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(WOFL) – A small private helicopter flipped onto its side during an unplanned landing Mar. 28 in Chuluota.

(Reuters) – The Indian government has placed an order for 156 Prachand light attack helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) with Safran engines.

Angela Buccio of Bell Textron is the overall winner of this year’s Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Robert L. Lichten technical award.

(Times of San Diego) – A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) helicopter crew assisted city crews with the removal of trash and debris from an empty homeless encampment Mar. 27 in La Jolla. The flight was also part of a training operation.

(Simple Flying) – Coulson operates five helicopter models—the Bell 412, the CH-47 Chinook, and the Sikorsky S-61, S-76, and UH-60 Black Hawk.

(CBS Mornings Plus) – The GoAERO Prize is offering $2 million to innovators around the world to create a compact emergency-response aircraft. CEO Gwen Lighter explains how the competition could transform the future of rescue operations.

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The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined the helicopter’s tail rotor encountered helicopter–building interference from the hangar, which resulted in a loss of tail-rotor effectiveness. Investigators noted errors in calculating the weight and balance for the flight as a contributing factor.

(OpenPR) – A new HTF Market Intelligence Consulting report projects that the global market for helicopter blades will expand at a compound annual growth rate of around 8% through 2032 and rise from a 2025 value of $5 billion to approximately $12 billion.

The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command has awarded a contract for Boeing to remanufacture five additional MH-47G Block II Chinooks, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2027.