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(Patch) – Helicopter crews from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and REACH Air Medical Services worked with the Novato Fire Department to hoist an injured mountain biker Sep. 8 from a trail near Marinwood.

(Keys Weekly) – A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helicopter pilot hovered in front of a boat speeding toward an area with hundreds of swimmers participating in a charity event Sep. 7 near Islamorada.

(Military & Aerospace Electronics) – The US Army is ordering more HH-60Ms and avionics equipment from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. The HH-60M is a variant of the UH-60 with a medical evacuation package.

Research has shown that pilots often fail to recognize and recover from spatial disorientation (SD), in part because of the confusing sensory signals the deadly phenomenon causes. In this month’s Spotlight on Safety, Tyson Phillps, cofounder of aviation training company AT Systems, explains SD and how pilots can train to avoid and overcome it.

Wilmington, Massachusetts–based Ascent Aerosystems is displaying its unmanned aerial vehicle drone systems at this week’s Land Forces 2024 International Land Defence Exposition in Melbourne, Victoria.

Robinson subsidiary Ascent Aerosystems has appointed Amy Romano as VP of marketing and communications, Dean Attridge as director of business development, and Sharon Hamilton as director of quality and compliance.

Oct. 2–4, 2024, Houston, Texas

(Aviation Week) – Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of its Ares tilt-duct vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) demonstrator.

(AIN) – Rotorcraft OEMs are reporting a decrease in deliveries and billings for turbine-engine helicopters for the first half of 2024 compared with the same time period in 2023. However, piston-engine helicopter deliveries ticked up by 2.7%.

(BBC) – Following a two-year fundraising drive, the London (England) Air Ambulance Charity is preparing a pair of new Airbus H135s to enter service later this month.