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VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

Canadian helicopter crew hoists lost hikers at night

(Bowen Island Undercurrent) – A North Shore Rescue helicopter crew from Vancouver, British Columbia, airlifted two hikers who became lost at night Aug. 13 along a trail north of Grouse Mountain.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

CareFlight marks 10 years of AW139 ops in Northern Territory

New South Wales, Australia–based CareFlight has completed more than 1,500 missions across the Northern Territory since launching Leonardo AW139 operations in 2014.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

VAI Members-Only Benefit: SMS coaching and assessment

VAI has partnered with four safety management system (SMS) industry leaders to provide substantial savings for operators that don’t already have an SMS in place.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

USHST shares tips for overcoming the human factor with DiSC

AOA Aviation and Leadership Consulting’s Skip Johnson explains how to use the DiSC (dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness) model to learn more about yourself and reduce the probability of errors in the US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) summer newsletter.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

UK CAA selects Amazon for BVLOS drone flight tests

(Independent) – The online retailer is one of six organizations the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) has approved to conduct beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight trials using drones to deliver small packages.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

National Guard crew makes emergency landing at KRDU (VIDEO)

(WRAL) – A US National Guard Boeing AH-64 Apache crew made an emergency landing Aug. 14 at Raleigh–Durham International Airport (KRDU) in North Carolina after reporting smoke inside the cabin.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

Unither, Robinson to develop hydrogen-powered R44, R66

Unither Bioelectronics is teaming up with Robinson to accelerate the development of hydrogen-powered variants of the R44 and R66, including for air medical operations and organ transportation.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

FAA approves Boost HEC system for Bell UH-1H

Boost Systems has obtained FAA certification to install its human external cargo (HEC) system on the Bell UH-1H.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

FAA approves Garmin runway incursion avoidance software

Garmin has obtained FAA certification for its Runway Occupancy Awareness system, which uses automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast data to alert the crew about potential runway incursions with nearby aircraft and ground vehicles.

VAI Daily

Aug. 15, 2024

Skyports partners with Wagner on vertiports in Australia

Skyports Infrastructure has agreed to explore vertiport opportunities across Queensland with Australian property developer Wagner Corp.