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The new Airbus helicopter will replace the operator’s EC135 starting in November at Aberdeen International Airport (EGPD) in Dyce.

The company will conduct public flights of its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at the 2025 California International Air Show, which takes place Oct. 4–5 at Salinas Municipal Airport (KSNS).

The air tour operator in the Alps also provides support for longline utility, forestry, construction, and other projects. Read this story to learn how YOUR VAI member company can be in the Spotlight!

Nominations are open through Friday, Oct. 17, for VAI’s Salute to Excellence Awards. Learn more about 2 of the 11 award categories, the Safety and Communications Awards, in this installment of a continuing series of articles about the program.

(AIN) – Air Ambulances UK is urging government and health-care agencies to implement a series of reforms that the group says would improve operations.

(Vertical magazine) – Jeff Evans, known throughout the industry for his extensive archives of historical helicopter photos, documents, brochures, and models, has died at the age of 79.

Babcock and Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze No. 1 (WZL 1) will explore the development of a training support center for the Polish Armed Forces helicopter fleet.

(GlobeNewswire) – The company announced the milestone from a single BlackFly operator that began using the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in 2023 during the UP.Summit earlier this week in Bentonville, Arkansas.

(ASU News) – David King, an associate professor at the Arizona State University (ASU) School of Geographical Services and Urban Planning, answers questions about the state’s research efforts and infrastructure planning for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

A US Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter crew lowered rescue swimmers to assist water teams with saving two kayakers Sep. 29 near Key Largo, Florida.