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(AIN) – Rotorcraft OEMs are reporting a decrease in deliveries and billings for turbine-engine helicopters for the first half of 2024 compared with the same time period in 2023. However, piston-engine helicopter deliveries ticked up by 2.7%.

(BBC) – Following a two-year fundraising drive, the London (England) Air Ambulance Charity is preparing a pair of new Airbus H135s to enter service later this month.

Research has shown that pilots often fail to recognize and recover from spatial disorientation (SD), in part because of the confusing sensory signals the deadly phenomenon causes. In this month’s Spotlight on Safety, two helicopter safety experts explain SD and how pilots can train to avoid and overcome it.

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitive tap inspections of the main-rotor blades, and repair or replacement of them if necessary, takes effect Oct. 15, 2024.

Petroleum Air Services (PAS) will collaborate with Rotortrade on helicopter sales, marketing, research, and asset valuations across Egypt, the companies announced last week at the 2024 Egypt International Airshow.

The Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society has signed a five-year contract with Avincis to continue providing search-and-rescue (SAR) services across the country.

(Military Embedded Systems) – Schiebel has received a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) design verification report (DVR) for its Camcopter S-100 vertical takeoff and landing rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system.

(The Scotsman) – At Corrour Bothy, a shelter in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, cleaning the toilets poses a logistical challenge that only a helicopter can meet. Officials that run the shelter called in a helicopter crew Sep. 5 to remove a dozen bags of human feces.

(National Defense) – The US Army is pointing to rushed training and pilot errors as the main reasons for a recent string of helicopter accidents. The past year has seen 14 major accidents resulting in 11 fatalities, with a mishap rate nearly double the yearly average for the past 10 years.