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VAI Daily

Jun. 20, 2024

Leonardo AW249 helicopter makes international premiere

The AW249 next-generation exploration and escort helicopter makes its international public premiere at the Eurosatory show in Paris, France, Jun. 17–21. The combat aircraft will be used by the Italian Army.

VAI Daily

Jun. 20, 2024

GPMS receives FAA STCs for EC135 and AS 332 HUMS

The FAA has granted supplemental type certificates (STCs) to GPMS International for the company’s Foresight MX HUMS (health and usage monitoring system) on the Airbus EC135 and AS 332 Super Puma platforms.

VAI Daily

Jun. 20, 2024

World’s longest-running electric aircraft symposium returns to Wisconsin in July

More than 40 of the world’s leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts will be speaking at the 18th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium next month. The event, hosted by the Vertical Flight Society, will take place online and in person in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Jul. 20–21, the weekend before the Experimental Aircraft Association’s EAA AirVenture 2024 convention.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

Bundaberg boy thanks RACQ LifeFlight for saving him (VIDEO)

A family in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, has thanked the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue team who saved their son after he fell 6 m (20 ft.) from a backyard tree.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

Proposal to cancel EASA AD: Airbus AS350 and AS355 helicopters

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposes canceling EASA airworthiness directive (AD) 2012-0257-E, dated Dec. 5, 2012. This proposal is titled ATA 64 – CANCELLED: Tail Rotor – Laminated Half-Bearings – Inspection / Replacement.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

Proposed EASA AD: Airbus AS350 and EC130 helicopters

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Jul. 1 on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 04 – Time Limits / Maintenance Checks – Airworthiness Limitations Section – Amendment.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

NTSB final report: Bell OH-58A, Estacada, Oregon, Nov. 15, 2023

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during an external-load operation resulted in the aircraft’s main rotor blades impacting the tail boom.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

Archer announces infrastructure deal with Signature Aviation

Electric vertical takeoff and landing developer Archer Aviation has announced a memorandum of understanding with Signature Aviation focused on electrifying Signature’s network of more than 200 airport terminals. The agreement gives Archer access to takeoff and landing sites in major metropolitan areas across the United States and globally.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

FAA accepts SkyDrive’s eVTOL certification application

Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer SkyDrive has submitted type certificate application of its three-seat eVTOL SkyDrive to the FAA through Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau.

VAI Daily

Jun. 18, 2024

Proposed FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Models AS 332C, AS 332C1, AS 332L, AS 332L1, and SA.330J helicopters

This proposed airworthiness directive (PAD) would require inspecting or measuring the main gearbox forward and rear suspension-bar attachment plates and, depending on the results, taking corrective action, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.