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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 05–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment, becomes effective Apr. 24, 2025. It supersedes AD 2022-0083, issued May 11, 2022.

A new Airbus H135 will replace an existing EC130 in December 2025 at the HealthNet Aeromedical Services/Air Methods base in Huntington.

Austrian air carrier Kitz-Air GmbH signed the agreement for the aircraft, which will be used for aerial work, transport flights, and forestry operations.

The FAA is seeking comments on this airworthiness directive (AD) by May 27, 2025. It will supersede AD 2024-26-01, issued Jan. 2, 2025, which requires measuring the axial play of the rotating scissors spherical bearings. The new AD revises the initial compliance time, extends the definition of an affected part to all serial-numbered rotating scissors spherical bearings, extends the reporting requirements, and requires repetitive inspections. The updated AD takes effect Apr. 25, 2025.

(POWER UP magazine) – Safety rating system concept offers method for evaluating rotorcraft safety technologies.

(POWER UP magazine) – Why advocacy is indispensable for VAI members to navigate regulatory landscapes, drive industry innovation, and secure a sustainable future in vertical flight.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 26–Fire Protection–Starter Generator Air Ducts–Modification, takes effect Apr. 22, 2025.

The company’s base in Victoria marked two decades of helicopter operations with an Apr. 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Wildfire suppression specialist Rain will integrate the TrakkaCam TC-300-R multispectral camera from Trakka Systems into a Brothers Air Support Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. The companies finalized the agreement at last month’s VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.