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VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

Firefighters, helicopter crew battle hillside wildfire in Scotland

(BBC) – A helicopter crew is assisting Scottish Fire and Rescue Service ground teams with extinguishing a wildfire in Alford, Aberdeenshire.

VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

Trauma survivor reunites with SkyLife crew in California

Michael Gardner, who was seriously injured last year after falling from a mountain, met May 19 with the SkyLife crew members and first responders who saved his life. The reunion took place at the Air Methods operator’s base in Fresno.

VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

Bell spotlights role of helicopters in memorable Hollywood films

As part of the promotion for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey’s appearance in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Bell Textron is highlighting how its helicopters have starred in other movies, including Predator, Gone in 60 Seconds, Scarface, Airwolf, X-Men, Transformers, Deepwater Horizon, and Godzilla vs. Kong.

VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

EASA issues safety bulletin about lithium batteries

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a safety information bulletin detailing the risks that lithium batteries can pose to commercial air operations, including batteries that power certain types of drones.

VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

Proposed EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters AS350 and EC130

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Jun. 25 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 04–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment.

VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters SA.330J

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 04–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment, takes effect Jun. 4, 2025. It supersedes EASA AD 2023-0146, issued Jul. 14, 2023.

VAI Daily

May. 29, 2025

How rotorcraft OEMs are guiding the future with tech demonstrators

(Vertical magazine) – A look at the technology demonstrators in development at Airbus Helicopters, Bell, Leonardo, and Sikorsky.

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May. 28, 2025

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