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VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

VAI Member Spotlight: Century Helicopters, Colorado, USA

New ownership seeks to build on more than 25 years of providing maintenance, repair, overhaul, completions, and other services for helicopter operators.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

PHI MRO Services becomes Leonardo supplier

Leonardo has appointed PHI MRO Services as a supplier for various services, including maintenance, repair, overhaul, and component support.

VAI Daily

Oct. 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 several states.

VAI Daily

Oct. 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 Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

NTSB final report: Bell 206B, Cuba City, Wisconsin, Jul. 21, 2024

The 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 Daily

Sep. 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 Daily

Sep. 30, 2024

NTSB final report: Bell 206B, Fresno, California, Oct. 1, 2022

The 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-rotor drive and a hard landing.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2024

Enstrom names new senior VP of engineering

Larry Pilkington, formerly chief engineer for Columbia Helicopters, is the new senior VP of engineering at Enstrom of Menominee, Michigan.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2024

US Army displays mock-up of FLRAA cabin (VIDEO)

The US Army Program Executive Office for Army Aviation gave crews a chance to view a mock-up cabin for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, complete with augmented-reality glasses, at Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI) in Honolulu, Hawaii.

VAI Daily

Sep. 30, 2024

Airbus Helicopters delivers H175 to Chinese operator

The Guangzhou Public Security Bureau in Guangdong has received its first H175 from Airbus Helicopters as part of an order that included delivery of one H145 in 2016 and another in 2019.