Richard Hammond Air Ambulance Appeal

[sprinter885]

TB- What?-can't they come up with anything better than a cuppa?? And I thought they looked as though they they'd fit in..!!!
BEEB 1 at 7.30 a definite. Sod Corrie, or emmerdale whatever.

Edited by sprinter885 on Monday 25th September 15:48

[megy]

tallbloke said:

Any questions for the YAA team frrom you lot?

Whats the site like for a presentation, or would elvington be a better bet?

[Chocmonster]

tallbloke said:

Tallbloke posting from YAA control.
It's fantastic up here, the guys have had me sat in the heli and showed me round the controls and the medi station in the back, lots of pics to post later. I'll do a small photo journal as a seperate thread. Sat having a cuppa now on one of their spare PC's to post this.

Nice to know you're having fun while some of us are working...um okay, pretending to work.

I've wondered how the YAA come to have a yellow helicopter when others are green, red or orange. Anything significant in it?

[My Mistake]

whatever said:

whatever said:

apache said:

www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=406757&in_page_id=1773

back pedalling by the Mail?

I'm not sure. Besides, once again I felt compelled to comment.

I should stop, really.

Well, they displayed my comment, albeit abbreviated almost to the point of uselessness. Still, what they left out tells me more than what they left in...

Still, I've seen my name in print and can now rest easy.

(joke.)

At least yours made it up! I replied when there were no other comments, I guess they didn't like my pro-Top Gear reply. So much for free speech! I merely stated that perhaps the fact that Hammie's okay just proves how much Health and safety was in place and that the new series has to be suspended as the links are filmed on the Weds before. I feel

Edited by My Mistake on Monday 25th September 15:50

[Time Machine]

tallbloke said:

Tallbloke posting from YAA control.

BBC1 730pm Inside out program features the lads fromthe YAA doing their stuff.
Don't miss it.

It's fantastic up here, the guys have had me sat in the heli and showed me round the controls and the medi station in the back, lots of pics to post later. I'll do a small photo journal as a seperate thread. Sat having a cuppa now on one of their spare PC's to post this.


Any questions for the YAA team frrom you lot?

I'll try to catch Inside Out but am working late.

If they get a chopper in S Yorks where would it be based? I'm wondering if there would be a strategic benefit from locating it at the same place as the police chopper (Sheffield Airport or thereabouts I believe). If the new chopper is the same model as the old one then it'll also be the same spec as SY99 - possible reduced maintenance costs?

[tallbloke]

The Sun newspaper have just arrived. They are going to start a 1 million pound hammy's heli appeal!

[kriptone]

convert said:

Bob the Planner said:

As much as I disagree with Mr Hari's comments, is this the right thread to be discussing them. I thought this was supposed to be about Hampster getting better.

Thanks, you're spot on.

Richard, Keep up the good work.

PS have you tried strapping some fire extinguishers to your hospital bed, and racing to the nurses station yet

Oh and what happens if you stick a CD into an MRI scanner? I bet it makes a bigger bang than in a microwave !!!!

[TonyHetherington]

(I have no more to say to that).

Actually yes I do...

[PinkPanther]

tallbloke said:

The Sun newspaper have just arrived. They are going to start a 1 million pound hammy's heli appeal!

[My Mistake]

PinkPanther said:

tallbloke said:

The Sun newspaper have just arrived. They are going to start a 1 million pound hammy's heli appeal!

That's great!

[Idlehands]

tallbloke said:

The Sun newspaper have just arrived. They are going to start a 1 million pound hammy's heli appeal!

holy moley

The big guns have come out to play now!!

[jeevescat]

Can't The Sun do an appeal for all Air Ambulances, rather than just YAA.

[bor]

Wokka wokka wokka

The UK's skies must be black with air ambulances. It's like being back in 'Nam, hunting down the VC in the forests.

[Chocmonster]

Hey, they've nicked this sites idea!
Only joking, I think it's wonderful news!

[whatever]

Idlehands said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainm
stuff like this is much more likely to cause your kids to injure or kill themselves!

I'm glad TG have already done the feature with Parkour (it's on YT, for anyone who's interested). Fantastic stuff, and something which appeals to me easily as much as motoring.

[Idlehands]

jeevescat said:

Can't The Sun do an appeal for all Air Ambulances, rather than just YAA.

They'd probably prefer to buy a chopper and have "The Sun" emblazoned on the side.

I think we have to accept that this is the YAAs hour and just go with the flow.

[dexterace1]

hi has enyone thought about a charity auction, get the celebs to donate things to be sold over the internet.or maybe the sun could host it

[zoidberg]

tallbloke said:

The Sun newspaper have just arrived. They are going to start a 1 million pound hammy's heli appeal!

Brilliant news! Is this to help purchase the second YAA heli?

[rude-boy]

dexterace1 said:

hi has enyone thought about a charity auction, get the celebs to donate things to be sold over the internet.or maybe the sun could host it

One chap is/has already been auctionin off rides in his RS200

[whatever]

convert said:

Oh and what happens if you stick a CD into an MRI scanner? I bet it makes a bigger bang than in a microwave !!!!

(Boring answer: probably not very much, assuming it hasn't got a ferromagnetic substrate. They are supposed to be safe to go inside, you know!)

Appreciate the sentiment, though