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The helicopter crew assisted with hoisting an injured bushwalker who fell while climbing Chicken Rock on Mount Tibrogargan Oct. 4 in the Glass House Mountains.

(Star News) – Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa will host a fundraiser for Canterbury Westpac Rescue Helicopter Nov. 28 in Hanmer Springs, South Island, New Zealand.

(Hawaii News Now) – The rescue helicopter crew assisted the Kauai Fire Department Oct. 7 with flying an injured hiker from the Kalalau Trail to a local hospital.

The Lone Star Flight Museum welcomed nearly 400 students plus group leaders and families to its Girls in Aviation Day event, presented by ExxonMobil, Sep. 20 at Ellington Airport (KEFD) in Houston. Girls in Aviation Day is a worldwide event organized by Women in Aviation International.

Time is running out—submit your nominations to VAI’s 2026 Salute to Excellence Awards by Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. Learn more about the Humanitarian Service and Harold Summers Legacy Awards in this installment of a continuing series of articles about the program.

Submit your high-resolution images to the POWER UP Magazine Photo Contest by Dec. 1, 2025. The winning photos will be featured in the March 2026 edition and displayed at VERTICON 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. The grand prize winner will receive $500.

(CTV) – The Calgary Police Service in Alberta, Canada, marked 30 years of helicopter operations and honored the memory of Rick Sonnenberg, whose Oct. 8, 1993, death inspired the Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety (HAWCS) program.

The Auckland, New Zealand–based company has promoted Katrina Amiria to general manager – supply chain. Amiria joined Salus in 2021.

(WMBB) – Florida-based air tour operator Panhandle Helicopter, which opened a flight school in 2023, is partnering with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to offer flight training that will allow students to transfer certain FAA certifications into ERAU credits.

The partnership combines audit services from ARGUS with Bluetail’s maintenance recordkeeping software for business aircraft operators.