24 May: With a loan of CHF 400,000, Swiss Air-Rescue participates in the purchase of a Cessna 414 with a pressurised cabin. That same day, the machine, bearing the registration number HB-LFM, is despatched on its first repatriation mission, to Fréjus (France).

24 –27 September: During Swiss Air-Rescue’s second international helicopter symposium, held on the Kleine Scheidegg, for the first time in the history of air-rescue, mountain guides and paramedics suspended on the end of a hoist cable are set down from the hovering helicopter at five different sites on the north face of the Eiger.

15 May: A rescue helicopter, the so-called «Baby Helicopter», is permanently stationed on the roof of the Zurich Children’s Hospital.

After extensive negotiations, the Zurich Cantonal Council approves a trial phase for the use of the rescue helicopter to assist with road accidents.

20 February: Swiss Air-Rescue charters a Super Caravelle to repatriate Swiss nationals who have been injured in a bus accident in Assuan (Egypt).

5 March: After Bucharest (Rumania) is hit by a severe earthquake, Swiss Air-Rescue spontaneously offers its assistance. For the first time ever, a Western rescue organisation helps out in an Eastern bloc country.

30 April: Swiss Air-Rescue celebrates its 25th anniversary in Kloten. To mark the occasion, the new air-ambulance with the registration, HB-VEM, is christened «Albert Schweitzer».

18 November: The first direct rescue of two mountaineers from the acclivity of the north face of the Eiger is successfully carried out, an operation that until then had been considered impossible.

At their General Meeting in Zurich on 12 May, the active members of the Swiss Air-Rescue Association resolve with an overwhelming majority to set up a Swiss Air-Rescue Foundation. The foundation takes over the association’s assets and liabilities. From now on, patrons’ annual contributions, legacies and donations flow into this trust. Dr. med. h.c. Fritz Bühler is appointed Chairman of the Foundation Board.