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Provo, and Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, with a Neonatal Transport team based at Primary Regional Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Intermountain Life Flight’s specialty care teams are also able to manage LVAD, balloon pump, and obstetrics patients at high risk.
FlightSafety and Air Methods Announce New Learning Center in Colorado Equipped with Level D Simulators
increased emergency response capability to the communities they serve.
AgustaWestland Completes GrandNew Deliveries to Intermountain Life Flight
AgustaWestland recently announced that Intermountain Life Flight of Utah has taken delivery of its fi fth GrandNew for EMS and SAR missions as they expand service to patients throughout the western United States.
Completed in Philadelphia, the GrandNew delivered to Intermountain Life Flight provides
Mission equipment includes modern EMS interior in addition to a rescue hoist, wire strike protection, snow skis, and NVG compatibility. NVGs will improve pilot and crew vision and allow fl ight teams to identify hazards during night EMS operations as well as enhance the crew’s ability to fi nd and locate stranded hikers when light sources are limited.
Intermountain Life Flight’s helicopters are
based at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in
FlightSafety International announces that it has entered into a comprehensive long- term agreement with Air Methods - the global leader in air medical transportation - to provide four Level D qualifi ed full fl ight simulators at the company’s new learning center in Colorado. The facility is scheduled to open in 2016.
“We look forward to opening this new center of excellence for helicopter training in Colorado to serve Air Methods,” said Bruce Whitman, President and CEO. “Air Methods is setting a new standard for helicopter safety by insisting on Level D qualifi ed simulator- based training for their pilots who fl y single- and twin-engine helicopters. This agreement demonstrates the commitment Air Methods and FlightSafety share to enhance safety and our ability to deliver high quality, cost- eff ective training solutions and services.”
The new learning center will be equipped
1936
The year the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was fi rst fl own. Often deemed the fi rst practical helicopter, it was developed by German professor Henrich Focke and engineer Gerd Achgelis. Maximum speed was 70 mph.
20 January 2015
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The typical maximum seconds someone on the ground close enough to notice will hear a helicopter passing overhead
2025 5,600
The number of helicopters
projected to be built in Russia by 2025, includes 2,300 civilian rotorcraft
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