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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62 – Main Rotor – Swashplate Assembly – Modification, becomes effective Sep. 5, 2024.

(KTLA) – The two new Firehawks will “drastically improve” the Orange County Fire Authority’s ability to battle wildfires. The new aircraft can drop nearly three times the amount of water as the agency’s previous fleet of helicopters.

(AviTrader) – Electric vertical takeoff and landing developer Horizon Aircraft has appointed Tom Brassington as chief technology officer. Brassington was formerly head of system design engineering at Lilium.

The additional capital from the private investment in public equity (PIPE) brings Archer Aviation’s aggregate funding to over $1.5 billion to date.

(Patch) – A San Jose Police Department AIR-3 helicopter crew assisted the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office with airlifting an injured hiker Aug. 10 from a wooded area along the San Antonio Valley.

The association has joined the effort to develop an autonomous rescue aircraft for lifesaving disaster response.

(RTE) – Iran’s investigation into a helicopter accident earlier this year that killed President Ebrahim Raisi is citing inclement weather and overloading as factors that led to the crash, according to an official quoted by Iranian media.

Helix Av has joined the family of Schweizer sales and service centers for the S300, S300CBi, and S333 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland.

VAI members can receive a significant discount on mentoring, coaching, and management associated with the FAA’s Aviation Safety Action Program through the association’s partnership with the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

(AIN) – A pair of former GKN Aerospace engineers who founded United Kingdom–based start-up Sora Aviation are leading an effort to secure funding for the S-1, an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that would primarily serve as a passenger shuttle for airports.