New Zealand: "A Rare Breed – The Global Heli Pilot Shortage, Causes and Solutions"
HeliOps Magazine with the February 15, 2026 article:
www.heliopsmag.com/heliops/arti...
#helicopter #rotorcraft #VTOL
United Kingdom: "Building a heliport for an F1 weekend"
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Vertical Plus magazine has the February 26, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/bui...
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#helicopter #rotorcraft #heliport
To eVTOL aircraft inventors:
1) Naming your aircraft the same as your company name can be confusing.
2) Keep your aircraft names short.
3) Name all technology demonstrators, subscale & full-scale prototypes and production aircraft with unique names.
#eVTOL
Italy: "Leonardo plans for AW609 tiltrotor ‘maturity flights’ post certification"
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Vertical Plus magazine with the March 3, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/news/leonard...
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#rotorcraft #tiltrotor #VTOL #nextgenerationciviltiltrotor #ngctr
Worldwide: University Students or to just about any aircraft inventor, keep your aircraft names as short as possible.
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Could you imagine if a car manufacturer that named a car "The new X automobile with an engine, four doors, windows with four wheels"?
#aircraftinventors
Italy: "Leonardo reveals tiltrotor ambition with new design concept"
Vertical Plus with the March 2, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/news/leonard...
#rotorcraft #tiltrotor #VTOL #NGRC #nextgenerationrotorcraftcapalities
Italy: "Leonardo talks about tiltrotor evolution from AW609 to NGCTR"
NGCTR = Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor
Vertical Plus with the March 2, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/news/leonard...
#helicopter #rotorcraft #tiltrotor #VTOL #nextgenerationciviltiltrotor #ngctr
USA: "Women in Aviation Week: Q&A with Kodey Bogart"
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Vertical Plus magazine with the March 2, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/wom...
#helicopter #womeninaviation #combatveteran #womancombatveteran #womanhelicopterpilot #womeninusarmy #usarmywomanveteran #usarmywomen #womenhelicopterpilot
Italy: "Leonardo (Helicopters) confident AW09 will be certified and enter service this year"
Vertical Plus magazine has the March 3, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/news/leonard...
#helicopter #rotorcraft #leonardohelicopters
A Tony Osborne photo.
Denmark: "Final Approach, Silent Threat"
In case you missed this Vertical Plus magazine article from June 18, 2025:
verticalmag.com/features/fin...
#helicopter #finalapproach #controlledflightintoterrain #CFIT
The Electric VTOL News for March 3 is online! The Vertical Flight Society's advanced air mobility newsletter includes #avgeek updates on #electric #eVTOL #eCTOL and #hydrogen #aviation companies from Archer Aviation to Wisk Aero.
Please subscribe to stay informed!
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New Zealand: "The Helicopter Pilot Shortage: Understanding the Causes and Crafting Solutions"
HeliOps with the February 15, 2026 article:
www.heliopsmag.com/heliops/arti...
#helicopter
Worldwide: Aircraft naming tip. Name your aircraft another name than the name of your company.
For example, if Toyota named one of their car models Toyota, it would be confusing. The same usually applies to naming aircraft.
Canada: "Reflections on aviation safety and accountability"
Vertical Plus magazine has the February 6, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/opinions/ref...
#helicopter #helicoptersafety
Canada: "Seeing the Invisible: How LiDAR could redefine helicopter wire-strike safety"
Vertical Plus magazine with the article:
verticalmag.com/news/seeing-...
#helicopter
Canada: "How pilots can prevent CFIT: Essential skills to stop Controlled Flight Into Terrain"
Vertical Plus magazine with the February 18, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/how...
#helicopter #pilotsafety #cfit
New Zealand: "Helicopters and hand tools: stopping fires at the spark, in places no truck can reach."
HeliOps has the article February 15, 2026 article:
www.heliopsmag.com/airattack/ar...
#helicopter
Canada: "Traits that influence safety: Exploring employee behavior in aviation maintenance organizations"
Vertical Plus magazine has the February 11, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/tra...
#helicopter
France: "Airbus unveils next generation rotorcraft concepts for NATO studies"
HeliOps Antares Magazine with the February 23, 2026 article:
www.heliopsmag.com/antares/news...
#helicopter
Canada: "What will define helicopter maintenance over the next decade? Industry pros weigh in."
Vertical Plus has the February 12, 2026 article
verticalmag.com/news/what-wi...
Canada: "Thinking like a helicopter accident investigator"
SCSI = Southern California Safety Institute
Vertical Plus with the February 12, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/thi...
Canada: "Pilots Who Ask Why: Making hard calls"
Vertical Plus has the January 14, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/pil...
USA: Social media tip: Only follow people, organizations and businesses that you are interested in.
Never follow social media accounts because you want to gain more followers. This means, if you are following accounts you are not interested in, unfollow those accounts.
2026. Twitter has 561 or 611 million users. (Depends upon the website reporting.)
February 20, 2026, BlueSky has >42.6 million users.
BlueSky can only takeover Twitter if more people start BlueSky accounts and follow each other.
People also need to refer BlueSky to their friends.
#helicopter
Canada: Did you know? Vertical Magazine recently changed its name to Vertical Plus! Who knew?
#helicopter #verticalmagazine #verticalplus
Brazil: "Pilots felt ‘significant vibrations’ before Omni H160 ditching"
-January 9, 2026 article.
In cased you missed it, Vertical Plus has the January 9, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/news/pilots-...
#helicopter #airbushelicopters #H160
USA: The Vertical Flight Society's 82nd Annual Forum & Technology Display is the world's leading international technical event on vertical flight technology, May 5-7, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
For more information, cost and registration, please see:
vtol.org/forum-and-ev...
Italy: "Leonardo AW169: Designed around the patient"
Vertical Magazine has the January 15, 2026 article:
verticalmag.com/features/leo...
The Electric VTOL News for Feb. 17 is online! The Vertical Flight Society's advanced air mobility newsletter includes #avgeek updates on #electric #eVTOL #eCTOL and #hydrogen #aviation companies from Archer Aviation to Wisk Aero.
Please subscribe to stay informed!
mailchi.mp/evtol/evtol-...
China: China’s flying car makers target deliveries this year as passenger flights near reality
SCMP with the January 22, 2026 article:
www.scmp.com/business/chi...
