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VAI Daily

Sep. 12, 2024

VAI Members-Only Benefit: VAI SMS coaching by WYVERN

The VAI and WYVERN program gives our members their most-requested benefit—help with their safety management system (SMS). With WYVERN’s easy-start process, participants can check for potentially costly threats in minutes, not months, and resolve them on their own schedule with help from an SMS coach.

VAI Daily

Sep. 12, 2024

Tennessee Guard helicopter crew airlifts injured hiker

A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew from McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (KTYS) rescued an injured hiker Sep. 10 from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

VAI Daily

Sep. 12, 2024

Joby applies for eVTOL air taxi certification in UAE

Joby Aviation is seeking United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority certification to conduct electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi operations in the country.

VAI Daily

Sep. 11, 2024

Kongsberg to update comms system for Norwegian Bell 412s

(Defense Post) – Kongsberg has received a contract to upgrade the Norwegian Armed Forces fleet of 18 Bell 412s with new communications and navigation equipment.

VAI Daily

Sep. 11, 2024

Teledyne FLIR to equip Japanese SH-60Ls with cameras

(Defense Post) – Teledyne FLIR has obtained a $20.8 million contract to provide airborne surveillance cameras for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Mitsubishi SH-60L helicopters.

VAI Daily

Sep. 11, 2024

CHP, REACH crews rescue injured biker (VIDEO)

(Patch) – Helicopter crews from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and REACH Air Medical Services worked with the Novato Fire Department to hoist an injured mountain biker Sep. 8 from a trail near Marinwood.

VAI Daily

Sep. 11, 2024

Florida pilot intercepts boat heading toward swimmers

(Keys Weekly) – A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helicopter pilot hovered in front of a boat speeding toward an area with hundreds of swimmers participating in a charity event Sep. 7 near Islamorada.

VAI Daily

Sep. 11, 2024

Sikorsky to provide more medical HH-60Ms to US Army

(Military & Aerospace Electronics) – The US Army is ordering more HH-60Ms and avionics equipment from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. The HH-60M is a variant of the UH-60 with a medical evacuation package.

Spotlight on Safety

Sep. 11, 2024

Spotlight on Safety: SD: The Unforgiving Killer

Research has shown that pilots often fail to recognize and recover from spatial disorientation (SD), in part because of the confusing sensory signals the deadly phenomenon causes. In this month’s Spotlight on Safety, Tyson Phillps, cofounder of aviation training company AT Systems, explains SD and how pilots can train to avoid and overcome it.

VAI Daily

Sep. 11, 2024

Ascent Aerosystems exhibits at Australian military trade show

Wilmington, Massachusetts–based Ascent Aerosystems is displaying its unmanned aerial vehicle drone systems at this week’s Land Forces 2024 International Land Defence Exposition in Melbourne, Victoria.