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VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

VAI Out & About: Quite the treat

(POWER UP magazine) – VAI’s Zac Noble describes catching a ride out to Chevron’s Tahiti offshore oil platform.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

Helicopters patrol the sky at Kennedy Space Center

(POWER UP magazine) – Pilots perform multiple missions for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration complex.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

Atlantic Airways opens Thales AW139 training center in the Faroes

The new Atlantic Airways Aviation Academy facility in the Faroe Islands features a Leonardo AW139 Reality H full-flight simulator from Thales.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

Final FAA AD: Airbus SA.330J helicopters

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires revising the existing maintenance records by incorporating new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD. The FAA AD takes effect May 9, 2025.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

Final FAA AD: Airbus AS 332L1 and EC225 LP helicopters

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which requires replacing or modifying certain hoist shear toggle-switch supports and prohibits installing affected parts, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD, becomes effective Apr. 21, 2025.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

Final FAA AD: Airbus AS350 series, AS355 series, and EC130 series

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requires repeated inspections of the main-gearbox bevel wheel and magnetic plug for particles and prohibits installing an affected main gearbox unless specific European Union Aviation Safety Agency requirements are met. The FAA AD applies to the AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, and D; AS355 E, F, F1, F2, N, and NP; and the EC130 B4 and T2. It takes effect May 9, 2025.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

Robinson highlights mission-ready fleet at Florida trade show

Robinson Helicopter is displaying a Polk County Sheriff’s Office R66 and an R44 and R22 from Sky Blue Aviation during this week’s 2025 Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland.

VAI Daily

Apr. 4, 2025

TracPlus introduces aerial firefighting operations platform

The company’s new FireFlyte software-as-a-service platform provides real-time intelligence for aerial firefighting operators.

VAI Daily

Apr. 3, 2025

VAI Members-Only Benefit: SafetyScan accident research tool

Available exclusively to VAI members, the AeroInside SafetyScan global rotorcraft accident and incident research tool lets you search and filter reports by helicopter model, operation type, engine manufacturer, and more.