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The helicopter distributor has completed a transaction to provide German service center Motorflug with a used Airbus H135 from Malaysia that will serve with the German Federal Police.

Randy Sharkey of Sweet Helicopters offers tips for communicating with student pilots at airports without an air traffic controller.

LifeNet 8-1 marked 15 years of service to communities in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Oct. 20 at Hagerstown Regional Airport (KHGR) in Washington County.

Archer Aviation is applauding the FAA’s release of a Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) for powered-lift aircraft, a key step toward commercialization of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in the United States.

VAI and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) have submitted joint comments to the FAA advocating for more consolidated, safety-focused guidelines for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft facilities.

Kamatics, a subsidiary of Kaman, is partnering with Pocahontas, Arkansas–based Rotorcraft Repair & Manufacturing (RRM) to market and sell RRM’s Dragon Skin Extreme blade coating, which is formulated to protect against erosion and corrosion.

(The Daily Universe) – A helicopter crew from Vigili del Fuoco, Italy’s national fire and rescue service, airlifted a family with a 3-month-old baby Oct. 20 after massive flooding in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which becomes effective Nov. 12, 2024, retains the requirements of a superseding AD while expanding the applicability and updating the reference materials. The AD requires inspections of certain Pacific Scientific Co. rotary buckle assemblies.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72–Engine–Gas Generator First Stage High Pressure Turbine Blades–Replacement, takes effect Oct. 31, 2024.

This revised European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Rotating Swashplate Yokes–Inspection, takes effect Nov. 5, 2024.