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VAI members enjoy a discount on courses in the VAI Online Academy, including “Modern Maintenance Communication,” a four-module, four-hour accredited and interactive human-factors training program.

(ROTOR magazine) – Meet the 2024–25 VAI Board of Directors! The first board for the association under its new brand, Vertical Aviation International, was elected by VAI members at HAI HELI-EXPO 2024 in Anaheim, California, in February.

Air Methods of Kentucky 6 held a community event Jun. 13 to celebrate two decades of providing lifesaving care to Elizabethtown and surrounding communities.

Airbus Helicopters has launched the flight-test campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2, which is being developed specifically for French Army Aviation to support special forces operations.

Aviation enthusiasts can once again look forward to Enstrom Helicopter Corp.’s participation in EAA AirVenture, Jul. 22–28 at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Enstrom has brought its helicopters to the air show for more than 30 years.

The AW249 next-generation exploration and escort helicopter makes its international public premiere at the Eurosatory show in Paris, France, Jun. 17–21. The combat aircraft will be used by the Italian Army.

The FAA has granted supplemental type certificates (STCs) to GPMS International for the company’s Foresight MX HUMS (health and usage monitoring system) on the Airbus EC135 and AS 332 Super Puma platforms.

More than 40 of the world’s leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts will be speaking at the 18th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium next month. The event, hosted by the Vertical Flight Society, will take place online and in person in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Jul. 20–21, the weekend before the Experimental Aircraft Association’s EAA AirVenture 2024 convention.

A family in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, has thanked the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue team who saved their son after he fell 6 m (20 ft.) from a backyard tree.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposes canceling EASA airworthiness directive (AD) 2012-0257-E, dated Dec. 5, 2012. This proposal is titled ATA 64 – CANCELLED: Tail Rotor – Laminated Half-Bearings – Inspection / Replacement.