17-Jun-2024Source: Enloe Health FlightCare
Enloe Health unveiled its new Airbus H130 helicopter during a dedication ceremony at the Chico Air Museum. Enloe Health’s FlightCare is the only hospital-owned and -operated air ambulance program in California. The new H130 arrived in Chico this month, after being manufactured by Airbus in France and retrofitted as an air ambulance by United Rotorcraft... Read more
21-Oct-2019
Bird strike (quoted in local press as a goose), and subsequent emergency landing at Oroville Municipal Airport en route Sacramento to Chico... Read more
11-Feb-2015Source: Enole
Enloe Medical Center’s FlightCare Program became the first in the world to use an EC130 T2 EcoStar helicopter as an air ambulance this month. The single-engine aircraft is retrofitted with the latest aviation safety technology and features a more powerful engine, a spacious cabin with new medical equipment, and a quieter sound signature. “This is... Read more
7-Jan-2015Source: Enloe
Enloe FlightCare will begin its 30th year of air ambulance service with a new helicopter: a single-engine EC130 T2 EcoStar, featuring the latest in aviation safety technology, new medical equipment, a roomy cabin and a quieter sound signature. The program will be the first in the world to use the EC130 T2 EcoStar for Emergency... Read more
19-Oct-2012Source: United Rotorcraft
United Rotorcraft announces it was awarded the contract by Enloe Medical Center of Chico, Calif., to complete the medical center’s new Eurocopter EC130 T2 aircraft. The contract includes the manufacture and integration of a new Federal Aviation Administration (STC’d) approved medical EMS interior and avionics suite. The aircraft is slated to be delivered during the... Read more
12-Feb-2012Source: American Eurocopter
During the Heli-Expo launch of the EC130 T2, American Eurocopter today announced an order from Enloe FlightCare for an EC130 T2, also called an EcoStar. Not only is Enloe FlightCare one of the launch customers for this evolution of the popular EC130 helicopter line, but it is also the first U.S. air medical program to... Read more
19-Nov-2011Source: Enloe FlightCare
The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) announced Oct. 15 that it has for the second time awarded the Enloe FlightCare medical transport rotor-wing service a full three-year accreditation. The accreditation recognizes that FlightCare provides highly skilled flight nurse/paramedic teams to care for adult and pediatric patients. Enloe received its first CAMTS accreditation... Read more
25-Oct-2011Source: Aviation Specialties Unlimited
Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) honored the first annual Night Vision Award winners at an awards ceremony in St. Louis at the Air Medical Transport Conference. Winners were selected for 5-year service award, 10-year service award, Community Awareness Award, Community Advancement Award and Mark of Excellence Award. “There were a lot of great nomination this year... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: KHSL
Enloe’s FlightCare is reaching new heights. The service has now been in operation for 25 years!... Read more
