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(Vertical Plus) – Responses are due by May 29 for the annual survey, which is open to anyone in the global civil helicopter industry who has operated, flown, or maintained helicopters in the past two years.

SkyDrive will provide the Japanese operator with an SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in 2028.

(NewsX World) – Firefighting helicopter crews rushed to battle a fast-moving Everglades wildfire May 11 as smoke spread across the area.

(RotorHub) – The milestone H130 will join Rotorjet Aviation’s fleet in Kenya for air medical, surveying, tourism, aerial photography, and filming operations.

Saman Farhangdoust, an assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), has received a $500,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (USDOE) to develop a system that would integrate batteries into the structural components of next-generation electric aircraft.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jun. 17, requires replacing certain life-raft inflation systems. It also prohibits installation of an affected life-raft inflation system on any helicopter.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jun. 17, continues to require repetitive inspections of the intersection of the lateral pylon and floor spar at station 1815 for cracking as detailed in AD 2021-23-04 while adding more helicopter models to the applicability. The updated AD also requires modification of the affected area, which constitutes terminating action for the repetitive inspections.

(Arizona’s Family) – VAI and 36 other aviation groups signed a letter last week supporting the McCarty family’s push for new helicopter safety measures around how slacklines are reported and marked following a crash in January that resulted in the deaths of four family members.

(The Times) – The first of four Airbus H145 D3s will enter service with the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–based operator later this month.

The Oregon-based operator has promoted Melanie Bergier to the role. She was previously COO.