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VAI Daily

Aug. 26, 2025

USHST releases latest quarterly newsletter

The United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) summer 2025 newsletter includes an update on recent fatal US helicopter accidents, a comparison of accident trends between the motorsport and rotorcraft industries, an exploration of spatial disorientation, and more.

VAI Daily

Aug. 26, 2025

JSfirm partners with Million Miles of Melanin

The nonprofit organization will post available aviation jobs from JSfirm on its website. Million Miles of Melanin provides aviation career pathways for students from underrepresented communities.

VAI Daily

Aug. 26, 2025

StarFlight Australia obtains 12-year air medical contract

The Tasmanian government has approved A$354 million for the joint venture of Fox Group and LifeFlight Australia to launch a new service in 2026 that will support emergency operations across the state.

VAI Daily

Aug. 26, 2025

HALO-Flight: HUMS helps maximize availability (VIDEO)

Representatives of the Texas-based nonprofit describe how GPMS International’s Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) improves maintenance operations and decreases turnaround times.

VAI Daily

Aug. 26, 2025

EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters AS332 and EC225

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 52 – Doors – Sliding/Plugging Cabin Doors – Inspection/Modification, takes effect Sep. 1. It will supersede AD 2015-0167, released Aug. 12, 2015.

VAI Daily

Aug. 26, 2025

AirLife Texas adds base in Caldwell County

Local first responders joined officials from the Air Methods subsidiary to open the new base Aug. 20 in Lockhart.

VAI Daily

Aug. 25, 2025

Rotortrade releases helicopter market report for Africa

The Africa 2024–2025 report outlines infrastructure and financing challenges and notes a shift toward Western-built preowned helicopters while identifying growth opportunities in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

VAI Daily

Aug. 25, 2025

Final FAA AD: Leonardo A109, A119, and AW119 MkII

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Sep. 9, applies to A109A, A109AII, A109C, A109K2, A119, and certain AW119 MkII helicopters. It requires checking for proper installation of the bolts that attach the pitch actuator assembly and the roll actuator assembly to their respective bell crank assemblies in the cyclic control system.

VAI Daily

Aug. 22, 2025

USHST provides insights about accidents, spatial disorientation

The newly released United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) summer 2025 newsletter includes an update on recent fatal US helicopter accidents, a comparison of accident trends between the motorsport and rotorcraft industries, an exploration of spatial disorientation, and more.

VAI Daily

Aug. 22, 2025

François Lassale plans ambitious international agenda for VAI

(AIN) – The incoming VAI president and CEO is already laying the groundwork for a fast start with plans for elevating the organization on an international stage and across vertical aviation.