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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Swashplate Inner and Outer Ring Bolts–Inspection/Replacement, becomes effective Feb. 19, 2025.

This year’s results highlight excellence in vertical aviation photography, including from Grand Prize winner Christian Postl.

The California-based company has conducted the first automated landing using its SkyOS operating system in a modified Robinson helicopter.

The latest edition of the US Helicopter Safety Team newsletter includes a story about a Texas helicopter pilot who offered Christmas tours, unaware that he was breaking FAA regulations.

Brent Misura has joined the Canadian company to support the design, certification, and manufacturing of aerial firefighting tank systems.

The FAA is seeking comments by Mar. 24, 2025, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require an inspection of the motor cables and bonding-braids installation, as specified in a related European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

The manufacturer has completed the second stage of piloted thrustborne testing for its VX4 prototype from Cotswold Airport (EGBP) in Gloucestershire, England.

The company has appointed Vijay Sharma to oversee expanded operations in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

The US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) is offering mental health support for helicopter operators involved in the recovery efforts following the Jan. 29 midair collision of a US Army helicopter and a regional airliner near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA). The organization plans to launch its Peer Pilot Program at VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.