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This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 32–Landing Gear–Nose Landing Gear A-Frame/Airframe Junctions–Inspection/Modification, takes effect Oct. 4, 2024.

The FAA will host a virtual industry day on Sep. 30 at 11:00 am eastern to review its draft airport engineering brief about vertiport design standards.

(AIN) – In the next month, the FAA is expected to publish its much-anticipated special federal aviation regulation (SFAR) “Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations,” according to a US Department of Transportation official.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be a loss of control of the helicopter during taxi, which resulted in a rollover.

The Italian Army completed the first operational exercise with a pre-production model of the new Leonardo AW249 on Sep. 18 at Lake Fedaia in Belluno, Italy.

(Hungry Horse News) – A Two Bear Air helicopter crew airlifted a hiker who was injured after coming across a bear along the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park.

(AVweb) – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is working to bolster its drone program with a cloud-based software provider for fleet management, according to a recent federal contract posting.

(Newsweek) – Officials from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) are asking drone operators to stop flying over active-fire sites after crews were forced to ground their aircraft while battling the Line Fire earlier this month in San Bernardino County.

(BBC) – Helicopter crews from Vigili del Fuoco, Italy’s national fire and rescue service, airlifted residents trapped by floodwater Sep. 19 near Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna.

(WROC) – Three people avoided injury after a Mercy Flight helicopter pilot reported a malfunction and made an emergency landing Sep. 19 at Canandaigua Airport in Ontario County.