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This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires inspecting the slide of the control plate of the tail-rotor head assembly for any score, scratch, crack, or corrosion, removing corrosion, and replacing the tail-rotor head assembly, the slide of the control plate, or pitch-control assembly if discrepancies are found. It also requires reporting the results of the inspection. The AD, which takes effect Apr. 25, 2025, also prohibits the installation of an affected tail-rotor assembly, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

The academy in Valencia is offering two new comprehensive Bell 429 technical training programs for maintenance technicians.

The company has reached a five-year agreement to refinance two Bell 407s to serve with a US air medical operator.

Students and staff members of Hastings Middle School in Hastings, Nebraska, gathered Apr. 2 to express appreciation to a TriCity LifeNet helicopter crew that helped save the life of a 12-year-old student in 2024.

Voters in the annual The145.com awards have selected StandardAero to receive the Best Engine Overhaul award for the third year in a row.

The FAA is seeking comments by May 22 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require repetitively tap inspecting the main-rotor blades and repairing or replacing them, depending on the results. The AD would also prohibit installing those main-rotor blades unless certain requirements are met, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires replacing certain pilot collective stick grips and prohibits installing them, takes effect May 12, 2025.

Robinson Helicopter has reached an agreement to support a new disaster-response training program for Operation Helo pilots, including underwriting a portion of a new R44. Operation Helo is a humanitarian organization specializing in rapid-response helicopter missions.