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(AIN) – The business aviation community is mourning the loss of Nick Fadugba, who served as chair of the African Business Aviation Association from 2018–2023.

(Urban Air Mobility) – Air Chateau, Regional Airports Co., and Wings Capital Management are teaming up to develop a network of advanced air mobility vertiports across the Maldives.

The FAA is seeking comments by Oct. 4 on this airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect on Sep. 4, 2024. It is an expansion of an existing AD (2000-18-09), which requires inspecting the upper left-hand cap angle for cracks, to include new models, updated procedures, an additional part-numbered cap angle, a reduction in the inspection intervals, and revised reporting requirements.

The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario has invested $4.5 million in the aviation program at the First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI). The organization will use the funding to establish a helicopter training program for Indigenous students across Canada.

Along with partners Vertical Aerospace and Bicester Motion, Skyports Infrastructure has released designs for an electric aircraft testbed at Bicester Aerodrome, a former Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire.

The Jeff Pino Foundation has selected five high school graduates from the class of 2024 to receive $10,000 each toward obtaining a college degree in an aviation-related field, a pilot’s license, or a certificate in aircraft maintenance.

(Supercarblondie.com) – Crews from Elite Towing & Recovery and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources worked together to remove a car that became stuck in a protected environmental area along a Knik Glacier trail east of Anchorage.

(AIN) – Henderson, Nevada–based aircraft brokerage Aerocor has opened a helicopter sales division with a focus on the Robinson R22 and R44.

The FAA provides an overview of aircraft operations and airspace changes in and around Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP) in Minnesota.

(Defense News) – The South Korean government would purchase up to 36 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and 76 GE T700 engines in a deal that still requires approval from the US Congress.