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(news.com.au) – A police helicopter crew rescued the cyclist, who became trapped in fast-rising waters while crossing the Snowy River, Mar. 6 in East Gippsland, Victoria.

(Zag Daily) – The longtime aerospace industry professional shares how early regulatory decisions around electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have shaped today’s competitive landscape and why the companies that remain are more resilient than many observers assume.

(Vertical magazine) – More powerful, efficient lighting is reshaping how parapublic helicopters operate in demanding mission environments.

The manufacturer is collaborating with software provider Air Space Intelligence (ASI) to develop an artificial intelligence platform for the integration of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft into complex and high-traffic airspace.

The US Army has selected Bell Textron for the fourth phase of its Flight School Next program. The OEM is proposing the Bell 505 for the program with partners Alpha 1 Aerospace, Delaware Resource Group, DigiFlight, Semper Fly Helicopters, TRU Simulation, and V2X. Read more about the program in the March 2026 edition of POWER UP Magazine.

The FAA is accepting comments through May 26, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supersede AD 2024-02-55, issued Feb. 28, 2024. The proposed AD would retain the inspections in the existing AD while limiting the applicability to exclude certain serial-numbered 505s with an improved-design vertical stabilizer top-end cap. It would also require replacing the vertical stabilizer top-end cap assembly with an improved-design top-end cap assembly.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be a total loss of engine power due to a loss of cooling oil to the turbine-to-compressor coupling shaft and subsequent fracture of the shaft at an altitude too low for the pilot to complete a successful autorotation. Investigators cited carbon buildup in the piccolo tube screen and nozzles and the disintegration of the spur adapter gear shaft O-rings as contributing factors.

(The Daily Collegian) – The Penn State Autonomous Robotics Competition Club is 1 of 14 university programs participating in an international GoAERO competition to build an autonomous emergency response flyer.

Vietnam Helicopter Corp. (VNH) subsidiaries VNH North and VNH South have purchased three Airbus H225s to expand offshore energy operations.

(IOL) – A crew of four on an animal carcass investigation landed safely in a remote area of South Africa’s Kruger National Park but could not navigate their way out of thick bush, which led to an overnight stay and a rescue operation the next day using another helicopter and drones.