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The Quebec-based company uses H215 Super Pumas for various missions, including construction, aerial survey, charter, firefighting, mining, and oil-and-gas support operations.

Representatives from the OEM joined the Australian operator for a commissioning ceremony May 6 at RotorTech 2026 in Brisbane.

The Australian operator will receive a Bell 429 flight training device (FTD) for police training and a Level 5 AW139 FTD simulator that includes a hoist-control station under the agreement with Entrol.

For many US helicopter operators, the clock is ticking toward the May 2027 safety management system (SMS) mandate. Through an anonymous, one-question survey, VAI is taking a quick pulse check across the industry to better understand where operators stand in their SMS journey. Click on the headline above to take the survey!

(Vertical magazine) – Reviewing a group of exciting new products that were on display during March at VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting feedback through Jun. 2 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53 – Fuselage – Screws and Nuts Installed on Firewalls – Inspection.

(South China Morning Post) – A disaster-prevention helicopter crew assisted local police and search teams with airlifting the stranded hiker May 5 from the Japanese mountains.

The private equity investment company has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Nordic operator and lessor that provides firefighting, power line/utility, defense, and other services.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that an operational misunderstanding and poor situational awareness led a helicopter to come into close proximity to a firebombing aircraft over an active fire site west of Mount Hotham Airport (YHOT) in Victoria.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 63 – Main Rotor Drive – Vertical Mount – Inspection/Replacement/Life Limitations, takes effect May 12.