Officials introduce new state police helicopter

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 5, 2012
Tags: gov. o'malley, helicopter, maryland, medevac, state police

MIDDLE RIVER — The Maryland State Police have a new helicopter. Gov. Martin O’Malley and Col. Marcus Brown joined officials from AgustaWestland on Friday in Middle River to mark the step toward replacing Maryland’s aging medevac feet. Maryland has a $121.7 million contract with AgustaWestland for 10 helicopters. They will have the latest in avionics [...]

Talbot mother can sue ambulance firm for $30M

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: February 12, 2012
Tags: ambulance, Court and Judicial Proceedings Article, court of special appeals, firm, helicopter, lawsuit, medivac, Murray v. TransCare Maryland Inc., oxygen mask, talbot county, TransCare

An appellate court has revived a mother’s $30 million claim that an ambulance company’s negligence caused her son to suffer permanent brain damage. The Court of Special Appeals said a Talbot County judge had wrongly dismissed Karen Murray’s lawsuit against TransCare Maryland Inc. after concluding, erroneously, that the for-profit company could not be liable for [...]

UM’s human-powered helicopter takes flight

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: July 14, 2011
Tags: a. james clark school of engineering, college park, gamera, helicopter, human-powered helicopter, national aeronautic association, reckord armory, sikorski prize, University of Maryland, University of Maryland College Park
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The Gamera, a human-powered helicopter built by students at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering, achieved an unofficial flight duration of 12.4 seconds during a flight test Wednesday at the Reckord Armory at the university’s College Park campus. If verified by the National Aeronautic Association, this new time will eclipse the [...]

UMd. team to test human-powered helicopter

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 11, 2011
Tags: american helicopter society, college park, female pilot, gamera, helicopter, human-powered helicopter, maryland, sikorsky prize, UM, umd, University of Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, world record

COLLEGE PARK — More than 50 University of Maryland students are attempting to test fly a human-powered helicopter and could capture a world record. The test flight of the helicopter named Gamera is scheduled for Wednesday morning in College Park. The helicopter was designed with lightweight materials so that it only weighs 210 pounds, including [...]

State sues feds over 2008 medevac crash

BY: Brendan Kearney
POSTED: January 13, 2011
Tags: andrews air force base, crash, helicopter, lawsuit, maryland, maryland state police, medevac, negligence, Prince George's County

The state has filed suit against the federal government alleging air traffic controller negligence contributed to a fatal Maryland State Police medevac helicopter crash on a foggy night in September 2008. The complaint, which comes a month after the lone survivor of the crash filed her lawsuit against the United States, seeks $4.1 million, the [...]