Name: Coast Guard team visits Beaver Island in a new French helicopter, April 2005
Start: 2005-04
End: 2005-04
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-04
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: militaryaviationemergency-managementhealthcaretransportation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In mid-April 2005, six Coast Guard personnel visited Beaver Island in a new French helicopter that the article said could respond to medical emergencies when weather prevented NorthFlight operations. The visit introduced the aircraft and its intended Great Lakes emergency role to the Island community.

Evidence limits

The brief report does not establish a later Island rescue, aircraft model, or operational deployment schedule.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "A Visit from the C. G."
Reports a six-member Coast Guard team flying to Beaver Island in a new eight-million-dollar French helicopter capable of responding to medical emergencies in weather too rough for NorthFlight. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the visit and photographs.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard team visits Beaver Island in a new French helicopter, April 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-helicopter-visit-april-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "A Visit from the C. G." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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