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This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires replacing all steel-alloy barrel nuts with nickel-alloy barrel nuts, replacing or inspecting other tail-boom attachment point hardware, repetitively inspecting torque, and repetitively replacing tail-boom attachment bolts, becomes effective Nov. 8, 2024. It also prohibits the installation of steel-alloy barrel nuts.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires inspecting the tail-boom assembly hardware, replacing the tail-boom attachment hardware, greasing the bolt shanks, and inspecting torque for the Bell 204B, 205A-1, 205B, and 210, takes effect Nov. 8, 2024. It also prohibits the installation of steel-alloy nuts on any helicopter.

Applications are due by Nov. 8, 2024, for VAI’s 2025 scholarship program, which awards educational benefits to VAI members across multiple categories.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a preliminary report into the collision of two Robinson R44 Beta IIs near Mount Anderson Station that were conducting cattle mustering as part of an operation that included multiple land vehicles.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that the aircraft’s Bambi Bucket suspension cables became caught over the left-rear skid when the helicopter was on approach to a dam and during water collection, resulting in asymmetric lift loads and loss of control.

(Seattle Times) – A trio of King County Sheriff’s Office deputies tasked with flying a new Bell 407GXi from northeastern Tennessee to Renton in September experienced an anxious moment when they thought they were about to be stranded in the New Mexico desert.

Whisper Aero is teaming up with Electric Power Systems (EPS) to combine its next-generation thrusters with EPiC propulsion batteries from EPS. The companies are seeking FAA Part 23 certification for use on electric aircraft.

(India Today) – An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crew on a relief mission made a precautionary landing into water after reportedly experiencing a rotor-blade issue Oct. 2 in Muzaffarpur, Bahar.