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VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
Extreme heat grounds rescue helicopters. When is it too hot to fly? (VIDEO)(USA Today) - Experts from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University discuss how extreme heat can ground flights, including helicopter air medical services, following the Jul. 6 death of a motorcyclist ...
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
US Coast Guard crew helps rescue boaters in Michigan (VIDEO)(WOOD) - A helicopter crew from US Coast Guard Air Station Detroit assisted with the rescue of nine boaters from Lake Erie in two separate Jul. 6 incidents.
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
JSSI appoints executive VP of maintenance, supplier managementChicago, Illinois–based Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has appointed Alexis Javkin as executive VP of maintenance and supplier management.
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
Sales up, pricing steady in Aero Asset helicopter market reportGlobal single-engine helicopter sales have stabilized on a positive trend for the first time since late 2022, according to data from Aero Asset’s 2024 Half Year Heli Market Trends report.
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
EASA publishes 2024 Annual Safety ReviewThis year’s European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Annual Safety Review features a new chapter that specifically examines the safety performance of uncrewed aircraft systems and drones.
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
EASA AD: Airbus Deutschland MBB BK 117 helicoptersThis European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Control Rod Assembly/Pitch Link Assembly–Inspection, becomes effective Jul. 22, 2024.
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
Japanese community plans AAM network from Osaka to Kita Kyushu(Urban Air Mobility) - Nonprofit MASC has launched its Setouchi Community AAM (advanced air mobility) Infrastructure 2028 project, which seeks to establish an AAM ecosystem between the cities of O ...
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
Final FAA AD: Leonardo AW189 helicoptersThis FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires visually inspecting certain glide slope antennas and antenna coaxial connectors for the presence of any sealant, cleaning parts and removing a ...
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
Final FAA AD: Airbus AS 332C/C1, AS 3322L/L1/L2, and EC225 LPThis FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires inspecting the bowls of the right-hand and left-hand fuel filters for any cracks and seepage, takes effect Aug. 13, 2024.
VAI Weekly
July 9, 2024
Native Air Ambulance adds whole-blood service from Texas baseAir Methods operator Native Air Ambulance is now providing whole blood on every helicopter air medical transport from its base near Winston Field Airport (KSNK) in Snyder.
