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This revised European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53 – Fuselage – Rear Structure/Rear Frame – Inspection, takes effect Sep. 29. It will revise AD 2025-0174, released Aug. 19.

The FAA is requesting comments through Nov. 24 on its plans to request approval to collect registration information from operators of small unmanned aircraft.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has released a tribute to Sergei Sikorsky, who died Sep. 18 at age 100. He was the son of company founder Igor Sikorsky.

The International Business Aviation Council is bringing a record number of 30 delegates to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 42nd Assembly, which takes place Sep. 23–Oct. 3 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Topics will include advanced air mobility (AAM), low-carbon aviation fuels, and sound regulations.

The new 73,000-sq.-ft. facility at Whiting Aviation Park next to US Naval Air Station Whiting Field (KNSE) will provide maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for civil and military helicopters.

The Joby Aviation division will transport around 3,000 passengers during the golf event Sep. 25–28 in Farmingdale, New York.

The FAA is accepting comments until Nov. 6 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require modifying an affected window into a serviceable window. It would also prohibit installing an affected window on any helicopter modified with Supplemental Type Certificate SR00223IB, released Mar. 18, 2024.

Air Methods operator USA SouthFlight, based in Semmes, Alabama, will provide services for around 13,000 residents in Greene County.

The OEM’s Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS) assisted Mexican police with a June 2025 mission that resulted in the seizure of 4 metric tons of illegal narcotics from a vessel.

Robinson Helicopter founder honored for impact on civil aviation. Alexandria, VA (Sept. 19, 2025) — Vertical Aviation International (VAI) celebrates the late Frank Robinson, founder of Robinson Helicopter Company, on his official induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Robinson, who passed away in 2022 at age 92, left behind an enduring legacy of […]