Dear Friends, With yesterday’s snow it finally seems to be winter in Maine. Yesterday was also the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, the physician in China who first alerted the science community about a potentially new dangerous virus before being silenced and then succumbing to the disease he was treating, and […]

Dear Friends, We hope this finds you well, safe, and healthy as you enter the new year. While winter is upon us, the hours of light are already getting just a tad bit longer each day. Think spring and imagine summer. We can just make out the light at the end of the tunnel, but […]

Dear Friends, We are now nine months into the marathon. I am not sure what I really imagined about this journey that began on March 13th. We can all look back. I was in D.C. running an FAA/Industry US Helicopter Safety Team Infrastructure Summit which we took virtual overnight before returning to Maine.  In the months since, we have learned […]

Dear Friends, Thanksgiving beckons as we write this. Along with Christmas, the end of year holidays for all religions, and New Year’s we are all thinking about family, friends and loved ones we care about. It’s a time to be thankful and to celebrate. Despite the pandemic we cannot afford to miss these important moments […]

Dear Friends, The edges of winter have arrived in Maine and with the cold we are all moving indoors. While we have been sending out these updates monthly, with the changing face of the pandemic we are accelerating this update. Moving indoors increases all of our risks and the update is sobering.  While Maine continues to do […]

Dear Friends, There was frost in the garden a few mornings ago and while the fall colors are now past peak in most of Maine, the colors along the coast are sublime. Life with COVID continues to be a challenge and it seems like years ago rather than just seven months ago that all our lives […]

Dear Friends, As we begin the transition from summer to fall in Maine, LifeFlight remains busy on all fronts. First, a huge thank you to all of our participants and contributors to the annual Islesboro Crossing (iX2020) which was transitioned from a large in-person gathering to a “virtual” physically distanced event this year. And was […]

Dear Friends, For all of you in Maine the weather this summer has been beautiful, notwithstanding Isaias which hit western Maine pretty hard. Our annual Islesboro Crossing fundraiser has gone virtual this year, with participants swimming and paddling across Maine starting on August 1 and leading up to the finale on August 16.For more information on how […]

Dear Friends, We are a bit behind on our updates which we have moved to monthly on the COVID-19 situation in Maine. We would describe the current situation as stable but fragile.LifeFlight continues to care for known or suspected COVID-19 patients every day. The new normal. As our job is unique to providing care and transport […]