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(Vertical magazine) – Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are making steady progress toward certification, explained leaders from AIR, Horizon Aircraft, Wisk Aero, and other eVTOL companies at last week’s Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Electric Aircraft Symposium in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67 – Rotors Flight Control – Brake Pedal Assembly – Inspection, takes effect Aug. 6.

(Urban Air Mobility News) – A new report from MarketsandMarkets projects that the global market for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will expand from a value of $760 million in 2024 to $4.67 billion in 2030.

The UK-based charity donated £300,000 to help the air medical operator build a helipad at its planned base near Thirsk in North Yorkshire.

(WJZ-TV) – A Baltimore Police Department helicopter crew assisted with the rescue of a drowning swimmer from a pool Jul. 2 in Wilson Park.

The OEM provided an overview of the US Army MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program during Army Aviation Industry Days earlier this week at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

(CNN) – The Rotor Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform (ROTOR) Act, introduced Jul. 29, aims to fix aviation safety weaknesses exposed by the Jan. 29 midair collision between a regional passenger jet and a US Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA). It would require operators to equip aircraft with ADS-B In, which displays information in the cockpit about surrounding aircraft, in addition to existing requirements for ADS-B Out, which transmits GPS location, altitude, ground speed, and other data.

(POWER UP magazine) – An unsecured iPad causes a deadly loss of control during a firefighting operation. David Jack Kenny looks at what went wrong.

(Yahoo News) – A helicopter crew airlifted stranded residents during severe flooding Jul. 28 in Suceava County, Romania.

The country’s first four AH-64E Apaches are now progressing through final assembly and production at Boeing’s facility in Mesa, Arizona.