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(WXMI) – A Michigan State Police helicopter crew located a hiker Sep. 6 who was lost in Pigeon River Country State Forest while participating in a YouTube survival challenge.

The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker and the East Japan Railway Co. displayed future combined rail and eVTOL travel routes from Takanawa Gateway City Aug. 29–31 in Minato, Tokyo.

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, completed ground training and flew the Jetson One electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft Sep. 5 in Carlsbad, California.

During our most recent VAI Webinar, AME and Wingman Med Operations Director Keith Roxo, MD, explained how an AME determines your fitness for flight. If you missed the webinar, follow the link in the story to watch a recording of it.

The companies will partner to develop a hybrid-electric turbogenerator for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications. The agreement includes GE Aerospace investing $300 million in BETA.

The new Airbus helicopter, a replacement for the operator’s EC135 at Aberdeen International Airport (EGPD), will enter service in October.

(The Connexion) – A mountain rescue crew completed a complex winch of a climber who fell and was suspended upside down from ropes Sep. 2 in the French Alps.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is requesting feedback through Oct. 2 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 73 – Engine Fuel and Control – Electronic Engine Control Unit – Software Update; ATA 73 – Engine Fuel and Control – Preference Injector – Non-Extinguishing Test/Replacement.

(Dronelife) – Leaders from Thales, the Northern Plains Unmanned Aerial System Test Site, and 3 MAD Air Consulting discussed how collaboration between stakeholders is critical to implementing drone operations into the US National Airspace System at this week’s Commercial UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) Expo 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.