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VAI Weekly
September 4, 2024
FAA Safety Briefing: The keys to rotorcraft runway safetyWhen it comes to safe runway operations, training, education, and experience matter. The FAA’s Helicopter Flying Handbook notes that accident rates decrease by nearly 50% once a pilot obtains 100 ...
VAI Weekly
September 4, 2024
Enstrom highlights quality inspector at KMNMEnstrom has published a feature about Kevin Fayta, who joined the company last year as a quality inspector at Menominee Regional Airport (KMNM) in Michigan. He previously worked for ERDA, a subsid ...
VAI Weekly
September 4, 2024
CAAM appoints new board members from Unither, BetaNonprofit organization Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) has added Mikaël Cardinal of Unither Bioélectronique and Kristen Blodgett of Beta Technologies to its board of directors.
VAI Weekly
September 4, 2024
Archer Aviation tops 400 eVTOL test flights in 2024The company has reached its goal of conducting 400 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft test flights this year four months ahead of its projections.
VAI Weekly
September 3, 2024
VAI Member Spotlight: Tuckamore Aviation, Massachusetts, USAMultirole Part 135 Airbus AS350 B3 operator provides aerial photography and filming, charter, survey, longline, and utility services to civil and government operators.
VAI Weekly
September 3, 2024
NTSB final report: Hughes 269A, Danbury, New Hampshire, Jun. 1, 2024The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot inadequately compensating for prevailing wind conditions, resulting in a loss of c ...
VAI Weekly
September 3, 2024
Firefighting helicopter crashes into river in Portugal(Mirror) - According to local authorities, a firefighting helicopter carrying at least six people went down Aug. 30 in a river in northern Portugal, resulting in the deaths of four people. The cre ...
VAI Weekly
September 3, 2024
Brisbane eyes electric air taxi services for 2032 Summer Olympics(AIN) - Officials in the capital of Queensland, Australia, are considering advanced air mobility services among several transportation upgrades in preparation to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.
VAI Weekly
September 3, 2024
Weather cited in Russian tourist helicopter accident near volcano(The Moscow Times) - Amid reports of inclement weather in the area, a Mil Mi-8 went down Aug. 31 while flying near a volcano in Russia’s Far East, resulting in the deaths of 22 passengers.
VAI Weekly
September 3, 2024
Enstrom Safety Check: What’s the secret to turbine time?Randy Sharkey, chief pilot for Sweet Helicopters, lays out the pros and cons of the various methods for building up your turbine time after talking with Jason Cutter, owner of Venture Helicopters, ...
