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VAI will hold a member roundtable on Monday, Apr. 20, at 4:00 pm eastern (UTC-4) to continue our discussion on implementation of the FAA’s visual-separation General Notice (GENOT) and to outline the helicopter route reviews the agency will be conducting at major airports this year. Click on the headline to learn more and to access the Zoom meeting link for the event.

This FAA special airworthiness information bulletin (SAIB) is being issued to alert owners, operators, and maintenance technicians of an airworthiness concern for torso restraint systems and safety belts installed in general aviation aircraft.

The FAA Safety Team is sponsoring an interactive virtual webinar tomorrow, Apr. 18, at 10:00 am eastern (UTC-4). Chris Baur, industry chairman of the US Helicopter Safety Team, and colleagues will discuss the development, implementation, and commissioning of instrument flight procedures.

(Dronelife) – As the clock ticks down toward the launch of the first FIFA World Cup matches to be held in the United States, the country’s ability to counter potential threats from rogue unmanned aerial vehicles has been improved, but not to the point of ensuring blanket protection of every mass-gathering event, says a prominent security expert.

The acquisition expands Signia Aerospace’s portfolio of engineered aircraft systems.

(Advanced Air Mobility International) – The 500-million-euro conditional order from Vman Aviation Services comprises 10 SkyClinic vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hospitals. The aircraft are targeted for deployment in India to support advanced medical response in underserved regions.

(Urban Air Mobility) – Joby noted the news about the facility, which sits next to Dubai International Airport (OMDB), on a social media posting.

Bristol, England–based Vertical has become the second company globally to complete a two-way piloted transition flight in a full-scale tiltrotor electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and the first to do so under civil aviation Design Organisation Approval regulatory oversight.

The FAA is removing Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2026-01-51 for Airbus H160-B helicopters after the OEM determined that the main-rotor pitch rod–end failure was due to an inadequate maintenance procedure rather than an unsafe condition and that, therefore, no AD is warranted.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Apr. 29 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 63 – Main Rotor Drive – Vertical Mount – Inspection / Replacement / Life
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