VAI prioritizes safety for operators at Gateway Program VAI engaged with its Gateway Program partners and local operators to ensure that all required lighting systems are fully operational… Continue reading →
VAI Members-Only Benefit: SMS coaching and assessment VAI has partnered with four safety management system (SMS) industry leaders to provide substantial savings for operators that don’t already… Continue reading →
FAA AD: Leonardo AB139 and AW139 helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitively inspecting the main landing gear shock absorber piston rod eye ends, becomes… Continue reading →
FAA AD: Airbus H160-B helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires measuring the axial play of the rotating scissors spherical bearings as specified in… Continue reading →
FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland/MBB BK 117 C-2 helicopters The FAA is seeking comments by Feb. 18, 2025, on an airworthiness directive (AD) that requires repetitively inspecting the bolted… Continue reading →
Emergency EASA AD: Airbus EC175B helicopters This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) emergency airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 53–Fuselage–Pylon Reinforcement Fittings–Inspection, took effect Dec. 26, 2024. Continue reading →
Recoil obtains CASA approval for Tsunami tank system on H225 The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued a supplemental type certificate for Recoil Aerospace to install its Tsunami… Continue reading →
Mobile Uplift to purchase assets of Lilium in restructuring deal German electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft maker Lilium has reached an agreement to sell its operating assets to investment… Continue reading →
VAI Daily takes an extended holiday VAI Daily will halt publication from Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, through Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in observance of the holiday… Continue reading →
Report from Chile: Working together for vertical aviation (POWER UP magazine) – A global trend toward stricter regulation underscores the need for collaboration across our industry. Continue reading →
