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VAI Daily

Aug. 30, 2024

SkyDrive raises new funding for eVTOL development, certification

Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer SkyDrive has completed another round of Series C funding that will go toward flight testing and certification of its air taxi concept.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Virginia police crew helps rescue injured cliff jumper

(WRIC) – A Virginia State Police Aviation Unit Med-Flight helicopter crew assisted ground units with airlifting an injured hiker Aug. 24 from St. Marys River in Augusta County.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

VAI Members-Only Benefit: Flight Data Monitoring Program

The VAI Flight Data Monitoring Program with Truth Data Insights helps member operators analyze their flight data and create a roadmap for improving flight safety.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Study: UAM market to reach $55B in 10 years

(GlobeNewswire) – California-based research firm Prophecy Market Insights is forecasting the global urban air mobility (UAM) market to expand in value from $3.4 billion in 2024 to $55 billion by 2034.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Texas DPS crew rescues family from mountain (VIDEO)

(KSAT) – A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Airbus H125 crew airlifted the family, including a baby, Aug. 20 from Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Culberson County after they ran out of water and began experiencing symptoms of dehydration and heat exhaustion.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Police helicopter crew airlifts stranded hikers in California (VIDEO)

(KMIR) – A Riverside County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew assisted ground units with hoisting a group of five hikers Aug. 28 from the Ladder Canyon Trail near Coachella.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

AAIU preliminary report: Bell 505, Westmeath, Ireland, Jul. 30, 2024

The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of Ireland has released a preliminary report into a helicopter accident that occurred during autorotation training near Killucan, County Westmeath. The accident resulted in the deaths of a student pilot and an instructor.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Baldwin, Fruity Chutes to offer drone safety systems

Baldwin Safety & Compliance is teaming up with Monte Sereno, California–based Fruity Chutes to provide parachute recovery systems and safety support services for drone operators.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Avincis adds air medical Airbus H145s in Italy, Sweden

Airbus has delivered two medically configured H145s to emergency services operator Avincis, which will deploy one of the helicopters to serve its network of bases across Italy and the other to Stockholm, Sweden.

VAI Daily

Aug. 29, 2024

Entrol adds new features to firefighting training simulator

The Entrol simulator’s enhanced capabilities include an updated Envision database and the ability to train under additional wildfire-suppression scenarios.