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(POWER UP magazine) – Safety rating system concept offers method for evaluating rotorcraft safety technologies.

(POWER UP magazine) – Why advocacy is indispensable for VAI members to navigate regulatory landscapes, drive industry innovation, and secure a sustainable future in vertical flight.

(WRDW) – A helicopter crew assisted a Fannin County Fire Department search-and-rescue team with airlifting an injured hiker Apr. 5 from a campsite in the Cohutta Wilderness.

(Defense News) – Canada is planning to spend CAD$18.4 billion (US$12.9 billion) on a new fleet of tactical helicopters. The military is also upgrading its existing fleet of Boeing CH-47 Chinooks.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has identified faulty communications equipment, inadequate visibility, poor operational procedures, and insufficient safety equipment as contributing factors in the accident.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a study that concludes the Vuichard Recovery Technique is a more efficient way to escape the onset of vortex ring state than a newer method that involves increasing power with the collective and gaining forward speed with the cyclic.

(KFYR) – Bismarck State College is introducing a new drone program that will teach students how to fly drones in simulators before transitioning to live racing competitions.

A simple walk in the woods involving bumping into a tree branch inspired a lesson on situational awareness from a member of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Community Network, who shares a message about always staying present and aware while flying.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 26–Fire Protection–Starter Generator Air Ducts–Modification, takes effect Apr. 22, 2025.

The company’s base in Victoria marked two decades of helicopter operations with an Apr. 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony.