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(Outside) – An Airbus AS350 B3e pilot airlifted a sick climber from a 24,000-ft. base camp May 14 on Mount Everest in Nepal.

(GlobeNewswire) – Regent Craft has obtained an order for 20 additional Viceroy electric seagliders from Florida-based UrbanLink.

(US Air Force) – The US Senate confirmed the aircraft engineer and former Boeing KC-135 navigator and instructor for the position on May 13.

The Reston, Virginia–based company has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification as a U-space service provider.

The companies have introduced the AerialOGI-N optical gas camera to assist with inspections for greenhouse gases. The camera is available for installation on seven different industrial drone types.

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has promoted Mitchell Fox to managing director of the Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) program.

(MyNorthwest) – A US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter airlifted four construction workers who were injured when they fell into an unfinished water tank after a scaffolding collapse May 13 in Taholah, Washington.

The French Civil Aviation Authority has authorized Airbus Helicopters to offer type rating training on the AS350 B3e using a virtual reality (VR) flight simulation training device (FSTD) from Loft Dynamics.

The World Air Sports Federation (FAI) is recognizing French pilot Didier Delsalle’s record for the highest takeoff in an AS350 B3 from the top of Mount Everest on May 14, 2005.

(Breaking Defense) -The US State Department has approved the possible sale of six CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement would include 12 Honeywell T-55-GA-714A engines and 4 spares, GPS and communication devices, missile warning systems, machine guns, radars, and laser-detection equipment.