Law Enforcement Locates Real-Time Tracker on Marketing Mailer

Drone media sources report that Skydio, a US-based drone manufacturer, recently mailed out video brochures to advertise its first-responder capabilities. From the outside, it looked like a pretty eye-catching way to show off DFR applications. The alleged location trackers inside, however, told a different story.

EMS Configuration Presented At HAI Verticon in Dallas

Airbus Helicopters introduced its newest light twin-engine H140 at this week’s HAI Verticon 2025 in Dallas, Texas. It is a 3-ton aircraft that represents a growth variant of the company’s current H135 offering for emergency medical services, passenger transport, and business and private aviation segments.

Management Sells Out Hundreds Of Pilots, Threatens Families

The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) released a scathing critique of FedEx management, who in its April flying schedule has outsourced all European intra-region 757 routes formerly flown by ALPA FedEx pilots to foreign third-party contractors.

Agency Also Releases Prelim Report On DCA Mid-Air Collision

The NTSB has released an urgent recommendation to the FAA that it permanently prohibit helicopter operations in the vicinity of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), whenever runways 15 and 3 are in use for arrivals and departures, calling it “an intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the chance of a midair collision.”

Twin Proprotor Shows Flight Stability, Maneuverability Across Flight Regimes

Sikorsky announced its successful validation of advanced control laws to fly a prototype battery-powered rotor blown wing concept UAS in both helicopter and airplane models. Sikorsky made the announcement at this week’s HAI Verticon 2025 in Dallas, Texas, and said the 115-lb twin proprotor concept aircraft demonstrated operational stability and maneuverability across all regimes of flight including the transition from rotor-borne to wing-borne flight.

SIC Type Rating Provided By Flight Safety International

The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) Foundation announced the presentation of three scholarship awards at its Annual Membership Meeting on March 5, 2025. In conjunction with Flight Safety International, the group also presented an Initial SIC Type Rating Scholarship.

Most Comprehensive Update Ever With Industry Assistance

The U.S. Parachute Association has released the 2025 USAP Skydiver’s Information Manual with the most comprehensive update in its history, and was produced with a large dose of assistance by numerous industry experts.

Scale Replica Crashed in August 2023 Near Oxfordshire, Killing the Pilot

On March 6, an inquest jury published a statement indicating that a fatal 2023 crash was “more likely than not” caused by the pilot having a medical episode. He was testing his homebuilt Spitfire replica when the accident occurred. The UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) completed a report in June 2024 with inconclusive findings.

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Integrating Advanced Avionics, Electrification, Into Innovative Platforms

General Atomics Systems Integration (GA) and Radian Aerospace announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance next-gen aerospace technologies and explore broader strategic collaboration including developing opportunities in the UAE.

Also: NTSB Spanks FlexJet, SpaceX at FAA, WWII MIA Found, Scottsdale Learjet

A state court in California is poised to potentially eliminate the sale of leaded avgas when it rules on March 5 on a motion brought by the California Center for Environmental Health (CEH) to arbitrarily force several FBOs and general aviation fuel distributors in the state to transition to offering only a new unleaded avgas. The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is working on making an “Only at Oshkosh” moment a reality at this year’s EAA AirVenture 2025: an arrival of its reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter jet into Wittman Regional

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): A New Cure for an Old Woe

Developed by Alberta, Canada-based Airworthiness Resources Corporation (arc), the arc Quikex (Quick Exit) is a Transport Canada-Approved Cessna 206 forward cargo door modification. Certified under Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA20-34 and marketed formally as the Split Forward Cargo Door Window, arc’s Quikex modification allows Cessna 206 passengers to quickly and safely disembark the aircraft in emergency situations by opening the airplane’s forward cargo door—regardless of flap position.

Purpose Of The Flight Was To Perform A Low-Level Aerial Survey Of White-Tailed Deer

On February 27, 2025, about 1319 central standard time, a Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC) R44 helicopter, N144SG, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Uvalde, Texas. The commercial pilot and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial survey flight. According to the operator, the purpose of the flight was to perform a low-level aerial survey of white-tailed deer on the Two Sisters Ranch, Uvalde, Texas.

Aero Linx: Red Star Pilots Association (RPA) Originally started as the Yak Pilots Club (YPC) founded by Bud Harrell in 1993 with approximately 18 members operating the Nanchang CJ-6A aircraft. The membership expanded to over 200 by 1999 when leadership transitioned to Mike Filucci who established the organization as a non profit named the Yak Pilots Association (YPA) and signed on as signatory to FAST, the Formation And Safety Team program.

Basic Radar Service These services are provided for VFR aircraft by all commissioned terminal radar facilities. Basic radar service includes safety alerts, traffic advisories, limited radar vectoring when requested by the pilot, and sequencing at locations where procedures have been established for this purpose and/or when covered by a letter of agreement. The purpose of this service is to adjust the flow of arriving IFR and VFR aircraft into the traffic pattern in a safe and orderly manner and to provide traffic advisories to departing VFR aircraft.

“Introducing a new helicopter to the light twin engine segment is a testimony to our commitment to meeting our customers’ evolving mission requirements, leveraging our R&T programmes such as Bluecopter. We worked hand in hand with our H135 customers to bring their additional requirements together in the H140’s efficient design. It enables customers to benefit from a bigger mission-enhancing cabin space that was sized to an optimised engine performance for the best-in-class payload and range. We are proud to be able to offer our customers the most competitive choices...” Source: Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters, commenting on the announcement of their newest light twin-engine H140 at this week&rsqu