Hello everyone!
This is the first livery I've ever created for MSFS, and it was definitely an experience! This livery is based off of the newest paint scheme for the Flight for Life Helicoptors headquartered out of Waukesha, WI.
Flight for Life is a CAMTS Accredited Medical Transport group, serving the South East Wisconsin region. In 1984, in partership with the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (a consortium comprised of Froedtert Hospital, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital, Blood Center of Wisconsin's Blood Research Institute, Curative Care Network, and Milwaukee County Behavior Health Division) Flight for Life was established as Wisconsin's first dedicated air medical transport provider. Froedtert Hospital, located in Wauwatosa, WI, served as the original headquarters and base. Over the following years, Flight for Life has experienced growth and reduction within the program, opening bases in Fon du Lac, WI, Waukesha, WI, Burlington, WI, Hartford, WI and McHenry, IL. Flight for Life also began operation of their Ground Ambulance program, but due to the saturation of private ambulance services and municipal fire departments with Critical Care Paramedic programs, the program has since been disbanded. To accomodate the increase in call volume in the Milwaukee Metro and surrounding areas, the decision was made in 2007 to move the headquarters from Froedtert Hospital to Waukesha County's Crites Field as it was a more central location for Flight for Life's response area in Wisconsin.
In 2022, Flight for Life took delivery of two brand new Airbus H145/EC145e helicopters by Metro Aviation to replace the Bk117s based out of Waukesha and Burlington. These new helicopters featured a new paint scheme which is showcased in this livery. Flight for Life now operates a fleet of 4 helicopters: N529MD - 2021 H145/EC145e, N648BH - 2021 H145/EC145e, N184WK - 2008 EC145, and N587MH - 2008 EC145, utilizing the callsigns Trauma 1-4.
Flight for Life is currently headquartered out of Waukesha County Airport/Crites Field (KUES) in Waukesha, WI with bases at Burlington Municipal Airport (KBUU) in Burlington, WI, and Hartford Municipal Airport (KHXF) in Hartford, WI.
This livery is based off of the new paint scheme of the 2021 H145s that were delivered in 2022, featuring the fictional registration of N911WK. Due to the differences in the real life helicopter and the HPG model, some artistic liberties have been taken. The real H145s feature a traditional tail rotor versus the fenestron shrouded tail rotor featured in HPG's H145, which forced inspiration for the paint on the tail over an exact replica. The real helicopter also features a blue metallic flake paint which is extremely hard to represent with my current skillset. The lettering and striping on the sides had to be shrunk slightly to account for the rear-most window which is covered and painted on the real helicopter, but left as a clear glass panel on the HPG H145. Livery also contains custom flightsuits based off of the actual flightsuits used by Flight for Life.
Updates will most likely be made to this livery, but as it stands right now this is the most accurate representation of the 2022 H145/EC145e operated by Flight for Life that I am able to produce. I am aware of a few differences and bugs, so I will try to work on those as I develop my skills. Any and all feedback is appreciated. Feel free to either leave a comment, or ping me in the HYPE Discord in the #creators-chat channel.
I hope you enjoy!
Known Issues:
- Blue paint is slightly darker than real helicopter
- Pilot flightsuits have texture/mesh issue (When livery is used with HEMS Random & Everywhere Mission by Andrewwww)
- Flightsuit Patches incomplete
- Minor texture inconsistencies
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