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An Ecocopter AS350 (above) arrives with


Pfizer vaccine doses for medical


personnel. Ecocopter pilot Claudio


Avendaño (below) celebrates the


delivery with Karla Rubilar Barahona, Chile’s minister of family and social development.


four vaccine makers and recently opened vaccination to all citizens over 60 years of age in an effort to beat the potential autumn wave of infections that could come as soon as March. A long, thin country


with considerable rural and mountainous ter- rain, Chile required creative support to meet its aggressive vaccine schedule. Te Chilean Aerial Federation (FEDACH), a civilian general aviation orga- nization, had begun working with the Chilean government, much as BHA’s Fauchon had. However, realizing that it needed to reach many areas with little or no aviation infra- structure, FEDACH soon reached out to Moraga and ACHHEL to manage helicopter support. “As more vaccines arrived, FEDACH began working with


the government to see how civilian operators can help,” Moraga says. “Yet they need helicopters to deliver directly


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to hospitals and other rural areas that are not near airports. Teir helicopter members are private pilots. We were able to help with our commercial operators.”


ACHHEL began the


helicopter vaccine deliv- ery program with a few donated flights to gather data on timing, routes, and procedures, includ- ing the safe transpor- tation of the super-cold vaccine using dry ice, a hazardous material. In consultation with Chilean health author- ities, ACHHEL is cur- rently transporting vaccines only with cold gel.


HAI’s Martino shared


the FAA’s vaccine trans- portation regulations with Moraga, and Fauchon shared the CAA’s template proce-


dures. Tis information will help Moraga contribute to and support Chile’s civil aviation regulator, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), in its development of regu- lations for that country.


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