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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is reminding Robinson R22 pilots and maintainers about the importance of visual inspections for corrosion. Investigators determined that the failure of a tail-rotor tip cap adhesive caused the separation of the tail assembly that led to the accident during a low-level training exercise at Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) near Brisbane, Queensland.

Data is like altitude—the more we get, the better we can see what’s below. That’s the fundamental reasoning behind ASIAS, formally known as Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing, explain the FAA’s John Walberg and Metro Aviation’s Ed Stockhausen in the summer 2024 US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter.

(ROTOR magazine) – Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, VAI member Eagle III has provided air medical services to northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan since 1999.

(ROTOR magazine) – Zimbabwe’s first female helicopter pilot says helicopter flying has shaped her character in more ways than she can mention.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report that indicates a witness heard an engine “sputter” before the helicopter fell. Investigators found evidence of a wasp’s nest in the vent tube leading to the fuel tank. The pilot died in the accident.

A crew from Air Methods operator ARCH Air Medical in Effingham, Illinois, reconnected with a person whose life they saved after an ATV accident earlier this summer.

(Airports International) – Volocopter and Groupe ADP have completed a crewed test flight of Volocopter’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at the Saint-Cyr-l’École aerodrome near Paris.

LifeFlight Australia’s new maintenance facility at Archerfield Airport near Brisbane, Queensland, provides services for a fleet of 19 air medical helicopters and 4 fixed-wing aircraft.

Joby Aviation has rolled out its third production prototype electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and continues to advance toward certification, the company announced in its second quarter 2024 financial report.

Stellantis will contribute up to $400 million to help scale production to 650 Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft annually through 2030, Archer Aviation notes in its second quarter FY2024 earnings report.