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Island Airways seeks qualification to transport non-sitting patients, 2009

Also Island Airways air ambulance qualification 2009

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Dates2008-12 – 2009-01
WithinBeaver Island · Charlevoix
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2008-12 – 2009-01
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
emergency-managementtransportationinfrastructurecommunication
Within
Beaver Island · Charlevoix

Summary

Island Airways was seeking qualification to transport patients who could not sit up. The report describes a portable gurney, a proposed installation process, and a certification request that was still pending; Northflight and the Coast Guard remained the reported alternatives.

Evidence limits

The report does not establish that certification was granted, that the gurney was purchased, or that a particular transport was completed.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "News from the Townships."
    Reports Island Airways's pending certification, the proposed portable gurney, installation timing, and continued Northflight and Coast Guard transport in the interim. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the transport report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Island Airways seeks qualification to transport non-sitting patients, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-island-airways-patient-transport-certification-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "News from the Townships." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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