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(POWER UP magazine) – VAI President and CEO James Viola shares the thrill of leading the rotorcraft contingent in a special flyover he “will never forget.”

Ben Sclair, publisher of General Aviation News, explains that according to a letter from six lawmakers to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker, the Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) program relies on a group of DPEs the FAA has no real control over, an arrangement that Sclair argues seems unsustainable.

(GlobeNewswire) – Supply chain provider FDH Aero is on this year’s “Best Place to Work in Aviation” list from Aviation Business Network and Workforce Research Group.

Drones are working with helicopters on utility inspections. Can they assist your operations too? Find out at tomorrow’s VAI webinar. See the link inside to register now!

(NZ Herald) – A French military helicopter crew airlifted a P&O cruise-ship passenger experiencing a medical emergency Oct. 8 near Mare Island, New Caledonia.

(WNCN) – The North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) is working to determine the impacts of an inadvertent rotor-wash incident on Oct. 6 involving a now-grounded Black Hawk crew that flew too close to a distribution site for Hurricane Helene aid in Burnsville.

(Daily Mail) – A helicopter crew winched passengers from a cruise ship stranded off the coast of Florida. The ship is redirecting its path due to Hurricane Milton.

The US Army has issued airworthiness certification for the S.A.F.E. Structure Designs internal fuel-tank roller system on the CH-47 Chinook.

AirLift Texas provided a group of state government officials with a tour of its air medical helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft facilities in New Braunfels, Uvalde, and Waco.