Lifesaving.On 11 August 1944 an electric-powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS CGAS Coast Guard Air Station CGAS Children's Global Assessment Scale Floyd Bennett Field Floyd Bennett Field, now defunct as an active airfield, was New York City's first municipal airport. Located in Brooklyn, it was created by connecting Barren Island to a number of smaller marsh islands by filling the channels between them with pumped sand from the water's bottom, , N.Y. During a four-day test period in Jamaica Bay, the feasibility of rescuing people from the water was demonstrated, above. Six weeks later, a hydraulic hoist, which overcame the disadvantages of the electric hoist, was installed and successfully tested, leading to its adoption for service use. The first widespread use of the helicopter in a lifesaving role was during the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. . Below, an HO3S-1 from Marine Observation Squadron 6 evacuates a wounded man during combat on 3 October 1950. Naval Aviation's peacetime and combat experience with the helicopter proved the versatility of rotary-wing aircraft. From military helos rescuing stranded flood victims and hikers, to community emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' medical evacuation aircraft, the helicopter has become a fixture in both military and civilian lifesaving. |
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