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Nominations are open through Friday, Oct. 17, for VAI’s Salute to Excellence Awards. Learn more about 2 of the 11 award categories, the Safety and Communications Awards, in this installment of a continuing series of articles about the program.

The service letter notifies R22, R44, and R66 operators about a newly approved Haloton BrX fire extinguisher conversion kit.

The Air Methods operator’s base at Evanston Regional Hospital joins a regional network in Wyoming, northern Utah, eastern Idaho, and western Montana.

The FAA approved the Airbus H125 virtual reality simulator at Level 7 following qualification testing at Marshall University.

The companies conducted a public flight demonstration during Expo 2025, which runs through mid-October in Osaka, Kansai.

The deadline is Monday, Oct. 6, to submit comments on the proposed FAA rule, Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS), also known as Part 108.

Mike Becker of Yandina Creek, Queensland, Australia–based Swashplate shares lessons learned from an unexpected flight straight into a cloud—including never assume, remember your training, and keep your cool—in the latest edition of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter.

Michael Kaplan will rejoin the company Oct. 6 to succeed Steve Sinquefield, who is retiring after more than 10 years in the role.

The company has appointed Natasha Dean as head of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) sales. She will oversee regional account managers in North America, Australia, and New Zealand.