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Pilots reported 12,840 laser strikes on aircraft to the FAA in 2024. The organization is highlighting its visualization tool, which shows trends from 2010 to present, and other resources to help decrease laser strikes while encouraging the public to report them to the FAA and local police.

VAI and the SoCal Chapter of the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) are hosting the Advancing Rotorcraft Firefighting: Operational Lessons and Innovation Summit on Saturday, Apr. 5, at 10 am Pacific. The event takes place in a Robinson Helicopter hangar at Zamperini Field (KTOA) in Torrance.

Transport Canada has approved the company to conduct nighttime beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations using remotely piloted drones in airspace below 400 ft. above ground level.

The flight-hour total includes more than 3,000 hours accumulated since June 2024 on a variety of missions around North Queensland and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Toll Aviation and the government of South Australia have ordered two Bell 429s, which will join the law enforcement operator’s fleet of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in 2027.

The National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus has received the first two H145Ms from Airbus as part of a six-helicopter order.

(Los Angeles Times) – A US Coast Guard helicopter crew assisted local rescue teams with airlifting the injured hiker from the side of a cliff Mar. 22 near California’s Lost Coast Trail.

University of Birmingham researchers have released a report with recommendations for the future of flight. United Kingdom (UK) Research and Innovation supplied funding for the report through the Future Flight Challenge.

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada has determined that low visibility led to a failed landing on a frozen lake. The TSB is reminding pilots that VFR flights that continue into IMC often result in an accident or loss of control due to a lack of visual references, adding that pilots should plan ahead, consider strategies to avoid adverse weather, and make alternate plans should they run into inclement weather.