{"id":14120,"date":"2019-11-04T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14120"},"modified":"2019-11-04T16:12:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:12:36","slug":"airbus-helicopters-to-highlight-the-h130-and-h145-at-amtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/airbus-helicopters-to-highlight-the-h130-and-h145-at-amtc\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Airbus Helicopters to Highlight the H130 and H145 at AMTC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Airbus Helicopters Inc. will showcase its emergency medical\nrotorcraft at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) Nov. 4-6 in Atlanta,\nGeorgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On display will be two of the most powerful and versatile helicopters\nused by air medical operators, the twin-engine H145 and single-engine H130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the market leader for air medical helicopters in North\nAmerica, Airbus says it offers the most comprehensive line of aircraft utilized\nfor helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operations. In the past\ndecade, Airbus Helicopters produced more than 55 percent of all new HEMS\nhelicopters sold in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAirbus Helicopters strives to provide the most effective\nand efficient solutions to air medical operators in North America, and we look\nforward to showcasing our products and meeting customers at this important\ntrade show,\u201d said Cyndi Carter, air medical segment manager at Airbus\nHelicopters, Inc. \u201cOur customers rely on Airbus helicopters to ensure they can successfully\nexecute their life-saving missions, and it is our honor to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airbus Helicopters will feature on booth #111 an H130\noperated by Memphis Hospital Wing, a nonprofit air medical transport service\nbased in Tennessee. The H130\u2019s wide, unobstructed cabin allows full-body\npatient access as well as ergonomic and efficient movement of the patient through\nlarge sliding doors. The H130 is considered the global reference for\nsingle-engine air ambulance missions, redefining single-engine critical care air\ntransport by combining a twinengine size cabin with single-engine economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airbus will also have on display an H145 operated by\nnonprofit Boston Med Flight, which serves patients throughout New England.\nOffering full-spectrum, mission-fit capabilities, the H145 is the leading\ntwin-engine choice for HEMS operators in the U.S. and worldwide. The latest\nmodel in the proven H145 family incorporates Airbus Helicopters\u2019 advanced\ncockpit design and innovative Helionix avionics suite. Exceptional payload and\nrange, along with a large cabin, allow for superior transport of medical teams\nand special medical care equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airbus has supported its partners in HEMS missions in North\nAmerica for nearly 40 years. The first hospital-based air ambulance program in\nthe United States began its operations in the 1970s with the Allouette, one of\nAirbus\u2019 first serial productions. Today, Airbus helicopters are flown by all of\nthe major emergency medical services operators in the region, and more than half\nof all new air medical helicopters sold in the last decade were produced by\nAirbus. There are more than 1,250 Airbus helicopters in service for HEMS\nmissions across North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airbus Helicopters Inc. will showcase its emergency medical rotorcraft at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) Nov. 4-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. On display will be two of the most powerful and versatile helicopters used by air medical operators, the twin-engine H145 and single-engine H130. As the market leader for air medical helicopters in North America, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hospital-Wing-H130-AMTC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14123,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14120\/revisions\/14123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}