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Planning for the coming 20 years


LifeFlight of Maine has built a statewide air ambulance infrastructure from the ground up over the last two decades. All its helicopters feature labs, pharmacies, ultrasound, blood and plasma.


Now it’s looking to use next-gen aviation, infrastructure, medical personnel, medical technology, and communications/decision support over the coming two decades to become even more cost efficient, safe, reliable, and ecumenical, Judge said.


“We’re at this next pivot point,” he said. For one thing, “We’re going to be in a very different airspace.” He predicts that instrument flight will become required as airspace becomes more crowded. To reach


LifeFlight’s aviation partner, Dallas-based SevenBar, staffs eight experienced Aviation Maintenance Technicians who ensure the highest safety standards are met for the three helicopters and one airplane.


its goal of ‘tunnels in the sky,’ LifeFlight is moving to an LPV system that will offer the highest-precision GPS instrument approach; to do so, it will have to replace its older two Leonardo AW helicopters. Burr values the AW109SP’s four-axis autopilot as well, because “we have the ability to become systems monitors.” On foggy nights over mountainous terrain, he can focus on his surroundings and avoid potential vertigo.


LifeFlight officials also are looking forward to the Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) technology for helipads, stemming from research by Elbit Systems with the FAA.


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Sept/Oct 2018


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