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(KREM) – A Life Flight Network helicopter crew assisted first responders from Grant County Fire District 13 with rescuing an injured hiker Oct. 26 in the state’s Beezley Hills.

(The Verge) – Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft start-ups like Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation are inching closer to market with the FAA’s new rules for powered-lift aircraft, while there is a rapidly growing field of established automakers investing in electric aircraft for regional transportation and personal use.

The helicopter distributor has completed a transaction to provide German service center Motorflug with a used Airbus H135 from Malaysia that will serve with the German Federal Police.

(The Hindu Business Line) – BluJ Aero has displayed a prototype of its unmanned vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) logistics aircraft at Nadirgul Airfield in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Randy Sharkey of Sweet Helicopters offers tips for communicating with student pilots at airports without an air traffic controller.

Dennis Martin, Enstrom’s chief commercial officer, took the opportunity to give his son a lesson in helicopter basics before heading back home after the 15th Annual Oconto Fly-In last month at Oconto–J. Douglas Bake Municipal Airport (KOCQ) in Wisconsin.

LifeNet 8-1 marked 15 years of service to communities in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Oct. 20 at Hagerstown Regional Airport (KHGR) in Washington County.

(WTVR) – The helicopter crew worked with local emergency responders Oct. 24 to deliver a message to Colonial Heights Middle School students about the dangers of abusing prescription drugs and using fentanyl.

(Simple Flying) – When people think about US military helicopters in combat operations, the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, AH-64 Apache, and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk may come to mind. The US military also operates fleets of Airbus MH-65 Dolphins; Bell AH-1Z Vipers; Bell Boeing CV-22 Ospreys; Boeing MH-6M Little Birds; and Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallions, MH-53E Sea Dragons, and MH-60 Seahawks.

(ABC News) – A Mil Mi-2 on an air medical operation went down Oct. 26 in the Kirov region, resulting in the deaths of four people.