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Island Airways begins FAA-approved air-ambulance service, 2009

Also Island Airways Air Ambulance service February 2009

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Date2009-02
WithinBeaver Island · Charlevoix
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2009-02
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
emergency-managementtransportationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island · Charlevoix

Summary

Island Airways announced that it had begun an FAA-approved air-ambulance service using specially configured Britten Norman Islander aircraft. The reported service could carry stable stretcher-bound patients and accompanying BIEMS personnel to a mainland airport for ground-ambulance transfer.

Evidence limits

The notice establishes the service announcement, not a complete flight log, patient record, or outcome for any transport.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Island Airways first-party announcement says FAA approval was effective January 12, describes the stretcher-capable Britten-Norman Islander configuration, and identifies BIEMS accompaniment and mainland ground-ambulance transfer. It is an operator announcement; the FAA approval record and later service evidence remain controlling.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001414
  2. Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "Island Airways to Provide Air Ambulance Service."
    Reports FAA approval, Britten Norman Islander aircraft configured for stretcher patients and BIEMS personnel, and the engineering, certification, and purchase work behind the stretcher. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the operational-service report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Island Airways begins FAA-approved air-ambulance service, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-island-airways-air-ambulance-service-operational-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Island Airways to Provide Air Ambulance Service”, January 12, 2009. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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