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VAI Weekly
July 2, 2025
ASU celebrates 30th anniversaryAviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) first introduced its night-vision imaging systems in 1995 to the air ambulance community in Asheville, North Carolina.
VAI Weekly
July 2, 2025
Boeing appoints new CEO for BDS divisionThe company has appointed Stephen Parker as president and CEO of its Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business unit.
VAI Weekly
July 2, 2025
FAA requests operator responses for 2024 General Aviation SurveyThe FAA is reminding aircraft owners and operators to complete the 2024 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey. The annual survey measures safety, determines funding, and informs the impact ...
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
PHMSA issues rule on pipeline inspections using dronesThe US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) direct final rule, “Pipeline Safety: Integration of Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies for Ri ...
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
ICYMI: VAI Webinars—UAS, BVLOS, and the Next Chapter of Vertical AviationWe brought together top commercial drone operators for our Jun. 26 VAI Webinar to discuss how Part 108, an FAA regulation that will standardize beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, will ...
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
VAI Member Spotlight: Heliplanners, California, USAThe heliport specialist is celebrating its 38th anniversary in July 2025. Read this story to learn how YOUR VAI member company can be in the Spotlight!
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters H160-BThis FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jul. 17, requires certain operational checks and the downloading and analysis of certain data. It also requires repetitively performing a ...
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
Joby conducts electric air taxi trials in United Arab EmiratesJoby Aviation has begun flight tests of its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi in Dubai as it works toward launching commercial passenger operations in 2026. The company is also develo ...
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland EC135 series and EC635 T2+This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jul. 17, requires a visual inspection of the ball pivot, a fluorescent penetrant inspection of the control rod, and a visual inspection an ...
VAI Weekly
July 1, 2025
CopterSafety orders H175, H145 D3 simulators from ReiserReiser Simulation and Training has obtained an order for two new Level D full flight simulators from CopterSafety. The Airbus simulators will expand CopterSafety’s operations at Helsinki-Vantaa Ai ...
