Aeromedical Rescue & Retrieval
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Aeromedical Rescue & Retrieval
Ep9 - Tim Frankel - HEMS Pilot, Military Veteran, Senior Contract Manager.
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Aeromedical Society of Australasia
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Season 1
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Episode 9
On this episode Cam and James chat with Tim Frankel. Tim was born in the UK, grew up in a hotel in Ethiopia, joined the UK Military deploying to Northern Island before becoming a helicopter pilot with service in Kosovo, and later in East Timor with the Australian Army. Tim is now the Senior Contract Pilot for the Toll Ambulance Rescue Helicopters based in NSW and ACT, Australia. Tim is shortly moving into his new role as Deputy Head of Flight Operations for Toll Helicopters.
Tim talks of his time in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, and East Timor. He shares some of the challenges and innovations that he has seen in his 8 years as a HEMS pilot and what the future of HEMS looks like.
