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VAI Weekly
December 3, 2024
Priority 1 Air Rescue to train US Coast Guard hoist operatorsThe Mesa, Arizona–based company has obtained a five-year US Coast Guard contract to provide training for MH-60T and MH-65E hoist operators.
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Longtime aviation safety advocate Nick Sabatini flies westFormer New York Police Department Aviation Unit officer served as the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety.
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Air medical crew reunites with shark attack survivorThe emergency medical crew from Air Methods operator Okaloosa MedFlight met Nov. 21 with a 15-year-old whom they helped save after a shark attack earlier this year near Pensacola, Florida.
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
EASA AD: Leonardo AB 412, A109E, A109K2, A109S, AB139, and AW139This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Hoist–Inspection, takes effect Dec. 6, 2024.
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Sikorsky Training Academy celebrates 10 years (VIDEO)The Black Hawk pilot and maintenance training center opened in 2014 at Witham Field (KSUA) near Stuart, Florida, before relocating in 2022 to the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems campus ...
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Proposed FAA AD: Airbus EC120B helicoptersThe FAA is seeking comments through Jan. 13, 2025, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revising the airworthiness limitations section of the existing maintenance man ...
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Proposed FAA AD: Airbus SA 341G and SA 342J helicoptersThis proposed FAA airworthiness directive (AD) would require replacing certain pilot collective pitch stick handle grips and prohibit the installation of them. The FAA is seeking comments through ...
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Blade Air Mobility CEO to provide update at tech, AI conferenceBlade Air Mobility CEO Rob Wiesenthal will take the stage Dec. 4 at the 2024 UBS Global Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
LifeFlight plans to add maintenance engineers as demand soarsThe Australian air medical operator has launched an effort to recruit six new licensed aircraft maintenance engineers to meet growing demand.
VAI Weekly
December 2, 2024
Lockheed Martin reflects on aviation history (VIDEO)In honor of National Aviation History Month in November, Lockheed Martin highlighted its early days, including those from its subsidiary Sikorsky.















