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The FAA is accepting comments through Jun. 5 about its proposal to establish special conditions that would introduce additional safety standards for the fly-by-wire flight control system on the Skyryse-modified Robinson R66.

The FAA is accepting comments through Jun. 5 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supersede AD 2015-20-12, issued Oct. 20, 2015. The proposed AD would retain the actions of the existing AD while adding a requirement to establish retirement lives for each repetitive external lift main-rotor shaft (MRS), including reducing life limits and allowing for the modification of life limits based on service information, as well as removing any MRS with oversized dowel pin bores.

The manufacturer of the Valo electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft has closed on a package worth up to $850 million.

VAI will hold a member roundtable at 4:00 pm eastern (UTC-4) today, Apr. 20, to continue our discussion on implementation of the FAA’s visual-separation General Notice (GENOT) and to outline the helicopter route reviews the agency will be conducting at major US airports this year. Click on the headline to learn more and to access the Zoom meeting link for the event.

Thomas M. Sando has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and King Schools Scholarship. Sando, the aviation and aerospace instructor at the Williston Basin Career and Technical Center in Williston, North Dakota, was selected for his demonstrated commitment to teaching, mentorship, and expanding access to aviation education.

(AVweb) – DigiFlight debuted its Phoenix mixed reality (MR) flight training device for Boeing AH-64 Apache crews last week at the Army Aviation Warfighting Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. The device is designed to replicate the Apache operating environment with mixed-reality technology, cockpit hardware, and simulation software.

(Australian Broadcasting Corp.) – A Robinson R22 went down Apr. 20 south of Jericho in western Queensland.

The company has named Todd O’Hara to the role, effective May 1. Current CEO John O’Hara will become president of TracPlus.

The pilot of a sightseeing helicopter told US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators that the aircraft experienced severe vibrations and a loss of directional control during a tour flight, according to the preliminary report. Three people died in the accident.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Helicopter Management Agency has awarded a contract to NHIndustries, a consortium of Airbus, GKN Aerospace, and Leonardo, to conduct a Block 2 architecture study for the NH90.