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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that the pilot conducted an unauthorized low-altitude flight at night while under the influence of alcohol. The helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel and the pilot died in the accident.

A new episode of Push to Talk with Bruce Webb: A Helicopter Podcast, “Volunteer Work in Aviation (And Why You Should Consider It),” is now available. It features Hughes Aerospace CEO Chris Baur, cochair of the US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST).

Airbus Helicopters recently displayed its range of products and met with New Zealand operators at its Kiwi Rendezvous in Glendhu Bay, South Island.

(AIN) – Vertical Aviation International (VAI) has signed up several companies for its Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation (ORRA) program with VLinc, which helps operators step up their safety programs with coaching assistance and a goal of continual improvement.

(WDBJ) – US Navy crews from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, moved its fleet of MH-60R Seahawks to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, on Oct. 9 in advance of Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida.

(AviTrader) – Horizon Aircraft CEO Brandon Robinson explains that the company has identified three primary military roles for its Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

CHC Helicopter’s subsidiary in Brazil has started supporting Petrobras oil-and-gas production from a new hangar at Joaquim de Azevedo Mancebo Airport (SBME) in Macae, Rio de Janeiro.

Ben Sclair, publisher of General Aviation News, explains that according to a letter from six lawmakers to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker, the Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) program relies on a group of DPEs the FAA has no real control over, an arrangement that Sclair argues seems unsustainable.

(GlobeNewswire) – Supply chain provider FDH Aero is on this year’s “Best Place to Work in Aviation” list from Aviation Business Network and Workforce Research Group.