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(Aerial Fire magazine) – The H125 will join the longtime Airbus operator’s fleet, which also includes the AS350, H120, H130, H135, and H145.

(PR Newswire) – The Pennsylvania-based operator has acquired a new Airbus EC135 for on-demand services from Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT).

(KTLA) – Officers with the Desert Hot Springs Police Department used a drone to locate a patient who went missing from a medical facility in Riverside County.

(BBC) – Helicopter crews assisted the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service with dropping water to help contain wildfires Apr. 4 in Galloway.

(WFTV) – Responders found a helicopter upside down on a baseball field Apr. 6 at the McKnight Family Sports Complex in Rockledge. The accident resulted in injuries to two people.

(Associated Press) – An air ambulance helicopter went down into the sea Apr. 6, resulting in the deaths of three people, according to the Japan Coast Guard. Three people also sustained injuries in the accident.

Voters in the annual The145.com awards have selected StandardAero to receive the Best Engine Overhaul award for the third year in a row.

The US House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Aviation has scheduled a hearing on infrastructure at US airports for 10 am eastern tomorrow, Tuesday, Apr. 8.

State Rep. Nicole Miller (R-82) hosted an Apr. 2 town hall on aerospace, aviation, and defense as part of the annual event hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City. More than 1,200 people attended the event. “VAI is grateful to Rep. Miller for her leadership in bringing together industry, government, and community voices to advance aerospace in Oklahoma. Her spotlight on business aviation’s safety initiatives and the state’s preparation for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft reflects a forward-thinking approach that will help ensure a safer, more innovative National Airspace System,” says Greg Brown, VAI director of education and training services.

The FAA is seeking comments by May 22 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require repetitively tap inspecting the main-rotor blades and repairing or replacing them, depending on the results. The AD would also prohibit installing those main-rotor blades unless certain requirements are met, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.