Wellstar adds medical helicopter to AirCare program (AirMed&Rescue) – Air Methods operator Wellstar Health System has added a second air ambulance at Griffin–Spalding County Airport that will… Continue reading →
Air Mobility, Skyportz partner on vertipads in Japan The companies will collaborate to introduce the Skyportz Aeroberm modular vertipad for advanced air mobility operators in Japan. Continue reading →
BAE Systems names new chief information and digital officer (Business Wire) – The company has appointed Mona Bates senior VP and chief information and digital officer. Bates was previously… Continue reading →
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 →
