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VAI Daily

Mar. 26, 2025

AMSL to use Conflux Technology engine cooler in eVTOL aircraft

Australian start-up AMSL Aero will use Conflux’s heat transfer technology to cool the hydrogen fuel cells in its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

VAI Daily

Mar. 26, 2025

Skyports Infrastructure completes vertiport at Bicester Motion

(Urban Air Mobility News) – The company is proceeding with the operational testing phase of the new vertiport at the business center complex in Launton, Oxfordshire, England.

VAI Daily

Mar. 25, 2025

New Zealand’s SRSL orders 4 Airbus H145s for emergency ops

The new helicopters will join the New Zealand Search and Rescue Services (SRSL) existing fleet of H145 and BK 117 helicopters.

VAI Daily

Mar. 25, 2025

Helicopter crew airlifts ill hiker from Arizona mountain (VIDEO)

(KPNX) – A helicopter crew assisted the Phoenix Fire Department with rescuing a hiker who experienced a medical emergency Mar. 24 from Camelback Mountain.

VAI Daily

Mar. 25, 2025

VAI Member Spotlight: Helicopter Horizons, Botswana

Air tour operator uses a fleet of Bell 206s and Robinson R44s to provide access to views and wildlife.

VAI Daily

Mar. 25, 2025

Enstrom Safety Check: The danger of throttle chops

As the weather warms up in North America, it is important to be aware of the impact chopping the throttle can have on your helicopter, explains Roger Sharkey, owner of Sharkey’s Helicopters.

VAI Daily

Mar. 25, 2025

Australia’s QPS to add trio of Bell 429s to law enforcement fleet

The contract, announced at this week’s 2025 Avalon Australian International Airshow, will expand the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Bell 429 fleet to a half dozen helicopters. Townsville–based Meridian Helicopters will provide law enforcement services in north Queensland for QPS’s Polair service using the three new Bell 429s.

VAI Daily

Mar. 24, 2025

Now Online: Watch the VERTICON 2025 Fly-In! (VIDEO)

VAI has released footage featuring 34 helicopters from the fly-in at VERTICON 2025, which took place earlier this month in Dallas, Texas.

VAI Daily

Mar. 24, 2025

NTSB final report: Bell OH-58A, Hegins, Pennsylvania, Jul. 19, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s inadequate preflight and in-flight planning, which resulted in the helicopter striking a wire during an aerial application flight.