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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that the air tour helicopter likely entered the rotor wake of a preceding heavier EC120 shortly after departing Bankstown Airport (YSBK), which resulted in control difficulties, an uncontrolled descent, a low rotor-speed warning, and a forced landing.

(Australian Broadcasting Corp.) – An Australian Army Tiger helicopter was damaged in a hard landing during an exercise Jul. 16 near Timber Creek. No injuries were reported, and an investigation is underway.

Vertical Aerospace announced Jul. 17 that it has completed the world’s first airport-to-airport flight by a full-scale, piloted, winged tiltrotor electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for commercial service.

(Vertical magazine) – SPAES GmbH & Co. KG has implemented a minor change for the integration of the aural warning information system in various helicopter models.

CNC Technologies has delivered the first two of four fully equipped Airbus H125 helicopters to the Miami-Dade (Florida) Sheriff’s Office. The aircraft feature advanced mission systems for enhanced law enforcement operations.

CHC Helicopter has secured a three-year contract with Equinor to support its Mariner and Rosebank fields in the North Sea. CHC will provide sole-use S-92 support for Rosebank and use an H175 for Mariner.

The FAA has approved Continental Aerospace Technologies’ global alternative method of compliance (AMOC) for Airworthiness Directive 2023-09-09, allowing alternate inspection and service limits for a specific V-band coupling installed on certain engines. The AMOC is effective through Apr. 15, 2026.

Bell Textron announced Jul. 17 during APSCON 2025 that the Columbus (Ohio) Department of Public Safety has signed a purchase agreement for two Bell 505s.

Garmin announced Jul. 16 its new distance measuring equipment products, the GDM 4500 and GDM 450R. The digital, state-of-the-art, remote-mount radios are designed to provide slant-distance information on select Garmin flight decks and displays.

Can a relatively niche OEM such as Enstrom continue to make an industry-wide impact? Operator Jason Cutter, owner of Venture Helicopters, argues that it can.