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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.
Press Releases
Dec. 13, 2024
December 13, 2024 – Rep. Sam Graves to Remain Chair of US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
VAI Daily
Dec. 13, 2024
HM Coastguard helicopter crew helps with sinking-boat rescue
(STV News) – An HM Coastguard helicopter crew joined lifeboat and ferry vessels with the rescue of three people whose fishing boat began taking on water Dec. 13 near the Isle of Mull.