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King Schools has released a suite of test prep apps to assist aviation maintenance technicians with studying for FAA general, airframe, and powerplant exams.

The training provider is now accepting applications from aspiring flight instructors for its 2026 scholarship program in partnership with Women in Aviation International and the National Association of Flight Instructors.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be a failure of the flexplate yoke flange assembly due to incorrectly torqued bolts. Investigators identified the maintenance crew’s inadequate inspection of the tail-rotor flexplate assembly as a contributing factor.

VAI members can choose from eight opportunities for pilots and aviation mechanics/engineers.

Membership in the association includes access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance for individuals, families, business owners, and their employees through LIG Solutions.

The company’s Skyfall, developed with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a potential future mission concept for a next-generation Mars Helicopter that would be ready for launch in 2028.

(Snow Brains) – A helicopter crew worked with three alpine rescue specialists to save three stranded climbers from the Tofana di Rozes mountain Jul. 21 near Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Issue Overview, Jul. 21, 2025 US Federal Updates Congress Confirms Bryan Bedford as FAA Administrator US State and Local Updates Florida Enacts Transportation Law with Major AAM and Heliport Implications News from VAI’s Northeastern US Regional Representative “Advocacy in Action,” by Josh Rousseau, VAI Northeastern US Regional Representative International Updates Leadership Updates at EASA and […]

Airbus has started the flight-testing campaign for the H160M Guépard, a new variant for the French military’s joint light helicopter program.

(AIN) – Tim Lilley is a retired US Army Black Hawk pilot and father of one of the pilots who died in the Jan. 29 midair collision of a commercial jet and a US Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA). Joined by his wife, Sheri, Lilley shared the perspective of the parents and safety lessons from the tragedy during the Air Charter Safety Foundation Summit earlier this year.