Wales Air Ambulance Fundraiser                               

and the winners are................................

Pwllheli couple   ANGELA & PAUL  (their story )

The runner up couples are.........

             STEPHANIE & PAUL 

  KIRSTY & JAMES   

 WALES AIR AMBULANCE FACTS

• it's YOUR Air Ambulance Service- funded by, and for, the people of Wales & those who visit us
• costs £3 million annually to run
• relies solely on charitable donations
• Pilot can have the helicopter airborne within 3 minutes of receiving an emergency call.
• Aircraft can travel at 140mph – over 2 miles per minute – reaching most parts of Wales within 20 minutes.
• 40% to serious road traffic collisions
• Treatment within the ‘Golden Hour’ improves the chance of patient survival / recovery
• Helicopter has the capacity to carry 1 pilot, 2 paramedics and 2 patients.
• CAERNARFON is one of the BUSIEST AIR AMBULANCES IN THE UK.
• Missions flown from Swansea and Caernarfon – 1000 each year.
• costs set to soar in 2009 to £4 million, with the mandatory upgrade to NEW GENERATION AIRCRAFT