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Sha Tin students to pull helicopter for charity
The following is issued on behalf of the Joint Service Public Relations Staff:
Students from Sha Tin College will work up a sweat tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon when they attempt to pull a 10,000-pound Royal Air Force Wessex helicopter in aid of charity.
Lining up on the apron at 28 (AC) Squadron in the New Territories will be 25 students who have all been sponsored to pull the Wessex 200 metres to raise money for the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, a charity which cares for street children in Vietnam.
Adding some extra poundage to the "pull" will be Senior Royal Air Force Officer (Hong Kong), Wing Commander Barrie Simmonds, who will monitor the event from the comfort of the Wessex's cockpit.
Christina Noble established her foundation in 1991 and all proceeds raised from tomorrow's sponsored event will go towards providing food, shelter, medical care and education for Vietnam's destitute street children. Here in Hong Kong the foundation is run by students at Sha Tin College who work hard all year round to raise money for the main branch in Vietnam.
28(AC) Squadron, based at Sek Kong, is equipped with six Wessex helicopters (four operational plus two in reserve). All squadron aircraft were built in 1963/64 and their tasks in Hong Kong include trooping, fast roping, transporting underslung loads, air to ground firing and search and rescue operations. The Wessex is 65 feet 10 inches in length and 14 feet five inches in height and has a rotor diameter of 56 feet. Its maximum range without refuelling is 250 miles and it carries a maximum load of 16 troops or 3,000 pounds.
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