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The Air Methods operator reopened a seasonal base Apr. 15 at Yellowstone Airport (KWYS) in West Yellowstone, Montana, to provide air medical services for visitors of Yellowstone National Park through September.

The company is highlighting its Veryon Tracking software at Booth #314 during the 2025 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Maintenance Conference, which takes place Apr. 29–May 1 in Columbus, Ohio.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s inadequate performance planning for the operation, which resulted in an excessive gross weight for the operating conditions, leading to a loss of altitude during maneuvering. Investigators noted as a contributing factor the pilot’s decision to continue the flight despite a series of malfunctions with the water-deployment system, and his subsequent inability to jettison the load, preventing a successful recovery from the loss of altitude.

New Zealand–based Search and Rescue Services Ltd. has purchased an Airbus H145 multicrew cooperation flight and navigation procedures trainer from Entrol.

SkyDrive is displaying its SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft mock-up to the public for the first time during Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai.

A King County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit helicopter crew airlifted an injured snowmobile rider Apr. 18 near the Stevens Pass Ski Resort.

The satellite communications provider is partnering with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, to design a real-time health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for the S-92.

(DroneDJ) – The US Senate Drone Integration and Zoning Act (S.1249) seeks to allow local governments to regulate drone flights below 200 ft.