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(PR Web) – The PHI Air Medical operator will continue providing services in Falls County, McGregor, and San Augustine.

(The Sun) – According to CEO Roberto Cingolani, up to 3,300 jobs at the manufacturing plant in Yeovil, Somerset, England, are at risk if the UK government does not sign a contract for a medium-size helicopter program.

The FAA released a new safety alert for operators Jan. 8 that provides information to general aviation operators and flight crews about the potential impacts of increased commercial and US government space-launch activities, including catastrophic failures that could lead to debris fields.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Feb. 6 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 05 – Time Limits/Maintenance Checks – Airworthiness Limitations Section – Amendment. It would supersede AD 2024-0149, released Jul. 30, 2024.

(AVweb) – The weather is not going to get better in another five miles. There is less gas in the tanks than you hoped. Your passenger is getting more vocal about insisting that you go. Fixed-wing pilot and instructor Rick Durden explains how to avoid a situation like this turning into an accident report in a 2016 column that contains safety lessons for vertical aviation pilots, even a decade later.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the FAA announced Jan. 8 that the two new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites will be located at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. in Indianapolis. They will join seven existing UAS test sites in Alaska, North Dakota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Texas, and Virginia.