Jet Suit paramedic takes test flight in Lake District
Gravity Industries’ 1050bhp Jet Suit can deliver a first responder to a casualty site in a fraction of the time that it would take a mountain rescue team.
This is the conclusion of a test flight that took place in the Lake District, an area of north west England that attracts around 15 million visitors a year, some of whom run into difficulties on the area’s elevated terrain.
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The test, a collaboration between Gravity Industries and the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), saw Gravity Industries founder and Chief Test Pilot Richard Browning fly from the bottom of a valley to a simulated casualty site. The simulated casualty site would take around 25 minutes to reach by foot but the Gravity Jet Suit covered the distance in 90 seconds, opening a range of possibilities for use in emergency response.
The exercise was the culmination of a year of discussion between GNAAS and Gravity Industries.
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