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VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
STSB final report: Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, Kandersteg, Switzerland, Apr. 10, 2025The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB) attributes the accident, in which the helicopter rolled onto its right side during landing, to the inability of the crew to stop the deve ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
IBAC debuts CORE risk-management toolkit for small aviation organizationsThe International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) is rolling out CORE, a practical risk-management toolkit designed to meet the needs of small aviation organizations. IBAC is unveiling the new pl ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
Don’t forget to enter the 2027 VAI Photo Contest!Have you taken some great photos of vertical flight aircraft? Let us (and the whole world) see them by entering the 2027 VAI Photo Contest, which is now open for submissions. The top photographer ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
Robinson Unmanned to deliver Spirit sUAS to Nepali ArmyRobinson Unmanned has announced that Ascent AeroSystems, the company’s contracting entity for US defense programs, has received a firm-fixed-price foreign military sales contract to provide its Bl ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
Dangerous Student Errors, Part 1 (PODCAST)(Helicopter Training Videos/YouTube) - Helicopter Training Videos joins Max Trescott of The Rotary Wing Show Podcast for a three-part series on dangerous student errors in helicopter training. Par ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
Proposed FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Model MBB BK 117 D-2 helicoptersThis proposed airworthiness directive (AD) was prompted by certification test results of a certain common cargo hook beam (CCHB) on the affected helicopters, which revealed that the installed CCHB ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
ATSB final report: Bell 412EP, 57 km northeast of Strahan Airport, Tasmania, Mar. 10, 2025The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) found that while approaching the dip site, the aerial firefighting helicopter entered a steep descent at low forward airspeed and with power applied. ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
FAA establishes southern-border UAS flight restrictionsThe FAA has announced new temporary flight restrictions, effective Oct. 16, 2026, prohibiting unauthorized unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations along the US–Mexico border. VAI Director of Reg ...
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
VAI scholarship recipient Sunday Sanusi hopes to establish his own MRO shopDiscover how VAI scholarship recipients have turned opportunity into achievement—and how you can do the same—in this exclusive VAI Weekly series.
VAI Weekly
October 20, 2026
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland, Model MBB BK 117 C-1 helicoptersThe FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Model MBB BK 117 C-1 helicopters. This AD, prompted by a report of a louver box assembly detachin ...
