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VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

Sikorsky, Rain demo autonomous Black Hawk for fire suppression

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and Rain completed a demonstration of an autonomous UH-60 Black Hawk taking off, identifying the location and size of a small fire, and dropping water to suppress the flames Oct. 29 at Sikorsky’s headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

Proposed EASA AD: Airbus EC120B helicopters

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Dec. 6, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 67–Rotors Flight Control–Pilot Cyclic Stick Bonding Braid–Inspection.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024 concludes with insightful discussions on future of rotorcraft industry

EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024, which took place Nov. 4–7 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, attracted 4,600 participants from around the globe.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

TracPlus highlights mission-critical suite at EUROPEAN ROTORS

The new enterprise software is designed to help large emergency response operators manage multiagency operational data, the New Zealand–based company announced during last week’s EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

LifeFlight Australia names new head of flight operations

Search-and-rescue and air medical pilot Jeremy Ovens accepted the role with LifeFlight after working five years as an instructor for the Dubai Police Airwing.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

Rotortrade completes sale, delivery of AW139 to Lufttransport

The Norwegian operator will use the Leonardo AW139, acquired through Rotortrade’s subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for offshore oil-and-gas crew change operations.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

FAA Safety Briefing: How to talk like a pilot

The FAA offers tips for communicating clearly in radio transmissions, including being concise and courteous but precise, writing all instructions down, using your call sign, and listening before you transmit.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

FAA flight advisory: GPS interference testing, Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, Nevada, Nov. 12–15, 2024

GPS testing is scheduled for Nov. 12–15 at the US Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, Nevada, and may result in an unreliable or unavailable GPS signal.

VAI Daily

Nov. 12, 2024

EHang partners with Enpower on eVTOL aircraft motors

(GlobeNewswire) – The collaboration will focus on developing electric motors and motor controllers for EHang’s lineup of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

VAI Daily

Nov. 8, 2024

Zip-line accident leads to US Coast Guard helicopter airlift (VIDEO)

A US Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk crew hoisted two injured people following a collision on a zip line Nov. 1 in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.