American Eurocopter announced that it has shipped the first EC155 bound for the University of Michigan’s Survival Flight program to Metro Aviation, the air medical service provider and helicopter completions specialist based in Shreveport, LA, for completion. This aircraft is the first of three EC155s to be delivered this year. The helicopter is currently scheduled to be completed in October, after which it will be put into service at U-M and will be the first EMS-configured EC155 in service in the United States.
Survival Flight chose Metro Aviation to complete their EC155’s, which will include state-of-the-art medical interiors and unique University of Michigan paint schemes.