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VAI Daily

Mar. 28, 2025

TracPlus appoints new CEO

The New Zealand–based aerial firefighting software company has named John O’Hara, a former chairman of its board of directors, as CEO.

VAI Daily

Mar. 28, 2025

Bell celebrates 40th anniversary of Kestrel Aviation

Bell Textron is highlighting the family-owned Australian business founded in 1985, which provides aerial firefighting and emergency response services with a fleet that includes the Bell 206L-3, 407, 212, and 412.

VAI Daily

Mar. 28, 2025

Lyte, Bluenest, LynePorts to develop vertiports in the Middle East

(AIN) – Advanced air mobility infrastructure companies LynePorts and Bluenest are partnering with Lyte Aviation to establish new vertiports across the region, starting with Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

VAI Daily

Mar. 28, 2025

AMSL to develop hydrogen refueling infrastructure at YBAF

AMSL Aero has reached an agreement to explore liquid hydrogen refueling, maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at Archerfield Airport (YBAF) in Queensland, Australia.

VAI Daily

Mar. 27, 2025

FAA sides with AOPA on fuel complaint against California county

(AVweb) – The FAA has released a decision on an Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) complaint against Santa Clara County that finds the county’s 2022 prohibition of 100LL aviation fuel violated its federal airport obligations.

VAI Daily

Mar. 27, 2025

City on fire

(POWER UP magazine) – The wildfires that decimated Los Angeles, California, in January pushed aerial firefighting teams to their limits. These are some of their stories.

VAI Daily

Mar. 27, 2025

VAI Briefs: VAI leads collaboration on HEC policy

(POWER UP) – After nearly two years’ collaboration with VAI and other rotorcraft operators, the FAA revised its human external cargo (HEC) policy.

VAI Daily

Mar. 27, 2025

Lessons learned from Valérie André: Doctor, pilot, hero

(Military.com) – The author of a book about Valérie André, a pioneering helicopter pilot and France’s first female general, recalls years of visits prior to André’s death at age 102 in January 2025.

VAI Daily

Mar. 27, 2025

Life Flight Network to expand air medical services in Hawaii

The Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation is collaborating with donors to help fund a new Airbus H145 that Life Flight Network will operate across Hawaii County.

VAI Daily

Mar. 27, 2025

Raytheon launches Coyote military drone from helicopter

RTX subsidiary Raytheon evaluated a new version of its Coyote unmanned aerial system from a helicopter during a recent test at the Nine Mile Training Center in Texas.