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First responders, local partners, and special guests, including former patients, gathered to commemorate the Air Methods operator’s 35 years of service to the communities of Barstow, Big Bear, Hesperia, and Victorville, on Dec. 14 at Apple Valley Airport (KAPV) in San Bernardino County.

VAI engaged with its Gateway Program partners and local operators to ensure that all required lighting systems are fully operational at the Hudson Tunnel Project in New York.

This rule, effective immediately, implements requirements under existing US law for annual inflationary adjustments to minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts regarding violations of Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. The adjustments are made yearly to preserve the deterrent impact of the penalties.

(Unofficial Networks) – A Las Vegas Metro Police Department search-and-rescue team hoisted two stuck climbers Dec. 25 from the Pine Creek Canyon Trail.

VAI has partnered with four safety management system (SMS) industry leaders to provide substantial savings for operators that don’t already have an SMS in place.

Urban air mobility company Volocopter has filed an application for insolvency proceedings at a court in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

(KRIV) – According to local officials, a helicopter’s rotor blade struck the ground shortly after liftoff Dec. 31 in Galveston.

(The Packet) – The crew helped ground and lifeboat teams rescue a group of people and their dogs who were cut off from the tide Jan. 1 in the Gwithian area of Cornwall, England.

(ExtremeTech) – The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has released an animation showing what the Mars Chopper might look like once it is complete.

The FAA’s Engineering Brief 105A, Vertiport Design, provides standards and guidance for the planning, design, and construction of heliports serving vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.