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The newsletter will not publish on Tuesday, Apr. 14, or Wednesday, Apr. 15, while VAI holds a series of all-staff meetings. The newsletter will return Thursday, Apr. 16.

(The Natchez Democrat) – The US-Army-turned-helicopter-flight-nurse explains how service, intense training, and emotional resilience shape her work for the Louisiana-based air medical operator.

A council in Cambridgeshire, England, has granted permission for East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) to build a new air ambulance facility in Fulbourn.

The OEM has gained full regulatory approval from the FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to begin sales and delivery of the new helicopter.

(WBBH) – An air ambulance crew from Lee County, Florida, landed on Useppa Island Apr. 12 following a minor mechanical issue. A helicopter crew from a neighboring county completed the patient transport.

(Vertical magazine) – While helicopters and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have not yet shared the skies in any meaningful way, the helicopter community is already learning lessons from the advanced air mobility industry.

(Vertical magazine) – Supervisors must keep a close eye on less-experienced apprentices when the situation warrants it to prevent damage, issues, and injuries—or worse, writes Terrence D. Eissfeldt.

(SlashGear) – Advancements in technology have led to new helicopter designs since the end of World War II, including for the AH-6 Little Bird, Bell 47 and UH-1, Boeing AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook, Changhe Z-10, Eurocopter Tiger and UH-72 Lakota, Kamov Ka-52, Mil Mi-24, and Sikorsky CH-53 and UH-60.

The FAA is accepting comments through May 28 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require inspecting for missing retaining rings on all the hinge pins installed on the jettisonable window systems and installing missing rings, if necessary.

(Defence Blog) – In partnership with Austria-based AMST Group, Sahra Group plans to build a training center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 2028 that will focus heavily on helicopter training for military and special ops units, air medical services, law enforcement, and search-and-rescue operations.