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Joe Moore corrects published North Flight air-ambulance fees

Also Apology to North Flight · North Flight Air Ambulance fees correction

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TypeEvent
Date2004-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2004-01
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Joe Moore corrected the Beacon’s previously published North Flight emergency- transport fee figures, giving the charge as $2,950 plus $30 per loaded mile and apologizing to North Flight for the error.

Evidence limits

This is a published correction and does not independently verify the provider’s fee schedule or the competing response-time claims.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “Apology to North Flight”.
    Joe Moore corrected the previously published North Flight emergency-transport fee figures to $2,950 plus $30 per loaded mile and expressed respect for the service. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the correction and apology.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Joe Moore corrects published North Flight air-ambulance fees”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-north-flight-fees-correction-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “Apology to North Flight”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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