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VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

VAI names François Lassale as president and CEO

VAI announced the appointment of François Lassale to the role following a global search for a proven leader to guide the association through its next phase of growth and influence.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

Notice for VAI members: LIG Solutions is now Gallagher

What members need to know about VAI insurance partner Gallagher’s new name, which takes effect today, Aug. 18.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

Firefighting aircraft dump water on fires in BC, Canada (VIDEO)

(Castanet) – Three helicopter crews joined fixed-wing aircraft from the British Columbia (BC) Wildfire Service in quickly responding to contain wildfires Aug. 17 in Vernon that led to a temporary evacuation of residents.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

AAIB report: Westland Wasp HAS.1, Marston Doles, Warwickshire, Mar. 15, 2025

The United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) could not determine the cause of the abnormal collective movement but did not rule out a transient system malfunction.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

Helicopter drops water on fire near California hotels (VIDEO)

(KUSI) – A helicopter crew extinguished a vegetation fire that broke out Aug. 16 near Hotel Circle in San Diego.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

Coptersafety gains European approvals for AW169 simulator

The Finnish Civil Aviation Authority and the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority have issued Level D qualification for Coptersafety’s Leonardo AW169 simulator with Phase 8 avionics.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

Netherlands to deploy firefighting Chinooks to Spain

(NL Times) – The Netherlands military is sending two Boeing CH-47s and 60 soldiers to help battle wildfires in Spain.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

NTSB preliminary report: Hughes 369D, West Alton, Missouri, Aug. 7, 2025

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report indicates that the helicopter’s tail struck a wire during power-line work.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

An inside look at Children’s of Alabama air ambulance (VIDEO)

(WIAT) – Flight nurse Myra Waddell from the Children’s of Alabama Critical Care Transport program describes the range of patient transports her crew has handled by helicopter, ambulance, and airplane since she joined the team in 1999.

VAI Daily

Aug. 18, 2025

LifeFlight wins pair of Australian Aviation awards

The operator received the Rotary Wing Business of the Year and Emergency Medical Services Business of the Year awards Aug. 14 in Sydney, New South Wales.