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VAI Weekly
January 7, 2025
VAI Member Spotlight: M International, Virginia, USAAftermarket-support provider of defense equipment specializes in engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul for T53, PT6A/T, and M250 engines.
VAI Weekly
January 7, 2025
EASA AD: Airbus AS 332C/C1 and AS 332L/L1 helicoptersThis European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 64–Tail Rotor–Rotor Head Slide of the Control Plate–Inspection, takes effect Jan. 20, 2025.
VAI Weekly
January 7, 2025
Robinson, Rotorcorp Services to collaborate on parts, supportUnder the agreement, Rotorcorp will help Robinson implement a series of initiatives designed to increase parts availability and enhance aftermarket support and services for operators.
VAI Weekly
January 7, 2025
Aerotoscana highlights agricultural role for Robinson R66South American operator Aerotoscana has released a video that shows R66 crews conducting an operation to remove excess water from cherry trees after rainfall in Chile.
VAI Weekly
January 3, 2025
Mercy Air units celebrate 35th anniversary in CaliforniaFirst responders, local partners, and special guests, including former patients, gathered to commemorate the Air Methods operator’s 35 years of service to the communities of Barstow, Big Bear, Hes ...
VAI Weekly
January 2, 2025
VAI prioritizes safety for operators at Gateway ProgramVAI engaged with its Gateway Program partners and local operators to ensure that all required lighting systems are fully operational at the Hudson Tunnel Project in New York.
VAI Weekly
January 2, 2025
VAI Members-Only Benefit: SMS coaching and assessmentVAI has partnered with four safety management system (SMS) industry leaders to provide substantial savings for operators that don’t already have an SMS in place.
VAI Weekly
January 2, 2025
FAA AD: Leonardo AB139 and AW139 helicoptersThis FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitively inspecting the main landing gear shock absorber piston rod eye ends, becomes effective Jan. 17, 2025. The FAA will accept public ...
VAI Weekly
January 2, 2025
FAA AD: Airbus H160-B helicoptersThis FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires measuring the axial play of the rotating scissors spherical bearings as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD, takes effect ...
VAI Weekly
January 2, 2025
FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland/MBB BK 117 C-2 helicoptersThe FAA is seeking comments by Feb. 18, 2025, on an airworthiness directive (AD) that requires repetitively inspecting the bolted joint between the Cardan-pivot joint assembly and the tail-rotor a ...
