HUMANITARIAN
PILOTS INITIATIVE

After the first very successful test drops in Switzerland in 2018 from a PAC-750, HPI was now able to demonstrate further successful tests with the Super Versatile Airdrop System. Various boxes from two different aircraft - the Beech Baron 58 with its cargo door removed and a Cessna Grand Caravan in a parachute configuration - were successfully and safely dropped at the Mengen-Hohentengen airfield. With different wind and weather conditions the overflights from low altitude a

This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in March 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crew with their aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In March 2021 we flew 9 missions, with a total flight time of 51 hours and 42 minutes. We spotted around 476 persons in distress aboard 7 different boats. *Since 2017, together with the Swiss NGO Humanitarian Pilots Initiative, Sea-Watch monitors the Central Mediterranean with its aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. Download Full Re