Into the Blue: Sanford AirMed ready to take off in Dickinson

Adam Parker, a lead flight paramedic, talks about the operations inside of Sanford AirMed’s King Air B200 medical airplane on Thursday during a fl ight for media members.

Josh Zellers has been piloting airplanes out of Dickinson for eight of the past nine years.

On Monday, however, he will officially begin what he calls a “more fulfilling position.”

Zellers is one of eight pilots Sanford AirMed has placed in Dickinson to operate its King Air B200 fixed-wing medical plane that can transport patients throughout the upper Midwest.

“It’s incredibly exciting,” said Zellers, who left a management job with Western Edge Aviation for the position with Sanford. “The opportunity for the pilot group, the medic group, the service for the community — it’s all really exciting.”

Sanford hosted a media tour and flight Thursday afternoon before an afternoon ribbon-cutting event at Western Edge Aviation’s hangar. The plane offi – cially begins operations at 7 a.m. Monday.
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