Flight for Life Heli stuck on Childrens

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Originally Posted by Irving

Which is the green one that is usually sitting next to I-25 near Loveland, Airlink?

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The light green helicopters are AirLife Denver.

I am a former AirLink pilot from Scottsbluff, NE and have flown that helicopter many times. There are some bad places to have a malfunction, Children's Hospital in Denver has to be one of the worst.

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Originally Posted by spqrzilla

Dude, was that on live bait or artificial worms?

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All natural bait, large worms

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Originally Posted by Chief_of_Scouts

The light green helicopters are AirLife Denver.

I am a former AirLink pilot from Scottsbluff, NE and have flown that helicopter many times. There are some bad places to have a malfunction, Children's Hospital in Denver has to be one of the worst.

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I gotta think that "anywhere airborne" outstrips the roof of Children's as a bad place to have a malfunction... [ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

I gotta think that "anywhere airborne" outstrips the roof of Children's as a bad place to have a malfunction... [ROFL1]

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Not really. Many malfunctions result in just landing the helicopter, either immediately or at a nearby airport. If it breaks on a rooftop helipad, it is stuck there until fixed or moved, as seen in the picture.

Bet it was just out of gas.

Fixed wing pilots take off and cruise. Rotary wing pilots take off and immediately begin looking for places to land.

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

Tri-state also serves Colorado (if I got the name right). Wifey got a ride once. Not sure where their helicopter is out of, has to be Western Co b/c the fast turnaround. I never knew it wasn't St. Mary's careflight until after the fact. Some people are born clumsy, the type that would trip into a stream 5 feet from a waterfall. Other people marry that kind of clumsy.

But I know you're list doesn't really consider the "rest" of Colorado, ya know, the red-headed step children. [mop] [Flower]

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Tristate CareFlight flies out of Taos, NM and Santa Fe, NM.

TriState Careflight (now owned by AirMethods) flies out of Raton-my older son is a flight medic with the company and is based there. They handle SW Colorado, N New Mexico, E Utah.