Wānaka Rotary Club member George Scott (left) and Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter managing director Graeme Gale are grateful for the new IFR route. Photo / Gregor RichardsonWānaka Rotary Club member George Scott (left) and Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter managing director Graeme Gale are grateful for the new IFR route. Photo / Gregor RichardsonNew technology which will help rescue helicopters fly to Wānaka at night and in bad weather could be “the difference between life and death”. An instrument flight rules (IFR) route has been created for the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust after a $39,000 donation from the Wānaka Rotary Club. But according to Gale, “no-one’s ever had helicopter IFR in and out of Central”.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 06, 2023 13:28 UTC