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This Transport Canada airworthiness directive (AD), CF-2024-42, Main Rotor Drive System–Cracking of Transmission Oil Check Valve, takes effect Dec. 27, 2024. It applies to Bell 427s with serial numbers 56001 through 56084, as well as 58001 and 58002.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72–Engine–Gas Generator High Pressure Turbine Blades–Replacement, becomes effective Dec. 26, 2024. It revises AD 2024-0218, which was released Nov. 18, 2024.

The manufacturer has delivered the first NH90 under a batch order for 23 helicopters to the Spanish Directorate General of Armament and Material in Albacete. The order comprises 10 NH90s for the Spanish Army Airmobile Force, 7 for the country’s navy, and 6 for the Spanish Air and Space Force, with deliveries through 2028.

Leonardo has chosen the FlySight mission support system to complement its HeliAwareness avionics system as part of the CH-149 Cormorant modernization program for the Canadian Armed Forces.

Construction is complete at the new high-volume manufacturing facility at Covington Municipal Airport (KCVC) in Newton County under a partnership with automaker Stellantis. Production of Archer’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is set to begin in early 2025.

VAI members receive discounts to attend and exhibit at VERTICON (formerly known as HAI HELI-EXPO®), among other VAI events. VERTICON 2025 takes place Mar. 10–13 (exhibits open Mar. 11–13), 2025, in Dallas, Texas.

The US Helicopter Safety Team has announced plans to introduce the Peer Pilot Program for helicopter pilots, with a series of kickoff events scheduled for March 2025 during VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.

(Business Insider) – Alphabet subsidiary Wing is partnering with food delivery service DoorDash to deliver goods from two shopping malls in Dallas–Fort Worth.

(ABC News) – The FAA is warning people not to point lasers or shoot at aircraft amid a 269% increase in reports from pilots in New Jersey compared with the same period in 2023. The warning comes after a recent rash of drone sightings in the northeastern United States.

(BBC) – The chief operating officer of Gatwick Airport (EGKK) in London, England, is urging people who receive drones as holiday gifts to read the rules before flying, noting that investigating reported drone sightings causes disruption and is a “drain on resources.”