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VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

Updated FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters EC225 LP

The FAA is seeking comments by Apr. 4, 2025, on this airworthiness directive (AD), which supersedes AD 2021-04-18. The revised AD takes effect Mar. 5, 2025.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

Arrow Aviation installs GPMS HUMS on HALO-Flight Bell 407GXi

The installation of GPMS International’s Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) is the first for a US air medical operator.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

Safran wins Bell contract to support US Army FLRAA program

Bell Textron has placed an order with Safran Defense & Space to supply onboard and ground flight-testing systems for six V-280 tiltrotors under the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

FAA issues charting notice about Gulf of America name change

The FAA is advising all pilots and operators that it is in the process of updating its data and charts to reflect the name change from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a change in Alaska from Denali to Mount McKinley.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

DRF Luftrettung publishes 2024 operations report

(RotorHub) – The German air ambulance operator’s report notes that the nonprofit conducted 35,850 missions last year.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

SAR crews recall helicopter rescue from ship near Canada (VIDEO)

(Surfer magazine) – Members of the Canadian Coast Guard search-and-rescue (SAR) teams involved with airlifting 20 people from a grounded container ship share details about the Feb. 15 mission off the coast of Newfoundland.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

Object strikes medical helicopter in Pennsylvania (VIDEO)

(WPVI) – According to the FAA, an unknown object struck the helicopter while the aircraft was landing at Thomas Jefferson Hospital Feb. 17 in Philadelphia.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

ATSB preliminary report: Robinson R44 II, New South Wales, Dec. 4, 2024

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has published a preliminary report about its ongoing investigation into a fatal accident involving an aerial spraying helicopter near Boorowa, New South Wales.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

NAA names Skyryse as finalist for Collier Trophy

The maker of the SkyOS operating system is on the short list for the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy.

VAI Daily

Feb. 20, 2025

Horizon Aircraft hires technical expert for propulsion systems

John Wyzykowski joins the Cavorite X7 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft maker from Lilium, where he was head of propulsion.