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VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
VAI Member Spotlight: Sweet Helicopters, Indiana, USAVersatile operator uses a fleet of three Leonardo AW109SPs, three Airbus H130s, and an Airbus H125 to provide charter, corporate/VIP, and aerial photography and videography services.
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
CHP helicopter crew rescues hiker with medical emergency (VIDEO)(KPIX) - A California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew airlifted a hiker suffering a medical emergency Aug. 11 from a trail near Lake Berryessa in Solano County.
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
McDermott crews from Australia assist firefighters in Greece(The Greek Herald) - Helicopter crews from Australia’s McDermott Aviation are helping local firefighters battle a wildfire that started Aug. 11 in Athens, Attica.
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
Rope tangled in New Zealand helicopter results in injury(1News) - Fire and Emergency New Zealand units transported an injured person to a local hospital Aug. 13 after a rope became entangled in a helicopter’s rotor in Marokopa, North Island.
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
FAA flight advisory: GPS interference testing, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Aug. 15–19GPS testing is scheduled for Aug. 15–19, 2024, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and may result in an unreliable or unavailable GPS signal.
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
Forecasts for future vertiport market show range of possibilities(Urban Air Mobility) - There is a wide disparity among market forecasters about the total market value for the global vertiport sector over the next decade, with estimates ranging from US$10 billi ...
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
NTSB report: Bell 206L-4 and de Havilland DHC-2, King Salmon, Alaska, Sep. 4, 2023The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the failure of both pilots to see and avoid while en route to their destinations, resulting ...
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
NTSB report: Airbus AS350, Sanford, Florida, Jun. 27, 2024The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s improper maneuvering at low altitude in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in ...
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
uAvionix gains TSO certification for ADS-B transponderBigfork, Montana–based uAvionix has obtained FAA technical standard order (TSO) certification for its ping200XR Mode S automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) transponder with integrate ...
VAI Weekly
August 13, 2024
Volocopter completes eVTOL test at France’s Palace of VersaillesVolocopter has conducted the world’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft test flight at the Palace of Versailles, a World Heritage Site in Versailles.
