Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance pilot reaches landmark flying hour
Perth's Mark McGuire on track to complete a marathon every day in JuneNow a highly-respected pilot with Babcock, Russell has headed up flight operations at SCAA’s Perth Airport base since it launched seven years ago, initially flying the charity’s Bolkow 105 helicopter and then its upgraded EC 135 air ambulance.Despite his crucial rotary role, however, Russell loves his character Fokker aircraft which he hangers at Perth Airport alongside his two-seater RV6 touring aircraft.“Reaching my 11,000th flying hour while circling above my Perthshire home and workplace in the Fokker was a special moment,” explained Russell.“I notched up my 10,000th hour while on a mission with SCAA and - one thousand hours on - this landmark was under much more