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A team from the tour and charter operator landed a helicopter at Iroquois Point Elementary School in Oahu, Hawaii, and gave students a lesson about flight operations, safety, and the many ways that vertical aviation serves the community.

VAI members can save up to 10% on advertising in POWER UP magazine, formerly ROTOR magazine, and the VAI Daily e-newsletter, including display ads and sponsored content.

Longtime Robinson engineer flies west.

A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65E Dolphin crew assisted with the rescue of two people from a damaged sailboat in snowy conditions Feb. 3 near the San Juan Islands in Washington.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is working with the wildfire-response community in the United States to develop new tools—including remotely piloted and fully autonomous drones and small helicopters with autonomous capabilities—to bolster aerial firefighting operations, particularly in low-visibility conditions and after dark.

The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) has awarded a contract to the Oklahoma City–based company to deploy a detect-and-avoid system to support drone and advanced air mobility (AAM) operations.

Plans call for installation of the Level 5 flight training device at Townsville, Queensland, Australia–based Meridian this summer.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) report includes an overview of the aviation sector’s decarbonization efforts and an update on sustainable aviation fuel.

A group of aviation associations has issued a joint statement reiterating their commitment to safety and their confidence in the ability of the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA to determine the causes of a series of recent high-profile accidents in the United States to help prevent future tragedies.

The FAA is seeking comments by Mar. 24, 2025, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require installing a battery-discharge detector and revising the existing rotorcraft flight manual, as specified in a related European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.