Proposed FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters AS355 and AS350 B3 The FAA is accepting comments on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD) through Oct. 6. It would supersede AD 2021-20-16, issued… Continue reading →
New Zealand approves funding for helicopter fleet replacement (ABC News) – The country’s government announced Aug. 20 a new NZ$2.7 billion (US$1.6 billion) military spending package to replace… Continue reading →
Crews rescue hikers, campers after BC flooding (VIDEO) (CBC) – Helicopter crews last weekend airlifted more than 60 people from Bugaboo Provincial Park in British Columbia (BC), Canada,… Continue reading →
Low-flying helicopters help control mosquitoes in Florida (VIDEO) (WBBH) – A Lee County Mosquito Control pilot explains why helicopter crews are flying at low altitudes this month around… Continue reading →
US Army awards contract for Sikorsky Black Hawk upgrade Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $43 million US Army contract to modernize the UH-60 Black Hawk, including… Continue reading →
Skyportz, FlyNow to partner on air taxi vertipads (Urban Air Mobility News) – Skyportz will collaborate on the development of vertipads for FlyNow Aviation’s eCopter electric air taxi. Continue reading →
Loft Dynamics secures investment to develop virtual reality trainers The company has raised $24 million from the Friedkin Group with support from Alaska Airlines and other companies. Loft Dynamics… Continue reading →
Reiser gains EASA approval for Airbus sim update Reiser Simulation and Training has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) qualification to incorporate Helionix V10 avionics into its… Continue reading →
François Lassale to lead VAI’s global growth as new CEO (Vertical magazine) – The association’s newly appointed leader says it is important that VAI is perceived as a “365-day-a-year value… Continue reading →
US Army evaluates Recoil Aerospace fuel tank The 101st Airborne Division used Recoil’s Expeditionary Fuel Tank during a refueling exercise in the southern United States. Continue reading →
