Board Approves Purchase Of Two Aircraft Through United Rotorcraft

The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted in March 2025 to approve the purchase of two Black Hawk helicopters from the U.S. Army’s surplus program that will be transformed into Firehawk firefighting helicopters. The county’s fire department is asking the board to approve an agreement with Seaview Helicopters to provide training to four pilots who will fly the Firehawks.

Will Establish Regulatory Pathway For Introducing eVTOL Ops

The Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation announced the signing of an agreement with Archer Aviation to collaborate in the development of a regulatory pathway for the introduction and scale-up of eVTOL air taxi operations in the Kingdom.

Bringing Commercial Flight School Perspective To Army Program

M1 Support Services announced that Quantum Helicopters, a leading provider of professional helicopter pilot training, joined Team M1 to bring the perspective of a commercial flight school as well as expertise to the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next (FSN) program.

Indian Airline Failed to Plan Schedules Around New Regs, Canceled 4,500 Flights Last-Second

IndiGo’s holiday meltdown has officially turned into an incredibly expensive operational oopsie, with the Indian airline now expecting to pay more than $55 million in compensation after botched roster planning met newly tightened duty-and-rest regs. The result was more than 4,500 flight cancellations in just over a week and a logistical mess that stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers.

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Bridge of CiES

CiES Inc. is a Bend, Oregon-based designer and manufacturer of modular embedded aircraft systems and sensors. The company’s fuel-level senders have largely transformed—and bettered—fuel-management in general aviation aircraft. Differing dramatically from marginally-reliable float and legacy capacitance fuel-sensor systems, CiES’s intelligent fuel-level sensors are precise, dependable, and safe. Comprising advanced sensor technologies, unique interfaces, and embedded software, CiES products provide pilots and aircraft operators accurate and reliable data upon which important decisions may be better and more confidently made.

Aero Linx: British Helicopter Association (BHA) The BHA promotes the compliant, safe and considerate use of rotorcraft throughout the UK. Its activities are directed by a Council of Management. The BHA encourages European harmonisation through its membership of the European Helicopter Association. The BHA negotiates with government departments, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), on behalf of the industry.

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Local Airport Advisory (LAA) A service available only in Alaska and provided by facilities that are located on the landing airport, have a discrete ground-to-air communication frequency or the tower frequency when the tower is closed, automated weather reporting with voice broadcasting, and a continuous ASOS/AWOS data display, other continuous direct reading instruments, or manual observations available to the specialist. 

“America is on the cusp of the next great biofuels revolution. The Securing America’s Fuels Act is yet another way Congress can grow our bio economy and encourage innovation that creates great jobs across rural America.” Source: Representative Mike Flood, who is one of four US Representatives who are taking another swing at getting Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) legislation into government… and hopefully this time, it’ll stick. The Securing America’s Fuels (confusingly, also referred to as SAF) Act was introduced in the House by Reps Sharice Davids, Mike Flood, Troy Carter, and Tracey Mann on December 9.

Whole Family of NA Engines Now Mates Up to Most of Sonex Lineup

Cooper Aircraft Corporation has expanded support for Rotax installations with a new mount for naturally aspirated engines. The new mounts cover the Highwing, Legacy, B Model, Onex, Sonex, Waiex, and Xenos. The mounts are delivered in white, and will mount up the Rotax 912UL, 912ULS, 912iS, 914UL, 915iS and 916iS. Currently, the team is working on turbocharged Rotax installations, but that will come later on once the creases are all ironed out.