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In an emergency, time is of the essence. And that's where LifeFlight Eagle comes in.
The helicopter emergency service provides speedy care for highway accident victims, rural residents experiencing heart attacks or strokes and hospital patients who need transport to a specialty care center.
The Golden Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation is pleased to have conducted a capital campaign to establish a LifeFlight Eagle base right here in Clinton – on the hospital campus!
The emergency helicopter program includes high-tech equipment for giving in-flight care to stroke, cardiac, obstetric and other critically ill or injured patients. The use of air ambulances can mean the difference between life and death.
For more information about investing in this campaign please call 660-890-7108.
LifeFlight Eagle's New Bell 407 Helicopter Arrives in Clinton
Clinton, Missouri – April 24, 2008 -- LifeFlight Eagle is proud to announce the addition of a new Bell 407 helicopter to its fleet. The new aircraft, whose call sign is 505LE and commonly known as Eagle 5, was based this week at the Golden Valley Memorial Hospital base location in Clinton, Missouri.
LifeFlight Eagle ordered the $2.3 million aircraft from Bell Helicopter during the 2007 fundraising campaign to build its new base location in Clinton.
“Purchasing a helicopter is not nearly the same thing as buying a car,” says Andrew Umland, base supervisor at LifeFlight Eagle’s Clinton base. “The time from purchase to delivery is lengthy because of the required medical configuration of the cabin and the needed approval of the FAA.”
LifeFlight Eagle also required enhanced avionics on the aircraft. The total retrofit, which took place at Edwards and Associates, a subsidiary of Bell, exceeded six hundred thousand dollars. The aircraft was transported to Kansas City on Monday from Bristol, Tennessee, and is now in service at Clinton.
The aircraft is fitted with tracking equipment that allows LifeFlight Eagle’s dispatch center to track its every move as well as with state-of-the-art XM satellite weather reporting equipment.
LifeFlight Eagle is a non-profit organization serving a 150-mile radius around Kansas City.
LifeFlight Eagle – 500 NW Richards Road, Kansas City, Missouri, 64116
