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  2. German rescue swimming badge - Wikipedia

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    Demonstrating CPR for three minutes; Demonstrating proficiency in using rescue aids: How to use a throw bag with rope; How to use a throw ball with rope (very similar to a throw bag) Devices for CPR; Exam. Demonstrating proficiency in (written test): Rescue swimming badge in gold as awarded by the ASB. Methods of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

  3. Cessna 172 - Wikipedia

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    The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company. [2] First flown in 1955, [2] more 172s have been built than any other aircraft. [3] It was developed from the 1948 Cessna 170 but with tricycle landing gear rather than conventional landing gear.

  4. Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 - Wikipedia

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    At 8:59 am, the PSA crew was alerted by the approach controller about a small Cessna 172 aircraft nearby. The Cessna was being flown by two licensed pilots. One was Martin Kazy Jr., 32, who possessed single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument flight ratings, as well as a commercial certificate and an instrument flight instructor certificate ...

  5. Mathias Rust - Wikipedia

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    Flight path. Rust, aged 18, was an inexperienced pilot, with about 50 hours of flying experience at the time of his flight. On 13 May 1987, Rust left Uetersen Airport, near Hamburg and his home town Wedel, in his rented Reims Cessna F172P, registration D-ECJB, which was modified by removing some of the seats and replacing them with auxiliary fuel tanks.

  6. American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Red Cross adopted the nationwide plan in January 1914 and established the Red Cross Life Saving Corps. The corps is the forerunner of the present-day Red Cross water safety program. Longfellow organized the lifesaving program. [1] The Jacksonville Beach Volunteer Corps is the last of its kind in the country. [2] The American Red Cross ...

  7. Wasserwacht - Wikipedia

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    In 1883, during a flood, German Red Cross aids were used for the first time. In the following years, "Sanität und Wasserwehrkolonnen" (medical and water rescue stations) developed along the coast and inland waters. After World War II, the Wasserwacht, as a government organization, was forbidden by the allied military administration. But the ...

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving general aviation

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    In March 2013, BBC London report indicated that the crash could have been prevented, based on a study written to which "19 experts contributed, from organisations including National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the MoD, the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit and the British Helicopter Advisory Board". A number of safety issues had been raised ...

  9. American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps Station

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    The ARCVLSC volunteer ranks include more than 120 active members and hundreds of alumni of the Corps. In its 106 years of service, members of the Corps have recorded 1,430 lifesaving rescues, 1,753 assists to swimmers in distress, and more than 25,000 first aid cases ranging from jellyfish stings to broken limbs.