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A Cessna pilot died when the aircraft collided near a runway with a hovering Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle airport. Two troopers aboard the helicopter survived, while federal investigators recovered intact data cards from both aircraft to support the crash investigation.
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The UK’s rotary-wing military inventory stood at 249 platforms on April 1, 2026, 27 fewer than a year earlier, according to annual Ministry of Defense statistics published August 20. The figures indicate a continued reduction in the size of Britain’s military helicopter fleet.
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A Cessna pilot died when the aircraft collided near a runway with a hovering Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle airport. Two troopers aboard the helicopter survived, while federal investigators recovered intact data cards from both aircraft to support the crash investigation.
Security and body-camera footage shows a Cessna 150 veering from the runway and colliding with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 helicopter hovering in the infield at Carlisle Airport. The small-plane pilot was killed, while two state troopers aboard the helicopter were injured.
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A civilian-contracted charter aircraft crashed near a remote military radar installation in western Alaska, killing all eight people aboard, including two pilots and six passengers. U.S. aviation authorities are investigating the crash, which occurred near a military airstrip.
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A Cessna 150 collided with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 while landing at Carlisle Regional Airport, killing the airplane pilot and injuring two state troopers aboard the helicopter. Authorities are investigating the fatal runway-area collision, described by police as violent.
Loft Dynamics is partnering with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to introduce its H145 Multi-Pilot VR Simulator in the Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration will expand access to immersive, multi-pilot helicopter training using virtual-reality simulation technology.
A new landing structure is under construction on the White House South Lawn to prevent the Sikorsky VH-92A presidential helicopter, known as Marine One, from scorching the lawn’s verge during landing operations. The project addresses an operational issue tied to the helicopter’s exhaust effects.
The U.S. Army will resume AH-64 Apache training missions after pausing operations following a fatal crash in Texas that killed two soldiers during a training exercise. The decision follows earlier aviation stand-downs after multiple Army helicopter accidents, including 12 soldier deaths in Alaska and Kentucky.
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