Slackline community map aids flight planning VAI encourages pilots, mission planners, and operators—particularly those conducting low-level, off-airport, or special-mission operations—to consider using SlackMap as a supplemental… Continue reading →
Crews deploy advanced tech to search for Nancy Guthrie (VIDEO) (New York Post) – A Pima County (Arizona) Sheriff’s Department helicopter crew is using an advanced Bluetooth technology to search… Continue reading →
48th annual FAA GA Survey now underway The FAA General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey is now open, and VAI encourages operators to participate. Governmental agencies… Continue reading →
Industry groups back bill to support next generation of aviation Key members of the US Senate and House of Representatives have introduced the bipartisan Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act,… Continue reading →
Cloud cover cited in British Columbia, Canada, helicopter crash (Boundary Creek Times) – According to the Royal Canadian Air Force, the helicopter went down in an area with low… Continue reading →
Helicopter crews assist with sea rescue off coast of Wales (BBC) – HM Coastguard and Irish Coast Guard helicopter crews assisted water and ground teams with rescuing three climbers stranded… Continue reading →
Drone tech leads police to missing person in New Jersey (VIDEO) (WPVI) – The Ocean Township Police Department used a drone with information from the Life360 location safety app to find… Continue reading →
Helicopter intentionally triggers avalanche in France (VIDEO) (AFP) – A helicopter crew deliberately set it in motion in the Chamonix area of the French Alps as a… Continue reading →
Saxon Air expands managed fleet to a dozen helicopters (ADS Advance) – The company’s fleet has grown by five since December 2025, with three more helicopters set to join… Continue reading →
Drone operator receives $3,600 fine for repeated violations (Drone DJ) – A drone operator in the United Kingdom received the fine from authorities in Norfolk for 17 offenses… Continue reading →
