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VAI Weekly
October 28, 2024
Rotortrade connects Motorflug with pre-owned Airbus H135The helicopter distributor has completed a transaction to provide German service center Motorflug with a used Airbus H135 from Malaysia that will serve with the German Federal Police.
VAI Weekly
October 28, 2024
Enstrom Safety Check: Helicopter traffic pattern etiquetteRandy Sharkey of Sweet Helicopters offers tips for communicating with student pilots at airports without an air traffic controller.
VAI Weekly
October 28, 2024
Air Methods operator in Maryland celebrates 15-year anniversaryLifeNet 8-1 marked 15 years of service to communities in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Oct. 20 at Hagerstown Regional Airport (KHGR) in Washington County.
VAI Weekly
October 28, 2024
Archer praises FAA for release of powered-lift aircraft SFARArcher Aviation is applauding the FAA’s release of a Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) for powered-lift aircraft, a key step toward commercialization of electric vertical takeoff and land ...
VAI Weekly
October 25, 2024
VAI, NBAA respond to FAA’s proposed vertiport design standardsVAI and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) have submitted joint comments to the FAA advocating for more consolidated, safety-focused guidelines for vertical takeoff and landing airc ...
VAI Weekly
October 25, 2024
Kaman subsidiary teams up with RRM on protective blade coatingsKamatics, a subsidiary of Kaman, is partnering with Pocahontas, Arkansas–based Rotorcraft Repair & Manufacturing (RRM) to market and sell RRM’s Dragon Skin Extreme blade coating, which is formulat ...
VAI Weekly
October 25, 2024
Helicopter crew rescues baby after flooding in Italy (VIDEO)(The Daily Universe) - A helicopter crew from Vigili del Fuoco, Italy’s national fire and rescue service, airlifted a family with a 3-month-old baby Oct. 20 after massive flooding in Bologna, Emil ...
VAI Weekly
October 25, 2024
Final FAA AD: Helicopters with certain rotary buckle assembliesThis FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which becomes effective Nov. 12, 2024, retains the requirements of a superseding AD while expanding the applicability and updating the reference materials. T ...
VAI Weekly
October 25, 2024
EASA AD: Safran Arriel 1 enginesThis European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72–Engine–Gas Generator First Stage High Pressure Turbine Blades–Replacement, takes effect Oct. 31, 2024.
