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Old 30th Jan 2022, 19:23
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morno
 
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Originally Posted by rcoight
You are quite right. IMO only 400nm and longer makes any real difference in terms of time with the jet.

However, if you and others think that time and speed are the only things that matter you couldn’t be more wrong.
Patient comfort and ability to avoid weather are on another planet compared to any turboprop.
Not to mention space for the medical team to work in.
When transporting critically ill people, what’s that worth?
You are quite right rcoight. But if that were really a huge consideration for these companies, wouldn’t we have more than a handful of them in the country?
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