VAI prioritizes safety for operators at Gateway Program VAI engaged with its Gateway Program partners and local operators to ensure that all required lighting systems are fully operational… Continue reading →
FAA final rule: 2025 adjustment to civil penalty amounts for violation of certain DOT regulations This rule, effective immediately, implements requirements under existing US law for annual inflationary adjustments to minimum and maximum civil penalty… Continue reading →
Helicopter crew rescues climbers on Christmas morning in Nevada (Unofficial Networks) – A Las Vegas Metro Police Department search-and-rescue team hoisted two stuck climbers Dec. 25 from the Pine… Continue reading →
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… Continue reading →
Volocopter files for insolvency, seeks investors Urban air mobility company Volocopter has filed an application for insolvency proceedings in a court in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Continue reading →
Rotor blade strikes ground, flips helicopter in Texas (KRIV) – According to local officials, the rotor blade struck the ground shortly after liftoff Dec. 31 in Galveston. The… Continue reading →
HM Coastguard helicopter crew assists with New Year’s rescue (The Packet) – The crew assisted ground and lifeboat teams with rescuing a group or people and their dogs after… Continue reading →
NASA’s JPL introduces new Mars Chopper concept (VIDEO) (Extreme Tech) – The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has released an animation showing… Continue reading →
FAA publishes updated vertiport design engineering brief The FAA’s Engineering Brief No. 105A, Vertiport Design, provides standards and guidance for the planning, design, and construction of heliports… Continue reading →
FAA AD: Leonardo AB139 and AW139 helicopters This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires repetitively inspecting the main landing gear shock absorber piston rod eye ends, becomes… Continue reading →
