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VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Helicopter strikes power lines in Spain

(UNI) – A helicopter collided with power lines Sep. 30 in Pucol, Valencia, resulting in the deaths of three people.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

AMSTAT launches new business aviation research tools

AMSTAT, a provider of business-aircraft market, fleet, and operator information, has developed new features and functionality designed to enable customers to keep up with the latest market changes.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Engine failure cited in Pakistan helicopter accident

(AP) – Local police are blaming an engine failure on an Mi-8 for a Sep. 28 accident in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that resulted in the deaths of six people.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Nashville crew airlifts 25 people from flooding (VIDEO)

(WSMV) – A helicopter crew from the Tennessee Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team this past weekend airlifted at least 25 people trapped in flooding from Tropical Storm Helene in the Nashville area and eastern parts of the state.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Proposed EASA AD: Airbus EC120B helicopters

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Oct. 24, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 64–Tail Rotor–Hub Body–Inspection/Replacement.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Proposed EASA AD: Safran Arrius ARRIUS 2 engines

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Oct. 11, 2024, on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Electronic Engine Control Unit–Software; ATA 73–Engine Fuel and Control–Preference Injector–Non-extinguishing Test/Replacement.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Report: Plans in motion for over 1,000 vertiports

(Urban Air Mobility) – Currently, 1,044 vertiports are either being planned for development or are already part of the network launch plans of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft operators from 2024 to 2028, according to a new forecast from the Global AAM/UAM Market Map research team.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

CHP crew airlifts stranded beachgoer (VIDEO)

(KSBW) – A California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew airlifted a person who became trapped on a beach Sep. 29 in Big Sur.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

US Air Force conducts initial MH-139A training

The US Air Force’s 908th Flying Training Wing completed the first training exercise with the Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf in early September at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

VAI Daily

Oct. 1, 2024

Enstrom Safety Check: Dangers of rotor downwash

FAA designated pilot examiner Randy Sharkey offers tips for helicopter pilots and crew members about how to manage rotor downwash.