Fly Safe: An opportunity to enhance safety (POWER UP magazine) – Safety rating system concept offers method for evaluating rotorcraft safety technologies. Continue reading →
The importance of VAI advocacy (POWER UP magazine) – Why advocacy is indispensable for VAI members to navigate regulatory landscapes, drive industry innovation, and secure… Continue reading →
Final EASA AD: Airbus EC175B helicopters This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 26–Fire Protection–Starter Generator Air Ducts–Modification, takes effect Apr. 22,… Continue reading →
PHI Air Medical celebrates 20-year anniversary of Texas base The company’s base in Victoria marked two decades of helicopter operations with an Apr. 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony. Continue reading →
Rain to add Trakka camera to Brothers Air Support UH-60 Wildfire suppression specialist Rain will integrate the TrakkaCam TC-300-R multispectral camera from Trakka Systems into a Brothers Air Support Sikorsky… Continue reading →
VAI Member Spotlight: Start Pac, Nevada, USA Family-owned business provides jump-starting and other services for owners and operators of aircraft, including helicopters. Interested in having your company… Continue reading →
Entrol introduces hoist operator station for rescue training The company has launched its MR Hoist Operator Station, which uses mixed-reality technology to create a training platform for communication… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Bell Textron Canada 505 helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires removing all ballast weights from the aft-movable ballast-box assembly and prohibits the use of… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Airbus AS 332 series helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires inspecting the slide of the control plate of the tail-rotor head assembly for any… Continue reading →
Bell Training Academy in Spain adds Bell 429 technical courses The academy in Valencia is offering two new comprehensive Bell 429 technical training programs for maintenance technicians. Continue reading →
