PHI Air Medical is title sponsor for Half Marathon
Source: Murray Ledger And Times, 09-Apr-13
Most people in western Kentucky know PHI Air Medical through the familiar yellow and black helicopters that take sick and injured people to hospitals (see full story).
Kentucky Army Aviation helps keep the National Guard in the air
Source: US Army, 08-Oct-12
It is often thought that a warrant officer in an Army Aviation unit is only a pilot. That is certainly not the case. The aviation field also demands that experts are on hand as maintenance technicians to ensure that those pilots have a working aircraft to fly. In the Kentucky National Guard, some aviation warrant [...]
Hensel Phelps awarded $43M contract for MH-47 hangar at Fort Campbell
Source: US DoD, 11-May-12
Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $32,450,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction of the MH-47 aviation maintenance hangar at Fort Campbell, Ky. Work will be performed in Fort Campbell, Ky., with an estimated completion date of March 8, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, [...]
Air Methods returns to Trimble County, Kentucky
Source: Madison Courier, 30-Jun-11
Air Methods returned to Trimble County on June 3 and wasted no time meeting the public. On June 4 the company, located next to the Bedford Fire and Rescue building between Bedford and Milton, had an open house that included food, drinks, music and a showing of the BK117 helicopter. (Full article)
Louisville’s WHAS and WAVE merge helicopter operations
Source: HeliHub.com, 29-Mar-11
Rival television stations in Louisville, Kentucky, WHAS and WAVE are joining forces in the air, effective from 1st April. The two stations will share air time and the video feeds will be identical on each station – and the helicopter will be painted up with one station’s colours on the port side and the other [...]
Stratus Helicopters wins powerline contact from Shelby Energy
Source: Stratus Helicopters, 26-Jan-11
Through an agreement with Shelby Energy Cooperative, Stratus will be flying over 1200 miles of power lines in multiple counties in Northern Kentucky for inspections starting in February. These inspections can take hundreds of man hours done from the ground. Stratus can accomplish the same with only two observers and a pilot in a matter [...]
HealthNet utilizes Eurocopter fleet to expand operations
Source: American Eurocopter, 11-Oct-10
Grand Prairie, TX – American Eurocopter today announced that HeatlhNet Aeromedical, long-time customer and program with aircraft operated by Air Methods, continues to expand its operations utilizing the company’s industry leading helicopters. HealthNet has already placed an EC135 and an EC145 into service this year and it has further expansion planned for the fourth quarter. [...]
Summit Aviation Earns AS9100 Certification
Source: Summit Aviation, 24-Sep-10
Summit Aviation of Greenwich AeroGroup, announced today it has received AS9100 Aerospace Quality Standard System Certification at its Somerset, Ky., facility. “This certification demonstrates our commitment to meet or exceed the increasingly stringent industry requirements as a world-class supplier,” said President of Summit Aviation Robert Fitzpatrick. “This certification will standardize our quality processes across many [...]
New Program Director for Air Evac Lifeteam in Hardinsburg, KY
Source: Business First of Louisville, 07-Jul-10
Jennifer King, a resident of Radcliff, Ky., has been hired to serve as the program director for the new Air Evac Lifeteam air base at Breckinridge County Memorial Hospital in Hardinsburg, Ky.
Air Evac opens base in Hardinsburg, Kentucky
Source: Business First of Louisville, 02-Jun-10
Air Evac Lifeteam has opened a base in Hardinsburg, in Breckinridge County, at Breckinridge County Memorial Hospital on Old Highway 60
Murray-Calloway County Hospital dedicates Taylor Helipad
Source: Murray Ledger, 23-May-10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital officials welcomed the Taylor family and members of the public Friday morning for the dedication of the Della Taylor Memorial Helipad.
Air Evac Lifeteam to open Hardinsburg base in June
Source: Business First, 22-Mar-10
Air Evac Lifeteam, an independently owned, for-profit air ambulance provider, plans to open an office in Hardinsburg, in Breckenridge County, in June.
EC135 arrives for PHI Air Medical of Kentucky
Source: Morehead News, 27-Aug-09
The air lifting of patients in the Morehead area should get a little more convenient thanks to PHI Air Medical of Kentucky’s acquisition of a 2007 ECI 35 American Eurocopter.
