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VAI Daily

Dec. 3, 2024

Transport Canada approves Airwolf to install TB17 batteries on 9 types

Airwolf Aerospace has received Transport Canada supplemental type certificate approval for True Blue Power TB17 batteries on the Airbus H125/AS350, AS355, H120, and H130/EC130; Bell 206A/B and Bell 206L/L-1/L-3/L-4; Enstrom 480B; Hiller UH-12E; and MD 369/MD 500.

VAI Daily

Dec. 3, 2024

Airbus highlights H225 project to replace power pylons in Brazil

Airbus has published a feature about how TAC Power Lines and Omni Taxi Aereo used an H225 to remove 25 power pylons and install new ones in environmentally protected areas of the Serra do Mar mountains.

VAI Daily

Dec. 3, 2024

Priority 1 Air Rescue to train US Coast Guard hoist operators

The Mesa, Arizona–based company has obtained a five-year US Coast Guard contract to provide training for MH-60T and MH-65E hoist operators.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

Longtime aviation safety advocate Nick Sabatini flies west

Former New York Police Department Aviation Unit officer served as the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

Air medical crew reunites with shark attack survivor

The emergency medical crew from Air Methods operator Okaloosa MedFlight met Nov. 21 with a 15-year-old whom they helped save after a shark attack earlier this year near Pensacola, Florida.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

EASA AD: Leonardo AB 412, A109E, A109K2, A109S, AB139, and AW139

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Hoist–Inspection, takes effect Dec. 6, 2024.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

Proposed FAA AD: Airbus EC120B helicopters

The FAA is seeking comments through Jan. 13, 2025, on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require revising the airworthiness limitations section of the existing maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness, as well as the existing approved maintenance or inspection program, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

Sikorsky Training Academy celebrates 10 years (VIDEO)

The Black Hawk pilot and maintenance training center opened in 2014 at Witham Field (KSUA) near Stuart, Florida, before relocating in 2022 to the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems campus in Jupiter, Florida.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

Proposed FAA AD: Airbus SA 341G and SA 342J helicopters

This proposed FAA airworthiness directive (AD) would require replacing certain pilot collective pitch stick handle grips and prohibit the installation of them. The FAA is seeking comments through Jan. 13, 2025.

VAI Daily

Dec. 2, 2024

Blade Air Mobility CEO to provide update at tech, AI conference

Blade Air Mobility CEO Rob Wiesenthal will take the stage Dec. 4 at the 2024 UBS Global Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.