"People who spy a brightly painted jet on the tarmac at Craig-Moffat Airport in Craig or Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden might wonder about the wealthy person with flamboyant taste who painted a private aircraft the color of a tangerine.
But what they are seeing is the Learjet 35 that was just added to the fleet of Flight for Life Colorado in mid-January.
The orange jet with its yellow stripe matches the color scheme on the turboprop airplane and helicopters that already fly into the Yampa Valley as part of the Flight for Life air ambulance service.
Flight for Life Colorado Director Kathy Mayer said the Cessna King Air 200 turboprop airplane operated by Mayo Aviation in Englewood would remain her agency’s primary fixed-wing aircraft. But the Learjet was added to provide better service on flights longer than 400 miles from Centennial Airport south of Denver.
Flight for Life Colorado routinely serves cities in Montana, for example. The jet will back up the King Air on shorter flights, but it won’t come to Steamboat Springs Airport because of the short runway...."
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