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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s decision to initiate visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.

VAI Ambassador Jessica Meiris, an FAA Safety Team representative and member of the US Helicopter Safety Team, provides best practices for operating around helicopters as part of the Rotorcraft Collective series.

(MHM Publishing) – Vertical MRO has released the roster of speakers and educational sessions for its Oct. 7–9 conference in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, and Nov. 10–12 conference in Irving, Texas.

Maverick’s fleet of 49 Airbus H130 and Sikorsky S-76 helicopters is now part of Airble’s network of VIP charter offerings across the Western United States.

The FAA is accepting comments on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD) through Oct. 6. It would supersede AD 2021-20-16, issued Oct. 18, 2021. The proposed AD would retain the existing inspection while adding a requirement to replace the upper-fin assembly with a modified assembly.

(ABC News) – The country’s government announced Aug. 20 a new NZ$2.7 billion (US$1.6 billion) military spending package to replace aging helicopters. The funding includes plans to purchase helicopters from the United States, according to senior officials.

(CBC) – Helicopter crews last weekend airlifted more than 60 people from Bugaboo Provincial Park in British Columbia (BC), Canada, after flooding made the area unsafe for hikers and campers.

(WBBH) – A Lee County Mosquito Control pilot explains why helicopter crews are flying at low altitudes this month around Estero.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $43 million US Army contract to modernize the UH-60 Black Hawk, including upgrading the airframe, adding a digital backbone for unmanned aircraft system integration, and using model-based systems engineering to increase performance and reduce costs.

(Urban Air Mobility News) – Skyportz will collaborate on the development of vertipads for FlyNow Aviation’s eCopter electric air taxi.