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(WKBW) – Students in Niagara County are working to restore a Bell UH-1 that will be displayed at the Hartland Fire Hall as part of the Eastern Niagara Veterans Memorial.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65 Dolphin crew hoisted a passenger with a medical emergency from a cruise ship Nov. 26 off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

The Helicopter Podcast host Halsey Schider and Jon Gray from the Hangar Z Podcast interview Frank Liemandt, managing director of the German Helicopter Association and show director of EUROPEAN ROTORS.

(MLive) – A Michigan State Police (MSP) helicopter crew located a suspect who allegedly fled from officers Nov. 23 in Grand Rapids.

(RotorHub) – Airwolf Aerospace has obtained Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to install True Blue Power TB17 batteries on the Airbus H125/AS350, AS355, H120, and H130/EC130; Bell 206A/B and Bell 206L/L-1/L-3/L-4; Enstrom 480B; and MD 369/MD 500.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace has published a study that offers guidelines to help local officials and stakeholders ensure land-use compatibility for advanced air mobility infrastructure, including vertiports.

(Bob Mackin) – The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in British Columbia has started a new phase of an $18 million logging operation to remove trees that died after a moth infestation in Stanley Park.

The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Jonathan Clare reports on developments from the 2024 Global Defence Helicopter Conference, which took place Oct. 22–24 in Warsaw, Poland.

(FlightGlobal) – A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey assigned to US Marine Corps (USMC) Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), which provides support to the US president, was grounded Nov. 25 after a reporter observed flames below the tiltrotor’s right engine.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus H160-B helicopters, ATA 05–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment, becomes effective Dec. 10, 2024.