NTSB final report: Robinson R44, Edgemont, South Dakota, Feb. 27, 2025 The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure… Continue reading →
Helicopter crashes in Minnesota (VIDEO) (KSTP) – According to local and federal officials, the helicopter went down Sep. 6 in a remote area near Airlake… Continue reading →
Concorde Battery adds European technical sales manager The company has appointed Melinda Balazova to the role at its facility in Germany. Continue reading →
California legislators introduce bill to enhance wildfire response The bipartisan state bill would reauthorize the FireGuard program, which uses US Department of Defense satellites to help detect wildfires. Continue reading →
Proposed FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters H160-B The FAA is accepting comments through Oct. 23 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revising the existing… Continue reading →
Chinook convoy flies over Kansas (VIDEO) (KMBC) – The US Army Reserve unit at New Century AirCenter (KIXD) conducted a final flyover with its fleet of… Continue reading →
EASA reminds pilots: Avoid ‘get-there-itis’ The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Community Network is sharing information about a December 2016 helicopter crash in Brazil… Continue reading →
Skyportz illustrates downwash, outwash reduction (VIDEO) A new Skyportz animation shows how vertipads can reduce downwash and outwash from electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at… Continue reading →
Helicopter crew finds hiker lost on survival challenge (VIDEO) (WXMI) – A Michigan State Police helicopter crew located a hiker Sep. 6 who was lost in Pigeon River Country… Continue reading →
SkyDrive exhibits eVTOL, rail routes in Japanese city The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker and the East Japan Railway Co. displayed future combined rail and… Continue reading →
