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University
of Michigan leases 3 identical Bell 430 helicopters
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There are 8 Communciation Specialists
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There
are 20 full time RN's
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There
are 8 full time mechanics with one on call 24 hours/day
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There
are 10 helicopter pilots and 8 dedicated fixed wing pilots.
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Each
flight staff member has their own voice activated helmet equipped with Night Vision Goggles
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Survival
Flight travels all over the country by ground, rotor-wing and fixed-wing
to pick up and deliver patients to care facilities
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Survival
Flight has used 3 different rotor-wing aircraft over the past 26 years
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The
first Survival Flight aircraft was a Eurocopter AS355 Twinstar
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The
second aircraft was a Bell 230
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The
third and currently used aircraft is a Bell 430
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A
Bell 430 helicopter weights 6800 pounds with no fuel in it
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A
gallon of JET A fuel weights 6.8 pounds
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Survival
Flight uses 146,449 gallons of fuel in the average year
- Survival Flight helicopters use 1 1/2 gallons of fuel per minute
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Survival
Flight helicopters travel 300 miles around Ann Arbor
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The
helicopter travels at 135 knots or 150 mph
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A
knot is equal to 6076 feet per hour
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A
nautical mile is equal to 1.15 miles
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1
knot = 1 nautical mile per hour = 6076 feet per hour
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1 mph = 1
mile per hour = 5280 feet per hour
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1
mile per hour is the same as 5280 feet per hour
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The
big blades spin 364 rotations per minute
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The
smaller rotor blades in the rear spin at 1884 times per minute and are almost
invisible when spinning
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Fully
loaded with JET A fuel the air craft weights an extra 1600 pounds
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The
helicopter will hold 263 gallons of fuel
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90
gallons of fuel are burned every hour
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In
an average flight, 600 pounds of fuel is burned off
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The Citation Encore is crewed by two Airline Transport Pilots every flight.
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The Citation Encore can fly to a height of 45,000 feet, outside air temperature at 45,000 feet can get as low as -50 degrees Celsius
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The Citation Encore can fly over 500 miles per hour and can can take-off and land at 120 miles per hour.
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The
Communication Specialists monitor 5 radios, 8 phone lines, and have taken
195,000 aircraft position reports
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Survival Flight tracks all aircraft using satellites. Updated positions are sent every 30 seconds.
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Nomex
flight suits are fire retardant and have 11 zippers
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The
Communication center for Survival Flight has moved 4 times in 20 years
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The
original landing pad was in the courtyard
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Survival
flight has flown 4,000,000 miles in the past 26 years
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Distance
to moon from earth 13.7 times
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Circumference
of earth 130.6 times
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Survival
Flight flies 163,532 miles per year
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Survival
Flight has been the original Flight service in Michigan since 1983
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The
Bell 430 helicopter has approximately 25,000 moving parts when in flight
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There
are 119 airports in Michigan
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There
are 83 counties in Michigan
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In
the first year of operation Survival Flight visited 53 counties in Michigan
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The
Transplant Team uses the helicopter to obtain and transplant various organs
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The
isolette for neonates weights 192 lbs.
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Everything
on the aircraft is weighted and calculated for flight
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The
helicopter blades are honeycombed inside
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Aviation Services provided by Pentastar Aviation Charter is responsible for control of all flight operations and staffing of flight crew and mechanics.
