Skyportz, Microflite to develop vertiport network in Melbourne (Aerospace Global News) – Australian heliport operator Microflite has joined forces with Skyportz to explore options for electric air taxi… Continue reading →
British hospital marks 15 years of helipad upgrades The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry, Shropshire, UK, is revisiting the story of how a Helicopter… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Bell 212, 412, 412CF, and 412EP This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires replacing all steel-alloy barrel nuts with nickel-alloy barrel nuts, replacing or inspecting other… Continue reading →
Final FAA AD: Various Bell 204, 205, and 210 helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires inspecting the tail-boom assembly hardware, replacing the tail-boom attachment hardware, greasing the bolt… Continue reading →
VAI Members-Only Benefit: 2025 scholarship deadline approaches Applications are due by Nov. 8, 2024, for VAI’s 2025 scholarship program, which awards educational benefits to VAI members across… Continue reading →
ATSB preliminary report: Midair collision of 2 Robinson R22s, Western Australia, Jul. 25, 2024 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a preliminary report into the collision of two Robinson R44 Beta IIs… Continue reading →
ATSB final report: Bell 204B, Queensland, Australia, Sep. 20, 2023 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined that the aircraft’s Bambi Bucket suspension cables became caught over the left-rear… Continue reading →
Washington police unit shuttles new helicopter across US (Seattle Times) – A trio of King County Sheriff’s Office deputies tasked with flying a new Bell 407GXi from northeastern… Continue reading →
Whisper Aero, EPS partner on electric power systems Whisper Aero is teaming up with Electric Power Systems (EPS) to combine its next-generation thrusters with EPiC propulsion batteries from… Continue reading →
Blade issue leads to IAF helicopter precautionary landing (VIDEO) (India Today) – An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crew on a relief mission made a precautionary landing into water… Continue reading →
