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'It’s reckless': Pilots raise concerns over planned Flight for Life color change in Colorado

DENVER — For more than 50 years, the iconic bright orange Flight for Life helicopters have been a familiar sight against the blue Colorado sky. But that signature orange is about to be replaced with ...
Summit County

Plan to change Colorado Flight for Life helicopters’ color has many seeing red

It seems innocuous at first blush: CommonSpirit Health, which took over Colorado’s Centura Health in 2023, last week announced plans to change the color of its six Flight for Life helicopters from ...
Summit County

Flight for Life releases new helicopter design, but Colorado residents are petitioning to keep the orange color

CommonSpirit Health is proposing a new design for its Flight for Life helicopters and other emergency transport vehicles. But some Colorado residents who like the helicopters’ current orange design ...

Flight for Life helicopters replacing their iconic orange color

For generations in Colorado, the sight of an iconic orange Flight for Life helicopter overhead has meant that those inside ...
The Durango Herald

Colorado residents petition to keep orange color of Flight for Life helicopters

CommonSpirit Health is proposing a new design for its Flight for Life helicopters and other emergency transport vehicles. But some Colorado residents who like the helicopters’ current orange design ...
Capital Public Radio

Few women of color are pilots. United Airlines' flight school is changing that

As she sits comfortably in the cockpit of a small Cirrus SR20 airplane, 38-year-old Ricki Foster goes over her pre-flight checklist. "Weight and balance under limits. Emergency equipment's on board," ...