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(KOLO) – A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew assisted with finding and rescuing a lost mountain biker on a trail near Downieville, according to a Jan. 18 post from the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office.

LifeFlight Australia is reporting a new operational record for 2025, assisting a total of 8,838 patients across 3,857 helicopter missions. The addition of new Leonardo AW139s, base upgrades, and emergency trauma training workshops helped drive a 9% increase in missions flown compared with 2024, according to the operator.

(KUTV) – Four people survived after a helicopter went down Jan. 18 near Wolf Creek Campground in Wasatch County. One person suffered a head injury in the crash, according to local officials.

The report includes data about fleet composition by helicopter OEM; mission types; maintenance, repair, and overhaul capabilities; and financing options.

The Canadian training and simulation provider has appointed Ryan McLeod as CFO, effective Feb. 23. McLeod was previously CFO of ATS Corp.

(BBC) – The air medical charity operates in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk Counties in England.

Representatives from Leonardo, the Royal Navy, and United Kingdom (UK) Defence Innovation conducted the initial flight of the Proteus technology demonstrator from Predannack Airfield (EGDO) in Cornwall.

The FAA is accepting comments through Mar. 6, 2026, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supersede AD 2024-24-02, released Nov. 25, 2024. The updated AD would continue to require removal of the affected fuel-control unit (FCU) from service and replacement with a serviceable part. It would also reduce the number of affected FCUs.

When the FAA’s NOTAM system is constantly filled with so many things that are not necessary to a pilot’s day-to-day operations, it immediately gets messy and hard to plan around. Virginia Helicopter Association (VHA) President Mitchell Hynes explains that a better NOTAM system could make the daily life of pilots much easier. He also argues a better system could have helped in a Jan. 2 accident in Arizona in which a helicopter struck a zipline, resulting in the deaths of four people.

The French military has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group to provide a half dozen VSR700s for the French Navy, with operations planned to start in 2028.