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(Snow Brains) – A Colorado National Guard helicopter crew airlifted an injured climber Jul. 27 from Ellingwood Point mountain. A REACH 29 air ambulance from Salida was also involved in the transfer of the hiker to a nearby hospital.

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(The Norman Transcript) – Local officials joined Brandi Rector, owner and CEO of Semper Fly Helicopters, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jul. 31 to open the company’s new facility at University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (KOUN).

FlySight CEO Andrea Masini will provide an update on the company’s multi-platform Opensight system on Aug. 2 at the Airborne Public Safety Association Conference (APSCON 2024) in Houston, Texas.

The board of directors of Boeing has elected Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg as its new president and CEO, effective Aug. 8. Ortberg, who previously served in the same role for RTX subsidiary Rockwell Collins, succeeds Dave Calhoun, who is retiring.

(Dronelife) – Transport Canada and Nav Canada have selected a group led by AeroVision Canada, ANRA Technologies, and ClearSky Connect to conduct Phase 2 trials of its remotely piloted aircraft systems traffic management program.

CNC Technologies has obtained contracts to provide law enforcement mission suites for two new Bell 429s that will enter service with the Tennessee Highway Patrol in late 2024 and the Minnesota State Patrol in early 2025.

Loft Dynamics has achieved FAA qualification for its Airbus H125 virtual-reality flight simulation training device (FSTD), becoming the first company to receive approval for a virtual-reality simulator in the United States.