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This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires replacing the aluminum central-firewall stiffener with a titanium stiffener, takes effect Apr. 11, 2025. It also prohibits the installation of an aluminum stiffener.

The US Army Center of Excellence has awarded a contract to the training providers as part of the US Army FAA Part 141 Helicopter Flight School Program based in Marina, Florida. The program will provide pilots with civilian flight training using the TH-66 Sage—a military variant of the Robinson R66—before they advance to military helicopter training.

The OEM will display a Peoria (Arizona) Police Department Bell 505, a Global Medical Response Bell 407GXi, a QuickTrip Bell 429, a Kern Country (California) Subaru Bell 412EPX, and a Bell 525 in an offshore configuration. Bell is at Booth #10053 during the event, which starts Monday (exhibits open Mar. 11–13) in Dallas, Texas.

The helicopter OEM has agreed to establish a joint venture with the Turkish drone maker to develop a range of unmanned aircraft systems.

The Chinese company has agreed to establish a lab with the University of Guangzhou in Guangdong and the University of Zaragoza in Spain.

HeliSpeed Academy has obtained United Kingdom (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval to integrate five hours of simulator time into its helicopter private pilot license (PPL) training courses.

(Adirondack Daily Enterprise) – A New York State Police Aviation (NYSPA) helicopter crew helped the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and MedFlight with the rescue Feb. 26 in southwestern Vermont.

(AirMed&Rescue) – This Q&A features Charley Shimanski, president of the Air Rescue Commission at the International Commission for Alpine Rescue, and Vita Aerospace’s Cody Berg.

(Vertical magazine) – The OEM’s PioneerLab twin-engine demonstrator has begun flight tests that will ultimately enable the aircraft to perform fully automated landings and takeoffs.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s loss of control during takeoff.