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Even though the waterpark had been crowded, the outer section of the vast parking lot was free of cars, leaving rooe of the cars, Eddie heard the sound of rotors approaching He looked up to see a sleek tiltrotor aircraft swooping toward them

The AgustaWestland AW609 was a huge upgrade from the Corporation’s MD520N helicopter, which had been destroyed when the previous Oregon sank The tiltrotor had a range of ht hundred miles and could cruise at three hundred ers and cre Eddie was glad they’d sprung for the more capable aircraft There was no way they could have stretched out an injured man in the chopper

The tiltrotor looked like any norines were situated on the ends of the wings to power the huge propellers As it switched to hover ines turned vertically so that the propellers pointed straight up The AW settled to the asphalt, the noise of its prop wash deafening

The moment the tires touched down, Linc pushed the cart forward, and they all followed Clae opened, with a short staircase on the bottom half

A woreen scrubs, her brown hair in a ponytail, hurried down the steps carrying a lightweight backboard Nor bedside eon and chief ht now she was all business as she zeroed in on her inco patients

She took a quick glance at Raven, who simply waved her off

“Don’t worry about er s helicopter

Julia turned her focus on Muñoz, inspecting his torso before covering it with gauze

“It’s risky, but we’ll have to ht not on is closer I’ll stabilize him there”

The ship’s infirnostic tools, was as well equipped as a big city hospital, and she and her staff could conduct any surgeries that didn’t require a specialist

They shifted Muñoz over to the backboard, and Eddie and Linc carefully lifted hier compartment Once everyone was packed inside and buckled in, Eddie closed the door and went into the cockpit He took a seat in the copilot’s chair, strapping hi a headset

“Welco away from his control panel “Wish your first ride on the A-dub was under better circumstances”

Goreen eyes and a handlebar o dalliance with a woman who looked just like Morticia fro abilities, but the self-assurance ell deserved

“Me, too,” Eddie said “Doc says to get Muñoz to the Oregon Let’s go home”

Gomez increased the throttle, and the helicopter lifted into the sky as if it were borne aloft by a cloud As he transitioned the tiltrotor to horizontal flight, the aircraft accelerated forward and gained altitude