Apparently a Flight for Life heli has broken down on top of Children's Hospital. The first crane they brought out wasn't tall enough, so I'm not sure what they are going to do now.
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Apparently a Flight for Life heli has broken down on top of Children's Hospital. The first crane they brought out wasn't tall enough, so I'm not sure what they are going to do now.
That's not good
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Good thing it died after they landed.
Did they opt for a crane before a heli mechanic?
Not sure I work next door so I'm just seeing the action. I wouldn't want to launch a newly fixed heli off of a 10 story building.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sawin
First thought:
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Do like we did on the carrier, push it over the side.
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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
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[Worth]
Not much to see. But imagine a broken helicopter on top of a building. When I left it looked like they had given up for the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by CO Hugh
What color helicopter should I imagine? I saw a Flight for life helicopter on a roof parked. Did it look similar to that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lurch
[LOL]
hmm thought it might be something exciting.
Not Flights, it was Airlink out of Scottsbluff, NE. Airlink is also the helicopter service out of Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
9News is still saying it is a Flight for Life helicopter when the video clearly show it as Airlink. Not every helicopter is Flight for Life. I am sure Flights likes it when the media assumes every helicopter is "Flight for Life", except when it is busted on the roof of a hospital.
In Colorado we have:
AirLife - Lone Tree, Hugo, Fredrick-Firestone, and Cheyenne
AirLink - Loveland
Classic Lifeguard - Steamboat Springs
REACH29 - Buena Vista
Flight for Life - Denver, Summit, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Durango
Memorial Star - Colorado Springs
Northern Colorado Medevac - Boulder, Greeley, Akron
St. Mary's Careflight - Grand Junction
Care Connect - La Junta
That's 17 Rotor Wing Air Medical Resources in the State of Colorado and one in Cheyenne that flies into Colorado. There are a handful that fly from New Mexico and Utah into Colorado as well.
"I once caught a helicopter THIIIIS BIG."
Dude, was that on live bait or artificial worms?Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperiorDG
Clearly, fly fishing.
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Originally Posted by ben4372
Which is the green one that is usually sitting next to I-25 near Loveland, Airlink?
Catch and release?
The light green helicopters are AirLife Denver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
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
All natural bait, large worms
I gotta think that "anywhere airborne" outstrips the roof of Children's as a bad place to have a malfunction... [ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by Chief_of_Scouts
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
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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Tristate CareFlight flies out of Taos, NM and Santa Fe, NM.Quote:
Originally Posted by foxtrot
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.