Air Evac LifeTeam Helicopters Train at Creve Coeur Airport

By Carmelo Turdo

Creve Coeur Airport received some special visitors from our friends at Air Evac LifeTeam last Saturday afternoon. Local training and evaluation flights are usually conducted at nearby Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but they occasionally use the runway at Creve Coeur Airport as an alternate location. Here we feature two aircraft types used in this mission - Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Long Ranger II and Airbus EC-130T2 - as they hover, taxi, make approaches and practice the critical autorotation maneuver. We thank Air Evac LifeTeam crews for all they do and for keeping their skills sharp!