Re: EC-135 vs BK-117

["Jerry Boyd" <ncflightmedic@hotmail.com>]

I would recommend contacting Patti Corbett at Carolina Air Care in Chapel 
Hill, NC.  They went from a BK117 to an EC135 and are now back in a BK117.  
They can probably give you some wonderful insight.  We just got rid of our 
BO105 and now have two BK117s.  Althought I love the BO, I think the BK is 
perfect for EMS.  As for the EC135.  To me it looks like a BO on steriods.  
I like having full access to my patient as well as the stretcher vs the 
airsled is wonderful for heavy patients.

Jerry Boyd, NREMTP
EastCare Flight Team


>From: MWOODRN@aol.com
>Reply-To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>Subject: EC-135 vs BK-117
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:56:37 EDT
>
>Hello, our flight program is in the process of upgrading aircraft and we 
>have
>the option of selecting between the EC-135 and a BK-117. I am soliciting
>input from flight crews who have changed from  the BK to the EC-135, ie. 
>did
>you feel that you lost too much tunnel space, etc. Also if you currently 
>fly
>in the 135, does this a/c have an ext. baggage compartment, the specs list
>one, but I'm not sure if the metro medical interior has one.  Thanks for 
>your
>help and let's keep the ratio of takeoff's and landing =.    Mike Wood 
>RN/CP
>        Baptist Life Flight
>        Pensacola, Fl.




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