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The FAA is seeking comments by Apr. 11, 2025, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require repetitively inspecting the cargo-swing installation and frame.

Under a new partnership, the Air Methods operator will serve as the primary air medical provider for North Star Health Alliance (NSHA).

Scottsdale, Arizona–based Bluetail will provide digital maintenance records for a fleet of more than 170 air medical helicopters.

One of the most essential missions of vertical aviation is wildfire suppression. The recent Los Angeles wildfires provided a powerful reminder of how our industry saves lives and property around the world. VAI salutes all those who work to support wildfire suppression efforts in L.A. and elsewhere around the world, including the mechanics and engineers […]

Talon chief pilot Jarrett Lunn describes how night-vision goggles assist with fire-suppression and -containment operations.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Emergency Release Control of Cargo-Swing Installation–Inspection, took effect Feb. 18, 2025. It supersedes Emergency AD 2024-0252-E, which was published Dec. 23, 2024.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Rotating Scissors Spherical Bearings–Inspection, became effective Feb. 21, 2025. It supersedes AD 2025-0018, which was issued Jan. 14, 2025.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Cargo Hook Assembly–Inspection, takes effect Feb. 26, 2025.

The Winter 2024 newsletter from the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) includes details about its new Peer Pilot Program, which will launch during VERTICON 2025 in March. Also in this issue: securing loose equipment in the cockpit, inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions, and more.