Westpac Rescue Helicopter pilot Richard Nest retires after years of giving back to community

By Nick Bielby
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:32am, first published July 5 2020 - 10:00am
New horizons: Flight trainer Richard Nest has retired after a long career in the air. Picture: Simone De Peak
New horizons: Flight trainer Richard Nest has retired after a long career in the air. Picture: Simone De Peak

He has had a job in the sky since 1983 - the past eight of those years with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. But on Friday, Richard Nest retired.

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