VAI Members-Only Benefit: Discounts for VERTICON A VAI membership includes discounts to attend and exhibit at VERTICON and other VAI events. VERTICON 2026 takes place Mar.… Continue reading →
FAA speeds up drone flight approvals near airports with LAANC This FAA Safety Briefing explains how drone operators can use the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) to gain… Continue reading →
FAA Safety Briefing: Weather planning tips for helicopter pilots Helicopter pilots must carefully check low-level weather conditions to avoid inadvertent flight into IMC. Resources including the Terminal Doppler Weather… Continue reading →
US Army helicopter flights remain suspended near KDCA (Reuters) – Chris Rocheleau, acting FAA administrator, said in a Jun. 4 US House of Representatives hearing that US Army… Continue reading →
Helicopter crashes on Alaska’s North Slope (Anchorage Daily News) – According to US National Transportation Safety Board officials, the helicopter went down Jun. 4 near the… Continue reading →
EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters H160-B This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Emergency Life-Raft System Container Assembly–Replacement, takes effect Jun. 18. Continue reading →
Volz Servos to provide actuators for Piasecki ADAPT program (Access Newswire) – Piasecki Aircraft Corp. has reached an agreement with German manufacturer Volz Servos to supply electromagnetic actuators for… Continue reading →
Milestone extends lease with HeliKorea for AW169 Milestone Aviation Group has signed a five-year lease to continue providing a Leonardo AW169 for HeliKorea, which started using the… Continue reading →
Airbus product manager details H140 improvements Stefan Bestle, H140 marketing product manager, outlines the upgrades to the new H140 designed for air medical operators. Continue reading →
BAE Systems wins US Navy contract for IFF upgrade The US Navy has awarded the company $30 million to refresh the AN/APX-123A(V) common transponder, which will serve as a… Continue reading →
