FAA issues special conditions for SAR system on Airbus EC175B The special conditions, which took effect Mar. 17, add safety standards for the EC175B’s search-and-rescue (SAR) automatic flight control system… Continue reading →
Proposed FAA AD: Various helicopters The FAA is accepting comments through Apr. 27 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require repetitive visual inspections… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters AS 332C/C1/L/L1 and SA.330J This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which becomes effective Apr. 17, requires reduced life-limit intervals for the bearing stacks and replacing… Continue reading →
QuikTrip to add another Bell 429 to fleet The Tulsa, Oklahoma–based chain of convenience stores will use the helicopter for corporate transportation. QuikTrip currently operates a Bell 429… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland/MBB BK 117 series This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Apr. 17, requires a one-time consistency check of the part number and… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters AS 332C/C1 and AS 332L/L1 This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Apr. 17, retains the requirements of AD 2020-09-15 while adding a requirement… Continue reading →
NTCSA signs contract for 7 Bell 407GXi helicopters National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) placed the order with Bell Textron for the helicopters, which will support power-line maintenance… Continue reading →
ATSB interim report: Bell 412, northeast of YSRN, Tasmania, Mar. 10, 2025 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report notes that the firefighting helicopter unexpectedly lost height when filling its underslung bucket… Continue reading →
VERTICON 2026 draws global vertical aviation community to Atlanta VAI welcomed 12,850 attendees to the Georgia World Congress Center for VERTICON 2026, which ends today. The event featured 280,000… Continue reading →
VAI’s Lassale stresses association’s value for future of AAM At his fireside chat, “Straight Talk, Real Change,” Mar. 12 at VERTICON 2026, VAI President and CEO François Lassale stressed… Continue reading →
