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(EIN Presswire) – The company has acquired Bend, Oregon–based Precise Flight, which provides flight safety products, including for Airbus, Bell, and Robinson helicopters.

A Sikorsky CH-53E crew and support team completed a helicopter sling-load evaluation using its new Medium Range Air Defense Radar Jul. 30 in Twentynine Palms, California.

The Colorado Army National Guard deployed two CH-47 Chinook crews Aug. 8 to support wildfire suppression efforts in Rio Blanco County.

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is reminding ag pilots to avoid looking too long at a boom-mounted pressure gauge, or other instruments, while flying.

(SlashGear) – It depends on the application, as a helicopter’s blade count affects its lift, stability, and purpose. Fewer blades offer increased simplicity and agility, and more blades allow for heavier loads while adding complexity.

(Evening Sun) – The university’s Life Lion program retired an AS365 Dauphin Aug. 7 that assisted more than 9,000 patients across 8,222 flight hours since entering air medical service in 2001. Chief pilot Randy Emery, who flew the helicopter’s first and final flights, is also retiring.

(Vertical magazine) – Faith Ortega, an A&P mechanic and instructor with Air Evac Lifeteam, talks about the challenges, pressures, and purpose of keeping air medical helicopters mission ready—and the role of mentorship in a shrinking workforce.

(FlightGlobal) – The US Department of Transportation (DOT) inspector general will focus on the FAA’s design and management of the airspace near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) and its process for granting military exemptions to aircraft that use ADS-B systems. The investigation comes amid scrutiny over the FAA’s operations in the area following a Jan. 29 midair collision between a regional passenger jet and a US Army helicopter.

(DVIDS) – A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65 Dolphin crew rescued four people from Lake Erie Aug. 8 near Erie, Pennsylvania.

The helicopter operator flew the BETA Technologies Alia CX300 conventional takeoff and landing aircraft for the first time Aug. 8 from Stavanger Airport (ENZV) in Rogaland County, Norway.