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The FAA is proposing a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would require inspecting certain main-rotor driveshafts for a crack, prohibit installing them unless the inspection is done, and prohibit using certain paint removers. Comments are due on the proposed AD by Feb. 28, 2025. If VAI members have questions or concerns about this AD, please contact Amber Harrison, VAI director of regulatory affairs (amberh@verticalavi.org), or Zac Noble, VAI director of flight operations and maintenance (zacn@verticalavi.org).

Mentoring is just as important in helping young pilots deal with the emotional extremes inherent in many jobs in the helicopter world as it is in flying the aircraft, explains Tim Tucker, FAA designated pilot examiner, in the latest edition of the United States Helicopter Safety Team newsletter.

Shannon Dunn recently reached the milestone of transporting her 1,000th patient after working less than 8 years on the flight line.

The Japanese law enforcement agency received its first H160 in late 2024 and the second earlier this month.

Robinson Helicopter Co. has designated Campbell, Texas–based Volo Mission as an authorized distributor for the utility version of the R66 in the United States.

The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) approval for the Air Methods operator covers bases in Emporia, Garden City, Liberal, and Wichita, Kansas.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53–Fuselage–Tail Rotor Pylon–Inspection, takes effect Jan. 21, 2025.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Rotating Swashplate Yokes–Inspection, becomes effective Jan. 21, 2025. It supersedes AD 2024-0206-E, which EASA published Oct. 22, 2024.

Skyryse will work to integrate its SkyOS operating system, reduce training time for pilots, and introduce an optionally piloted capability for a fleet of 2,400 US Army Black Hawk helicopters and other military aircraft.

Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI) has installed a mosquito-control package on an Airbus H125 for East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control.