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(MLive.com) – Starting Sep. 9, helicopter crews from Novi-based ITC will conduct aerial inspections of high-voltage transmission lines and structures across the state. The inspections are scheduled to run through October.

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany–based SPAES has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for an additional handle for a life raft on an Airbus H155 in operation with NHC Northern Helicopter.

Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) has obtained a contract to provide communications system upgrades for the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency fleet of Bell 412s.

When it comes to safe runway operations, training, education, and experience matter. The FAA’s Helicopter Flying Handbook notes that accident rates decrease by nearly 50% once a pilot obtains 100 hours and continue to decrease until the 1,000-hour level. Despite these trends, the helicopter accident rate is still 30% higher than the rate for fixed-wing aircraft.

Nonprofit organization Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) has added Mikaël Cardinal of Unither Bioélectronique and Kristen Blodgett of Beta Technologies to its board of directors.