people doing this unique and highly dangerous job. Thanks guys and stay safe!
Can you provide the two links in the videos? It won't let me select those videos. As a helicopter pilot - its great to see this type of Captain Joe videos!
Enjoyed that.
As far as I recall from other videos about helicopters landing in forward flight instead of vertically also has some energy advantages in situations where the engine fails. And I think you are less likely to enter a vortex ring state that way too.
So glad you made a video on air ambulances
Wonderful video. Thank-you.
Great video Captain Joe good work!
Love the song “Like a dog chasing cars”.
the only helicopter I would not prefer to be in if not needed.. Great VDO!
Fab! Thanks to you and to all