Summary
On June 24, 1974, the Beaver Island emergency aircraft made its second reported medical evacuation within a week. William Wilke and James Janda flew Rev. Chester Meengs after acute shock following a stroke; Dr. Joseph Christie accompanied him through Harbor Springs Airport to Little Traverse Hospital.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper establishes the date, named flight participants, reported reason, and transfer sequence. It does not provide a hospital diagnosis, exact airport runway, aircraft registration, or complete biography for the patient, pilots, or physician.
See also
- The Beaver (Beaver Island emergency aircraft, 1974)
- First medical evacuation by Beaver Island emergency aircraft (1974)
- Chester Meengs (1974 emergency-flight patient)
- William Wilke (1974 emergency-flight pilot)
- Jim Janda (1974 emergency aircraft retrieval)
- Joseph Christie (1974 emergency-flight physician)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Makes First ‘Evacuation’ and Then Second Within One Week.”Reports that William Wilke and James Janda flew Rev. Chester Meengs off Beaver Island on June 24 after he suffered acute shock following a stroke, with Dr. Joseph Christie accompanying him to Harbor Springs and Little Traverse Hospital; it gives no medical chart or flight log.
- Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Medical Evacuations.”A later follow-up says Chester Meengs remained a patient after the June 24 evacuation; it supplies no hospital record or prognosis.