ICYMI: Best of VAI Webinars: Meet the Cal Guard Pilots Who Rescued 400 Wildfire Victims For our Sep. 12, 2024, webinar, VAI dove into our archives to highlight one of the most dynamic stories we’ve… Continue reading →
Texas publishes AAM Advisory Committee report The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Advisory Committee, which comprises Texas state officials and industry stakeholders, including VAI, has submitted a… Continue reading →
Airbus delivers initial H145M to German Armed Forces Airbus Helicopters has handed over the first H145M to the German Bundeswehr as part of an order for up to… Continue reading →
EASA AD: Safran Arrius 2F and Arrius 2R engines This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72–Engine–Gas Generator High-Pressure Turbine Blades–Replacement, takes effect Dec. 2,… Continue reading →
Proposed FAA AD: Leonardo A109C, A109E, A109S, and AW109SP This proposed FAA airworthiness directive (AD) would require repetitively tap inspecting and replacing certain main-rotor blades, while prohibiting the installation… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: MD 369 series, 500N, and 600N helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires repetitively inspecting the torque-tube assembly and roller bearings, and depending on the results, replacing… Continue reading →
Spectrum, Bangkok Hospital partner on air medical training Spectrum Aeromed will collaborate with BDMS Medevac Center to develop a new air ambulance training center at Bangkok Hospital in… Continue reading →
Airbus, USCG celebrate 40 years with the Dolphin helicopter A US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65 Dolphin crew from Houston, Texas, flew to the Airbus Helicopters facility in Grand Prairie… Continue reading →
Concorde to host rotorcraft IA renewal course in January 2025 VAI is sponsoring the virtual Concorde Battery Rotorcraft Inspection Authorization (IA) renewal course, which takes place Jan. 23–24, 2025. Continue reading →
Blackcomb to provide support for Coast Range Heli-Skiing (VIDEO) Whistler, British Columbia, Canada–based Blackcomb Helicopters is partnering with the heli-skiing operator to supply helicopter services starting in January 2025. Continue reading →
