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(Unofficial Networks) – A US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter crew from North Bend, Oregon, rescued a legally blind hiker suffering from heat exhaustion and his guide dog Jul. 8 from a cliff along the Rogue River Trail.

VAI, formerly known as Helicopter Association International (HAI), is accepting nominations for the 2025 Salute to Excellence Awards program through Sep. 30, 2024. This year, VAI has expanded the program to include the entire vertical aviation industry.

(9 News) – A LifeFlight Australia helicopter crew airlifted an injured crew member of a fishing vessel Jul. 15 in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf off the Northern Territory coast.

(Xinhua) – A helicopter crew transferred a lung from Guangzhou to Shenzhen in southern China within 30 minutes, leading to a successful transplant and saving the life of a patient.

PHI Air Medical has begun IFR and inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC) training with smart view limiting devices from ICARUS Devices.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released the third edition of its Innovative Air Mobility Hub, which includes an updated list of drones approved for operation in the European Union.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Aug. 12 on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Mast–Inspection.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reported that the probable cause of the loss of control that led to this fatal accident could not be determined based on the available information.

GPS testing is scheduled for Jul. 18–Aug. 2, 2024, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and may result in an unreliable or unavailable GPS signal.

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Life Flight has ordered one Airbus H160 and four H145s to replace its current fleet of EC145s. The operator will become the first to use the H160 model for air medical services.