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VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
Enstrom Safety Check: Dangers of rotor downwashFAA designated pilot examiner Randy Sharkey offers tips for helicopter pilots and crew members about how to manage rotor downwash.
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
Lilium partners with Galaxy FBO in TexasLilium has reached an agreement with Galaxy FBO to establish electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft services at The Woodlands Heliport, Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (KCXO), and Wi ...
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
TSB final report: AS350 B3 helicopter, Nov. 9, 2022, Kitsault, British ColumbiaThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has determined that the pilot experienced a medical event that likely caused a degree of incapacitation that resulted in the crash.
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
VAI Member Spotlight: Century Helicopters, Colorado, USANew ownership seeks to build on more than 25 years of providing maintenance, repair, overhaul, completions, and other services for helicopter operators.
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
PHI MRO Services becomes Leonardo supplierLeonardo has appointed PHI MRO Services as a supplier for various services, including maintenance, repair, overhaul, and component support.
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
National Guard helicopter crews respond to Helene(Task & Purpose) - More than 4,700 US National Guard soldiers, including helicopter crews, are working to clear roads, rescue trapped people, and provide relief after Hurricane Helene tore through ...
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
Crews rescue dozens from Tennessee hospital (VIDEO)(CNN) - Helicopter crews airlifted dozens of people from the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin Sep. 27 after they became trapped by floodwater from Hurricane Helene.
VAI Weekly
October 1, 2024
NTSB final report: Bell 206B, Cuba City, Wisconsin, Jul. 21, 2024The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a wire during an agricultural application pass.
VAI Weekly
September 30, 2024
US Coast Guard crew saves boater, dog (VIDEO)(NPR) - A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a boater in distress and his dog Sep. 26 in waters off Sanibel Island, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Helene making landfall.
VAI Weekly
September 30, 2024
NTSB final report: Bell 206B, Fresno, California, Oct. 1, 2022The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the disbonding of a tail-rotor driveshaft splined adapter, which resulted in a loss of tail- ...
