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Enstrom is hosting two five-day maintenance training courses for student pilots and maintenance technicians at its facilities in Menominee, Michigan. The manufacturer will offer a course focusing on piston-engine models Sep. 23–27 and a turbine-engine course Sep. 30–Oct. 4.

(Navy Times) – All 10 US Navy personnel aboard two MH-60S Seahawks involved in an Aug. 15 training incident at Naval Air Station Fallon have been released after medical checks.

(Kuensel) – A Drukair helicopter crew returning to base at Paro International Airport (VQPR) in Bhutan made a precautionary landing in a field Aug. 17 due to inclement weather.

(AP) – Helicopter crews assisted firefighters on the ground with efforts to control wildfires across Sutjeska National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The new doctors, who join a team of more than 180 medical professionals, completed helicopter underwater escape training, winch exercises, and clinical-scenario training at LifeFlight Training Academy.

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) has released a request for proposals for its 42nd Annual Student Design Competition. The sponsorship of the competition rotates between this year’s sponsor, Airbus, and Bell, Boeing, Leonardo, Sikorsky, and the US Army Research Laboratory.

In celebration of World Helicopter Day on Aug. 18, 2024, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) shared information that can help pilots and operators increase safety and reduce the risk of inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC).

Walter McLean, a farmer in Queensland, Australia, raised more than AUD$2,400 after a helicopter crew from the LifeFlight base in Roma provided air medical treatment following a quad bike accident.

Blueflite will develop a lightweight, high-pressure, hydrogen tank for uncrewed aerial vehicles using advanced fiber placement technology for a collaborative project supported by the Northern Territory government.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), 2014-0160, ATA 62–Main Rotor–Mast–Inspection, becomes effective Aug. 30, 2024. It supersedes AD 2020-0264, issued Dec. 2, 2020.