Air St Lukes Boise Helicopter Bell 430 Take Off Ambulance

[quadbassblaster]

love the unicorn horn !!



[wyo7011]

Isn't the 430 rated part 135 IFR operations as well?

[jsaleen17]

Nice but the EC155 still takes the cake.

[scaremenga]

It looks like a loach.

[biukucanoe]

@scaremenga A loach? The original killer egg? The thing is a cross between a huey and a jetranger. Control stick and instrument panel look very similar to the one I saw in the 1969 Revell Huey kit I built back then. The OTHER copter they have is bascially a very stretched Hughes 500 loach MD something-or-other, it's more nimble but not as cushy as this one.

[scaremenga]

@biukucanoe Haha.. oops. I know there is a Loach copter, but I was referring to the loach fish species.

[av8r6969]

Very nice aircraft! I flew the Bell430 (Flight Safety Certified) in Angola Africa from Jan. 03 - Mar. 09 for the oil industry. It's like a Cadillac, and the autopilot is awesome. Cpt. Michael

[Medic83301]

@av8r6969 The Bell 430 is the best looking helicopter I've seen . She's loud , which is a sound to like if you're an accident victim waiting for help on a lonely highway or a family member of a patient who's had a sudden stroke , miles away from the nearest hospital with advanced emergency care . AIR ST. LUKE'S ROCKS !

[hillberg100]

I didn't know you were so scandalous ,Have a Grand day,

[tgolledge]

i just cummed my pants... even tho it was a hospital chopper...

[biukucanoe]

@tgolledge OMG there are helicopter geeks and then there are are the fetishists.....

[hillberg100]

Even with wheels the sponsons hold fuel, Read more on the subject please.Then post,

[biukucanoe]

@hillberg100 And now the helicopter geeks really come out. Boy I had no idea. Well, there's bound to be more room for fuel, but that's just a guess.

[TheBellhelicopterman]

airwolf was no 212 airwolf was a bell 222 this is the bell 430 the 430 is faster an biger than the jetranger..an one one thng the 212 was not fowllow to the jetranger the 212 was carried on to the 412..

[biukucanoe]

medic83301 link to the video or send me a message on how to get it. I'm going to drop off some 5x7s of the Bell and MD NOTAR copter. The "horns" are the wire strike protection system first fitted to the OH-58 Kiowa militarized Jetrangers to cut power lines, the MD doesn't seem to have it. I was also told that since the Bell was ordered with skids instead of retractable landing gear, the side sponsons are used to hold fuel.

[biukucanoe]

wow there's two? how wide is the service area?

[Medic83301]

@biukucanoe 150 miles in any direction from their bases in Boise and Twin Falls primarily , but they do transport patients as far as the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City depending on the circumstances .

[Medic83301]

@biukucanoe I can post a video for you of Air St. Luke's II from Twin Falls . Right now the 430 is being serviced in Boise and is being temporarily replaced by a MD 920 until it is returned . Air St. Luke's helicopters are owned by Idaho Helicopters in Boise .

[Medic83301]

That's Air St. Luke's I . Air St. Luke's II is based in Twin Falls and is the busiest of the helicopters .