AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 13, 2008
REGISTRATION NO. 33-59690
 
UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

____________________________________________
 
AIR METHODS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
84-0915893
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7301 South Peoria
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 792-7400
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
 
Aaron D. Todd, Chief Executive Officer
7301 South Peoria
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 792-7400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
____________________________________________
 
With Copies To

Lester R. Woodward
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 892-9400

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  Not applicable
 
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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the registration statement filed on March 17, 1993 by Air Methods Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Air Methods”), on Form S-3, File No. 33-59690 (the “Original Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which Original Registration Statement was subsequently declared effective.  Pursuant to Air Methods’ undertaking under Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, Air Methods hereby removes and withdraws from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 all securities registered under the Original Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
 
 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Original Registration Statement No. 33-59690 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Englewood, Colorado, on June 11, 2008.
 
 
AIR METHODS CORPORATION
     
 
By:
/s/ Aaron D. Todd
   
Aaron D. Todd
   
Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Original Registration Statement No. 33-59690 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
  
Title
  
Date
         
/s/ Aaron D. Todd
  
Chief Executive Officer and Director
  
June 11, 2008
Aaron D. Todd
  
(Principal Executive Officer)
    
         
/s/ Trent J. Carman
  
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
  
June 11, 2008
Trent J. Carman
  
Financial and Accounting Officer)
    
         
/s/ Sharon J. Keck
  
Principal Accounting Officer
  
June 11, 2008
Sharon J. Keck
        
         
*
  
Chairman of the Board
  
June 13, 2008
George W. Belsey
  
 
    
         
   
Director
  
June ___, 2008
Ralph J. Bernstein
  
 
  
 
         
*
  
Director
  
June 13, 2008
Samuel H. Gray
  
 
    
         
*
  
Director
  
June 13, 2008
C. David Kikumoto
  
 
    
         
   
Director
  
June ___, 2008
Carl H. McNair, Jr.
  
 
  
 
         
*
  
Director
  
June 13, 2008
Lowell D. Miller, Ph.D.
  
 
    
         
   
Director
  
June ___, 2008
David A. Roehr
  
 
  
 
         
   
Director
  
June ___, 2008
Morad Tahbaz
  
 
  
 
         
* By : 
/s/ Lester R. Woodward
      
June 13, 2008
Lester R. Woodward, Attorney-in-Fact
        
 
 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
Power of Attorney