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VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

EASA AD: Airbus AS332 and SA 365/AS365 helicopters

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Hoist–Inspection, takes effect Dec. 20, 2024.

VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

EASA AD: Airbus EC175B helicopters

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 52–Doors–Jettison Mechanism for Bad Weather Window Emergency Exits–Inspection, becomes effective Dec. 27, 2024.

VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

Volocopter provides update on EASA type certification audits

The German company has completed 75% of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) audits required to obtain type certification for its VoloCity electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

LAFD Chinooks refill to battle fire near Pepperdine University (VIDEO)

(MSN) – Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) CH-47 Chinook crews scooped water from Pepperdine University’s Alumni Park and dropped it on the Franklin Fire Dec. 10 in Malibu, California.

VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

EASA AD: Airbus EC120B helicopters

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67–Rotors Flight Control–Pilot Cyclic Stick Bonding Braid–Inspection, takes effect Dec. 27, 2024.

VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

ICARUS redesigns weather tools in Smart View Limiting Device

(Vertical) – ICARUS Devices has released a second-generation version of its Smart View Limiting Device that includes a focus on pilot decision-making in various weather conditions.

VAI Daily

Dec. 16, 2024

Joby demos electric aircraft in South Korea’s K-UAM challenge

As part of a collaboration that includes SK Telecom, Hanwha Systems, TMAP, and Korea Airports Corp., Joby Aviation has completed a series of flight tests as part of the Korea-Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) Grand Challenge.

VAI Daily

Dec. 13, 2024

Mars Helicopter could live on as weather station for 20 years

(Space.com) – Managers at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory say the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, could serve as a weather station into the future after crashing on the planet Jan. 18, 2024.

VAI Daily

Dec. 13, 2024

VAI to sponsor next month’s Concorde Rotorcraft IA Renewal course

The virtual Concorde Battery Rotorcraft Inspection Authorization (IA) Renewal course takes place Jan. 23–24, 2025.