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When we ask VAI members which of our services has the greatest impact, the top answer is advocacy. And as the vertical aviation industry rapidly evolves, the work of our advocacy team takes on even greater importance. Watch this month’s VAI Flight Report video to learn more about the issues we address to ensure our members’ success.

(CNY Central) – A medical helicopter crew from Air Methods operator LifeNet landed at Liverpool High School in New York May 28 to talk with students about their profession.

(KFBM) – Police departments across California will now be required to release some videos captured by department-owned drones, a judge in San Diego ordered earlier this month in response to a lawsuit filed by a journalist.

(KRCR) – A Butte County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew assisted teams from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Butte County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue with airlifting a hiker who fell down a waterfall May 25 in a remote area of Pulga.

(BBC) – A helicopter crew is assisting Scottish Fire and Rescue Service ground teams with extinguishing a wildfire in Alford, Aberdeenshire.

Michael Gardner, who was seriously injured last year after falling from a mountain, met May 19 with the SkyLife crew members and first responders who saved his life. The reunion took place at the Air Methods operator’s base in Fresno.

As part of the promotion for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey’s appearance in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Bell Textron is highlighting how its helicopters have starred in other movies, including Predator, Gone in 60 Seconds, Scarface, Airwolf, X-Men, Transformers, Deepwater Horizon, and Godzilla vs. Kong.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a safety information bulletin detailing the risks that lithium batteries can pose to commercial air operations, including batteries that power certain types of drones.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Jun. 25 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 04–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 04–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment, takes effect Jun. 4, 2025. It supersedes EASA AD 2023-0146, issued Jul. 14, 2023.