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(Car and Driver) – Several people involved with NASCAR, including former driver Greg Biffle and the Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing teams, are using helicopters to aid residents affected by Hurricane Helene.

Vita Inclinata Technologies has procured a sole-source contract to provide fleetwide deployment of its Vita Rescue System for the US Air Force (USAF) Reserve and the US Air National Guard.

(Variety) – Kris Kristofferson, a helicopter pilot who attained success as both a groundbreaking country music singer–songwriter and a Hollywood film and TV star, died Sep. 28 at home in Maui, Hawaii. He was 88.

(UNI) – A helicopter collided with power lines Sep. 30 in Pucol, Valencia, resulting in the deaths of three people.

AMSTAT, a provider of business-aircraft market, fleet, and operator information, has developed new features and functionality designed to enable customers to keep up with the latest market changes.

(AP) – Local police are blaming an engine failure on an Mi-8 for a Sep. 28 accident in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that resulted in the deaths of six people.

(WSMV) – A helicopter crew from the Tennessee Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team this past weekend airlifted at least 25 people trapped in flooding from Tropical Storm Helene in the Nashville area and eastern parts of the state.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Oct. 24, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 64–Tail Rotor–Hub Body–Inspection/Replacement.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Oct. 11, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Electronic Engine Control Unit–Software; ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Preference Injector–Non-extinguishing Test/Replacement.

(Urban Air Mobility) – Currently, 1,044 vertiports are either being planned for development or are already part of the network launch plans of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft operators from 2024 to 2028, according to a new forecast from the Global AAM/UAM Market Map research team.