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(Vertical Plus) – Responses are due Friday, May 29, for the annual survey, which is open to anyone in the global civil helicopter industry who has operated, flown, or maintained helicopters in the past two years.

(RNZ) – Vivid Sydney temporarily canceled a series of drone shows after a technical malfunction resulted in 89 drones falling into a harbor May 25 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain proper main-rotor rpm during a low-level turn, which resulted in the main-rotor rpm dropping and a loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65 Dolphin crew hoisted an injured hiker from a cliff on God’s Thumb May 24 in Lincoln City.

The OEM is celebrating 40 years of manufacturing in the country during CANSEC, Canada’s leading defense, security, and technology event, this week in Ottawa. The event is hosted by the Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries.

(Bernama) – Following an overnight weather delay, a helicopter crew assisted with transporting an injured hiker May 26 from Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara to a hospital in Bali.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University is collaborating with the Panama Beach, Florida–based flight school to combine academic training programs with helicopter flight experience.

Learn more about the nine operators, manufacturers, and suppliers that became members of VAI last month.

(Bloomberg) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) plans to deploy roughly 60 specially trained state and local police officers across venues in 11 cities for the international soccer tournament.