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AMSTAT, a provider of business-aircraft market, fleet, and operator information, has developed new features and functionality designed to enable customers to keep up with the latest market changes.

(AP) – Local police are blaming an engine failure on an Mi-8 for a Sep. 28 accident in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that resulted in the deaths of six people.

(WSMV) – A helicopter crew from the Tennessee Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team this past weekend airlifted at least 25 people trapped in flooding from Tropical Storm Helene in the Nashville area and eastern parts of the state.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Oct. 24, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 64–Tail Rotor–Hub Body–Inspection/Replacement.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Oct. 11, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Electronic Engine Control Unit–Software; ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Preference Injector–Non-extinguishing Test/Replacement.

(Urban Air Mobility) – Currently, 1,044 vertiports are either being planned for development or are already part of the network launch plans of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft operators from 2024 to 2028, according to a new forecast from the Global AAM/UAM Market Map research team.

(KSBW) – A California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew airlifted a person who became trapped on a beach Sep. 29 in Big Sur.

The US Air Force’s 908th Flying Training Wing completed the first training exercise with the Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf in early September at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

FAA designated pilot examiner Randy Sharkey offers tips for helicopter pilots and crew members about how to manage rotor downwash.

Lilium has reached an agreement with Galaxy FBO to establish electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft services at The Woodlands Heliport, Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (KCXO), and William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) in Houston. (Editor’s note: We misidentified the heliport in the Oct. 1 edition of VAI Daily. We apologize for the error.)