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(Spectrum News 1) – Honor in the Air tells the story of Scott Alwin, a Wisconsin Army captain who flew five tours during the Vietnam War.

(WCCO) – A Minnesota Air Rescue Team Bell 429 crew hoisted a camper with a medical emergency earlier this month from Voyageurs National Park.

The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) Fly Safe campaign is reminding ag pilots that stress, anxiety, and panic experienced from events inside and outside the cockpit can lead to mental fatigue.

The Africa 2024–2025 report outlines infrastructure and financing challenges and notes a shift toward Western-built preowned helicopters while identifying growth opportunities in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Researchers from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and aviation safety company ResilienX are developing a system that allows drone operators to submit flight plans prior to departure, quickly obtain the results of a risk assessment, and decide whether to proceed or change their plans.

The Austrian company will display its eCopter electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft during the Saudi Drone Exhibition Sep. 1–3 in Riyadh.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Sep. 9, applies to A109A, A109AII, A109C, A109K2, A119, and certain AW119 MkII helicopters. It requires checking for proper installation of the bolts that attach the pitch actuator assembly and the roll actuator assembly to their respective bell crank assemblies in the cyclic control system.

(BBC) – An HM Coastguard helicopter crew assisted local police with hoisting two hikers from a cliff Aug. 23 south of Bude in Cornwall, England.

The newly released United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) summer 2025 newsletter includes an update on recent fatal US helicopter accidents, a comparison of accident trends between the motorsport and rotorcraft industries, an exploration of spatial disorientation, and more.

(AIN) – The incoming VAI president and CEO is already laying the groundwork for a fast start with plans for elevating the organization on an international stage and across vertical aviation.