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(KSL) – The Utah Department of Transportation is working with Drone Amplified to explore the use of drones to drop explosives as part of avalanche-control operations. The technology is already in use for starting and managing controlled burns in firefighting operations.

(1News) – A Precision Helicopters search-and-recuse team rescued a border collie Mar. 31 that fell down a waterfall and was missing for a week in the Arahura Valley on the South Island.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) determined that the helicopter’s engine suffered a mechanical failure due to in-service loosening of the nuts on the connecting rod bolts, which led to separation of one of the connecting rods from the crankshaft.

(UAS magazine) – Skyports Drone Services and German construction company HochTief plan to use beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone surveying for a bridge project on the River Rhein north of Cologne.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a March 2025 revision of the publication that includes new online features.

(WFLD) – A helicopter crew installed a new antenna for Fox 32 Chicago on the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, on Mar. 29 in Illinois.

We thank Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.-06), longtime chair of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, for his decades of service and leadership in the general aviation community.

The founding partner of the VAI Southeast Asia Aviation Safety Conference, Rotortrade is inviting vertical aviation operators, pilots, safety professionals, regulators, trainers, OEMs, insurance providers, and other stakeholders to the event. The conference takes place May 27–29 in Bali, Indonesia.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and German Federal Aviation Office (LBA) have certified Reiser Simulation and Training’s Airbus H145 D3 extended reality (XR) simulator as a Level 3 flight training device.

(KRCG) – A US Forest Service (USFS) helicopter crew helped ground teams quickly contain a wildfire Mar. 29 in Phelps County.