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VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
Transport Canada to more fully align with ICAO(AIN) - Transport Canada has issued an interim order detailing temporary revisions to align Canada’s aviation regulations with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)–recommended standard ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
NTSB final report: Bell 47G-2, Mettler, California, Jun. 1, 2026The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of this accident to be
the pilot’s failure to ensure the loading hose had been disconnected before takeoff, which ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
Helicopters drop critical supplies for rural families in Ka’u after access cut off (VIDEO)(KITV) - In remote parts of Ka’u, Hawaii, dozens of residents have been trapped without running water, electricity, and basic necessities since Hurricane Lala hit the Big Island in mid-August, but ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
AirData surpasses 65M drone flights(MundoGeo) - Operational intelligence platform AirData announced Aug. 26 that it has passed 65 million drone flights covering more than 850,000 drones and 470,000 pilots worldwide, with 15 million ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
Singapore’s 1st indigenous eVTOL takes off in Germany(HeliHub) - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has completed a monthlong flight-test campaign in Germany with Singapore’s first indigenously designed, engineered, and built electric vert ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
Drone incursions still disrupt wildfire response across Western US(DroneLife) - As massive wildfires continue to ravage vast areas of the West and Northwestern United States, the problem of unauthorized drones flying in disaster areas continues to hamper aerial ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
TSB: Rotorcraft more than twice as vulnerable as airplanes to loss-of-visual-reference accidents(AIN) - Loss-of-visual-reference accidents are likely to involve helicopters at more than double the rate of airplanes, according to a series of Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investi ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
Torrential flash flood triggers helicopter rescues in Grand Canyon(Teton Gravity Research) - US National Park Service search-and-rescue teams and the Arizona Department of Public Safety launched a full-scale emergency air operation in response to flash flooding ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
FAA announces key demos with 1st remotely piloted hybrid-electric flight for cargo shipmentElroy Air and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development have conducted a hybrid-electric demonstration flight to test cargo deliveries using remotely piloted aircraft at Houma-Ter ...
VAI Weekly
September 1, 2026
NTSB Vice Chairman Michael Graham retiringMichael Graham, the vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), announced Aug. 28 that he will retire on Oct. 2. Graham has served on the NTSB’s five-member panel since 2020.
