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VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

Milestone, Helitak gain fire tank STC for Sikorsky S-92A

The FAA has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Milestone Aviation Group and Helitak Firefighting Equipment to install the FT5000 fire tank on the Sikorsky S-92A helicopter.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

US military helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan

(The Japan Times) – A US military helicopter made an emergency landing into a rice paddy Aug. 3 in Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan, according to local police. No one was injured in the landing.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

AutoFlight, CATL to develop eVTOL-aircraft batteries

(The STAT Trade Times) – AutoFlight will partner with Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to research and develop batteries for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

US Air Force tests BlackFly eVTOL aircraft for military applications

(The Defense Post) – The US Air Force has launched trials at Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport (KSGH) in Clark County, Ohio, to evaluate the BlackFly electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its Agility Prime program.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

Proposed EASA AD: Airbus EC175B helicopters

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Aug. 30 on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 05–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section/04-10 Limitations and 04-20 Inspections–Amendment.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

Subaru Bell 412EPX to join Southern California firefighting fleet

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has purchased a Subaru Bell 412EPX for firefighting operations in Southern California, Bell Textron announced during last week’s Airborne Public Safety Association Conference (APSCON 2024) in Houston, Texas.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

AutoFlight eVTOL aircraft conducts flight across Chang Jiang

(Highways Today) – AutoFlight completed the inaugural flight of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft across the Chang Jiang, formerly known as the Yangtze River, on Aug. 1 from a base in Pukou, Nanjing, in Jiangsu, China.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

Leonardo conducts ground test of NGCTR technology demonstrator

Using an AW609 fuselage, Leonardo has performed the first ground run test of the Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR) demonstrator, which incorporates new wing architecture, an updated V-tail configuration, and an advanced fly-by-wire control system.

VAI Daily

Aug. 5, 2024

Ex-Change Parts expands strategy to light twin-engine segment

Ex-Change Parts is broadening its focus on parts for heavy and medium twin-engine helicopters to the light twin-engine segment with the recent acquisition of a BK 117 B-1, an Airbus EC135 P2, and a Leonardo A109A Mk.II.