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VAI Daily

Nov. 15, 2024

Beta Technologies begins flight-testing campaign for Alia CTOL aircraft

The Vermont-based company has completed the first flight of the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) version of its Alia electric aircraft.

VAI Daily

Nov. 15, 2024

UK CAA approves HeliSpeed for MCC training with Bell 429 simulator

HeliSpeed has obtained United Kingdom (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval to conduct multicrew cooperation (MCC) training with its new Bell 429 flight and navigation procedures trainer at Blackpool Airport (EGNH) in Lancashire, England.

Webinars

Nov. 14, 2024

VAI@Work Webinars: Powered Lift Aircraft Category – New Aircraft, Common Goal

or the first time in over 80 years, the FAA has created a brand-new aircraft category—powered-lift. Designed to support the continued development and integration of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft into the US National Airspace System, SFAR 120: Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations offers direction for pilots and operators of future VTOL aircraft.

VAI Daily

Nov. 14, 2024

VAI Members-Only Benefit: Discount on BowTieXP software

With bowtie risk-management diagrams, VAI aircraft operators can build out virtual high-risk scenarios to visualize the threats and hazards they pose.

VAI Daily

Nov. 14, 2024

James Viola honored with 2024 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesmen of Aviation Award

The president and CEO of Vertical Aviation International has received recognition for a lifetime of achievements in aerospace.

VAI Daily

Nov. 14, 2024

FAA Safety Briefing: The GA safety highlight reel

The editors of the FAA Safety Briefing present a compilation of their most popular general aviation (GA) articles.

VAI Daily

Nov. 14, 2024

FAA investigating helicopter crash in Limestone, Tennessee (VIDEO)

(WBIR) – The agency says the pilot, who sustained minor injuries, was the only person on board the aircraft at the time of the Nov. 13 accident.

VAI Daily

Nov. 14, 2024

China’s Geely in talks for control of Volocopter

(BNN Bloomberg) – Chinese conglomerate Geely is in advanced talks to take control of Germany’s Volocopter in a deal designed to save the urban air mobility start-up from potential bankruptcy.

VAI Daily

Nov. 14, 2024

ATSB final report: Robinson R22, Northern Territory, Australia, Jun. 27, 2023

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that while the accident site and helicopter wreckage provided clues consistent with low rotor energy and low-to-nil engine power, investigators could not determine the probable cause of the fatal mustering accident.