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The heat is on in new RAF training simulator

8th January 2009 - 06:00 GMT | by Tony Osborne in London

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RAF Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERTS) will benefit from a new training simulator at RAF Lyneham.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the £42,000 simulator is a detailed replica of the inside of a Chinook helicopter. Simulator systems provide light and sound effects, and it can even be fitted with giant hot air blowers to recreate the scorching heat of the Afghan summer.

The system is essential to prepare the MERTS teams allowing them to become familiar with the difficulties and challenges dealing with casualties in the air.

The teams are made up of highly specialist medical personnel who provide

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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