
Helicopter Express New Partner for Erickson S-64F
Helicopter Express, the first commercial operator to acquire an Erickson S-64F helicopter, now signed a strategic alliance to support and diversify the Aircrane operations29-Sep - #aircrane

Australian Taipans Retired Earlier than Expected
Australia’ MRH90 Taipan helicopters will not fly again. The fleet has been grounded since a fatal accident last July. The withdrawal was originally planned for December 2024, when the new UH-60M Black Hawk are to be fully operational29-Sep - Taipan

Canadian Approval for Bell 505 Cargo Basket
DART Aerospace received a new Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation (TCCA) supplemental type certificate (STC) for the external cargo Heli-Utility-Basket™ designed for the Bell 505 helicopter. It is also currently pursuing U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) validation28-Sep - #basket

Rolls-Royce Hybrid-Electric Engine First Fuel Burn
The new Rolls-Royce new small engine for advance hybrid-electric flight completes successful first fuel burn. Developed for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market including electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) or electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft up to 19 seats28-Sep - #ElectricEngine

Poland Minister of Defense Visits Boeing Apache Site
Poland’s Minister of Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, visited the Boeing Mesa site in Arizona, where the 96 AH-64E helicopters ordered for the Polish Army are being built27-Sep - #Mesa

South Dakota Air Ambulance Carrying Life-Saving Whole Blood
South Dakota’ Black Hills Life Flight helicopters now carries life-saving whole blood, the first community-based air ambulance service in the state with this capability27-Sep - #RapidCity

MD Helicopters Refurbished Parts from Able Aerospace
MD Helicopters (MDH) collaborates with Able Aerospace for parts refurbishment and reduced costs for customers26-Sep - #Parts

Timberland Bell 206 in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
A Bell 206 helicopter, operated by Timberland Helicopters, assisted in the historic recovery of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission at the Utah desert’s Dugway Proving Ground26-Sep - #OSIRISREx

Helicopter Institute Awarded USN IFT-R COPTR Contract
Helicopter Institute Inc (HII) at Fort Worth, Texas awarded the US Navy Initial Flight Training Rotary (IFT-R) contract using Bell 206. The Contractor Only Pilot Training – Rotary (COPTR) will support the Naval Air Training Command (NATC) in their existing helicopter training programs.26-Sep - #FlightTraining