23-Sep-2010Source: Journal Standard
Stephenson County Sheriff David Snyders vigorously defended his department’s participation in a regional helicopter program Thursday, amid what he characterized as a flood of misinformation circulating about the project.... Read more
20-Sep-2010
Tail struck ground on training flight... Read more
18-Aug-2010Source: Rockford Register Star
LEAC’s accounting and record keeping seem hazy even for a nonprofit organization that relies on volunteers. Their website shows them operating three OH-58s and one UH-1. A Bell 430 is also available on a donation basis... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: My Web Times
Whether to sponsor a helicopter on behalf of the Law Enforcement Coalition is now set to be decided by the La Salle County Board at its meeting on Thursday, July 8. The county’s role would be to sponsor, not pay for, a military surplus OH-58 [file photo]... Read more
4-Jun-2010Source: Journal Star
OSF was awarded Best Airport of the Year in the heliport category by the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics.... Read more
25-May-2010Source: MyWebTimes
AÂ proposal by La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton to add a low-cost helicopter to the county’s law enforcement tools is to be considered by the full County Board at its June 14 meeting.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Chicago Tribune
The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the fatal 2008 crash of an Air Angels medical helicopter in Aurora to the pilot’s “inadequate preflight planning” and flying too low, which caused the copter to strike a radio tower.... Read more
17-Mar-2010Source: WREX
Lifeline helicopters get special clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration. It means they can land directly at ten regional hospitals including a Rockford one.... Read more
3-Feb-2010Source: MySuburbanLife
By a 5-1 vote Monday, Feb. 1, the Hinsdale Village Board approved Adventist Hinsdale Hospital’s request to build a helistop atop the hospital’s existing parking deck as part of the hospital’s proposed $75 million expansion project.... Read more
29-Jan-2010Source: MNySuburbanLife.com
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital’s plan to build a new patient wing and add a helistop pad to the existing facility will come to a Village Board vote Monday.... Read more
21-Jan-2010Source: My Web Times
Saints Flight, a helicopter transport service, will be permanently stationed at St. Mary’s Hospital in Streator, hospital officials announced Thursday at a press conference.... Read more
1-Sep-2009Source: Northwest Herald
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28-Aug-2009
28-Aug-09 N830SF Bell B230 Peoria, US-Illinois... Read more
14-Aug-2009
14-Aug-09 N38096 Bell B47 Texas M74 DeKalb, US-Illinois... Read more
11-Aug-2009Source: Chicago Tribune
Experts from the Illinois Department of Transportation will pore over stacks of statistics and tales of medical emergencies in trying to decide whether a heliport proposed for the new Lurie Children’s Hospital in Streeterville can be built.... Read more
30-Jul-2009Source: Skyline
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26-Jul-2009Source: Hannibal Courier-Post
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20-Jul-2009Source: Chicago Public Radio
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1-Jul-2009
1-Jul-09 N880SF Bell B230 Peoria, US-Illinois... Read more
9-Jun-2009Source: Suburban Chicago News
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17-Mar-2009
17-Mar-09 N595AE Bell B206 Springfield, US-Illinois... Read more
17-Mar-2009
17-Mar-09 N101AE Bell B206 Springfield, US-Illinois... Read more
23-Feb-2009
23-Feb-09 N880SF Eurocopter BK117 St Louis Downtown Airport, US-Illinois... Read more
21-Feb-2009
21-Feb-09 N880SF Bell B230 , US-Illinois... Read more