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(Urban Air Mobility) – Following the release of its vertipad concept at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow in July, Skyportz is reporting three large orders involving more than 1,000 units.

Fast Company magazine has given Skyryse a 2024 Innovation by Design award for its simplified flight controls on the Skyryse One, which is based on the Robinson R66.

(NPR) – The Michigan government is awarding more than $6 million in grant funding to Michigan Central, Beta Technologies, Skyports Drone Services, and Traverse Connect as part of its Advanced Aerial Mobility Activation Fund.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Clearwater, Florida, hoisted two boaters Aug. 4 off the coast of Boca Grande after they lost their sail during Tropical Storm Debby.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is reminding Robinson R22 pilots and maintainers about the importance of visual inspections for corrosion. Investigators determined that the failure of a tail-rotor tip cap adhesive caused the separation of the tail assembly that led to the accident during a low-level training exercise at Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) near Brisbane, Queensland.

Data is like altitude—the more we get, the better we can see what’s below. That’s the fundamental reasoning behind ASIAS, formally known as Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing, explain the FAA’s John Walberg and Metro Aviation’s Ed Stockhausen in the summer 2024 US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) newsletter.

(ROTOR magazine) – Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, VAI member Eagle III has provided air medical services to northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan since 1999.

(ROTOR magazine) – Zimbabwe’s first female helicopter pilot says helicopter flying has shaped her character in more ways than she can mention.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report that indicates a witness heard an engine “sputter” before the helicopter fell. Investigators found evidence of a wasp’s nest in the vent tube leading to the fuel tank. The pilot died in the accident.