US-based integrated medical transport services provider CareFlite has placed an order with Bell Helicopter, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron, for four single-engine Bell 407GX airliners.
Scheduled to be delivered in 2013, Bell 407GX rotorcraft will be used by CareFlite to transport ill or injured people, throughout 100 counties within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
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CareFlite president and chief executive officer James Swartz said that the Bell 407GXs have been selected because of the reliability of the rotorcraft, combined with its state-of-the-art avionics and factory installed autopilot.
Featuring the Garmin G1000HTM integrated glass flight deck, the Bell 407GX is a new version of the Bell 407 helicopter, which was introduced in March 2008.
Seating six, the helicopter can fly at an altitude of 5,370m with a range of 611km, and a maximum cruise speed of 246kmph.
The flight deck features LCD screens, hosting primary flight display and multi-function display information, as well as an integrated avionics system with helicopter terrain avoidance warning system, helicopter synthetic vision technology and traffic information systems.
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By GlobalDataBell Helicopter commercial sales and marketing executive vice-president Danny Maldonado said that CareFlite’s selection of 407GX for its life-saving operations marked another major acquisition for the aircraft in the helicopter emergency medical services segment in the US and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
"The Bell 407GX is an ideal aircraft for air medical missions that inherently demand a reliable platform with exceptional speed and safety performance," Maldonado said.
Over the past 34 years, CareFlite has airlifted more than 75,000 patients.
Image: CareFlite will use the new Bell 407GX rotorcraft to transport ill or injured people in 100 counties within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Photo: courtesy of Bell Helicopter Textron.
