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The Air Methods division will convert two Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawks into Firehawks—including updating the avionics and adding a DART Aerospace belly tank—for wildfire response operations in Colombia.

(BBC) – A pilot and a crew member from the English charity reflect on the emotional toll, operational challenges, and rewarding nature of saving lives in high-pressure moments.

(Supercar Blondie) – Airbus engineer Anne Ducarouge explains how various buttons and switches work in an H160 cockpit.

A US Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk crew airlifted four people from the Gulf of Alaska on Aug. 1 about 130 miles south of Cordova.

(BBC) – The United Kingdom National Police Air Service (NPAS) is evaluating a Schiebel Camcopter S-100 for law enforcement and emergency operations.

The Honeywell Aerospace Technologies partnership allows FL Technics to install and support Honeywell systems at its maintenance, repair, and overhaul centers.

The FAA is accepting comments through Sep. 19 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require inspecting and measuring certain check valves and removing cracked or leaking valves from service. The AD would also prohibit installing affected check valves on any helicopter.

The FAA special conditions outline additional safety standards for Sikorsky S-61A, L, and N helicopters with a Carson Helicopters hoist overload protection device (OLPD).

In partnership with CITIC Offshore Helicopters and China National Offshore Oil Corp., the company completed its first cargo delivery to an offshore vessel using its CarryAll electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

The Burgos, Spain–based company will build the full airframe, including the fuselage, wings, pylons, and empennage, for the Vertical Aerospace VX4 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.