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(POWER UP) – Safety rating system concept offers method for evaluating rotorcraft safety technologies.

(POWER UP) – Pilot’s experience, skill enabled him to counter low-altitude downdrafts, preventing a more serious accident.

(POWER UP) – A ball bearing from a Bell 214 transmission represents one of the thousands of products Bearing Inspection Inc., a VAI manufacturer and supplier member, handle every year.

(POWER UP) – A visit to Chevron’s Tahiti Platform made me appreciate our members in offshore energy production.

(BBC) – A team of engineers at Leonardo Helicopters UK in Yeovil, Somerset, is building the Proteus experimental helicopter as part of a research project. It is designed to fly autonomously—without the need for humans to operate it remotely.

The FAA is seeking comments by May 5 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require updating the airworthiness limitations section of the existing maintenance manual or the instructions for continued airworthiness. It would also require updating the existing maintenance or inspection program, if applicable, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

Dallas Avionics and QAI Aviation installed the new equipment on a Life Flight Network Airbus EC135 at QAI’s hangar at Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Main Rotor Blades–Replacement, becomes effective Apr. 3, 2025.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute presented its Richard G. McSpadden General Aviation Safety Award to Avidyne CEO Dan Schwinn during a Mar. 19 ceremony at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA).

Bell Textron has approved the Rotor Analysis Diagnostic System Next Generation (RADS-NG) across its commercial helicopter fleet, including the Bell 505, 429, 412, and 407.