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The companies have introduced the AerialOGI-N optical gas camera to assist with inspections for greenhouse gases. The camera is available for installation on seven different industrial drone types.

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has promoted Mitchell Fox to managing director of the Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) program.

(MyNorthwest) – A US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter airlifted four construction workers who were injured when they fell into an unfinished water tank after a scaffolding collapse May 13 in Taholah, Washington.

The French Civil Aviation Authority has authorized Airbus Helicopters to offer type rating training on the AS350 B3e using a virtual reality (VR) flight simulation training device (FSTD) from Loft Dynamics.

The World Air Sports Federation (FAI) is recognizing French pilot Didier Delsalle’s record for the highest takeoff in an AS350 B3 from the top of Mount Everest on May 14, 2005.

(Breaking Defense) -The US State Department has approved the possible sale of six CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement would include 12 Honeywell T-55-GA-714A engines and 4 spares, GPS and communication devices, missile warning systems, machine guns, radars, and laser-detection equipment.

(WEAR) – Capt. Chandra Newman assumed a commanding officer role in November 2024 at US Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, as part of a military career that included leading Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5.

(Caliber.Az) – A Turkish Navy SH-70 helicopter crew made an emergency landing into the Mediterranean Sea following a technical malfunction during a military training exercise off the coast of Antalya.

(US Army) – New York Army National Guard helicopter crews practiced crew coordination and targeted water-drop techniques with Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers May 8 along the Hudson River near Schuylerville.

(AirMed&Rescue) – Liskeard, Cornwall, England–based Castle Air will continue to provide maintenance and engineering support for Cornwall Air Ambulance’s pair of Leonardo AW169s under a new agreement.